6/23/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/23/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Item that’s swung in baseball and cricket
BAT

4A
Fish with “silver” and “bighead” varieties
CARP

8A
Type of saxophone that’s larger than soprano
ALTO

12A
___ de Janeiro, Brazil
RIO

13A
Exam that isn’t on paper
ORAL

14A
Browse the net, or ride a wave
SURF

15A
___ of a sudden
ALL

16A
Pocket bread served with hummus
PITA

17A
Bass or treble sign on a musical staff
CLEF

18A
“Dune: Part Two” actress who played Madeleine Swann in 2021’s No Time to Die: 2 wds.
LEA SEYDOUX

21A
What henna is
DYE

22A
Nowhere to go ___ up
BUT

23A
Having almost no fat, as meat
LEAN

26A
“Friend or ___?” (“Are you on my side?”)
FOE

27A
Exclamation from Homer Simpson
D’OH

30A
“Black Widow” actress who played Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace: 2 wds.
OLGA KURYLENKO

34A
One way a boxer can win: Abbr.
TKO

35A
“Baa, baa, black sheep, have you ___ wool?”
ANY

36A
Far-reaching
VAST

37A
Wooden vessel made by Noah
ARK

38A
Lemon meringue ___
PIE

40A
“X-Men” actress who played Bond girl Jinx Johnson: 2 wds.
HALLE BERRY

44A
Spellbound
RAPT

45A
Friend, to an Aussie
MATE

46A
Put two and two together
ADD

49A
Disney’s Snow Queen of Arendelle
ELSA

50A
Prepare for the future
PLAN

51A
“___ is me!” (sorrowful cry)
WOE

52A
Not very well-off, financially
POOR

53A
Piece of linoleum
TILE

54A
Brand spanking ___
NEW

1D
Item of lingerie
BRA

2D
Have the flu, perhaps
AIL

3D
Bridge or tunnel fee
TOLL

4D
Patient’s obligation in terms of medical expenses
COPAY

5D
Come up, as questions
ARISE

6D
Annual percentage ___ (economic term)
RATE

7D
Men’s magazine with a centerfold
PLAYBOY

8D
Broad neckwear
ASCOT

9D
Little ___ (comic strip character who wears a red dress)
LULU

10D
Fearsome dinosaur in “Jurassic Park”: 2 wds., abbr.
T REX

11D
“They’re ___!” (racetrack cry)
OFF

19D
Mrs. Krabappel of “The Simpsons”
EDNA

20D
“Ten ___ Commandments” (“Hamilton” song)
DUEL

23D
“That’s a ___ to unpack”
LOT

24D
Grass-eating animal of the Rockies
ELK

25D
Mere days ___ (quite recently)
AGO

26D
Sauté
FRY

27D
Molecule that can be evidence from a crime scene: Abbr.
DNA

28D
Endorses
OKS

29D
___ under the collar (angry)
HOT

31D
German fashion designer Lagerfeld
KARL

32D
Not neat, like a guy in a rumpled suit
UNKEMPT

33D
“… happily ___ after”
EVER

37D
Place a jilted groom may be “left at”
ALTAR

38D
Small item thrown by a wedding’s flower girl
PETAL

39D
“Me, Myself & ___” (Renée Zellweger movie)
IRENE

40D
Angelic ring
HALO

41D
Lhasa ___ (Tibetan breed of dog)
APSO

42D
Touristy island of Indonesia
BALI

43D
Display fatigue
YAWN

44D
Public image, for short
REP

47D
Fawn’s mom
DOE

48D
Lawn droplets
DEW