7/10/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/10/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Soap-opera actress and talk-show host Kelly
RIPA

5A
Muscles in a six-pack
ABS

8A
Narrow opening
GAP

11A
Throw yourself ___ the mercy of the court
UPON

12A
Prefix for “conformist” and “compliance”
NON

13A
“Penny Dreadful” actress Green
EVA

14A
Country singer with the 2024 #1 hit “Love Somebody”: 2 wds.
MORGAN WALLEN

17A
Stalk of a flower
STEM

18A
Type of establishment that Bath, England is appropriately known for
SPA

19A
Started, as a fire in a fireplace
LIT

21A
Maine senator Collins
SUSAN

25A
1990s music store purchases: Abbr.
CDS

28A
___ Andreas Fault
SAN

30A
Board-game instruction
RULE

31A
Scottish singer-songwriter with the 2019 #1 hit “Someone You Loved”: 2 wds.
LEWIS CAPALDI

34A
With 23-Down, “MAS*H” star
ALAN

35A
“___ to a Nightingale” (Keats poem)
ODE

36A
Actor Penn of the “Harold & Kumar” movies
KAL

37A
Younger sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales
PIPPA

39A
Inclined (to)
APT

41A
Put into practice
USE

43A
Enjoyed the ocean, perhaps
SWAM

46A
Canadian pop singer with the 2016 #1 hit “Love Yourself”: 2 wds.
JUSTIN BIEBER

51A
“___ was saying…”: 2 wds.
AS I

52A
Substance that changes your hair color
DYE

53A
“All ___ being equal…”
ELSE

54A
White in the face
WAN

55A
Snack on
EAT

56A
Grizzlies or Bears, for example
TEAM

1D
Liquor from Jamaica
RUM

2D
Wall Street debuts: Abbr.
IPOS

3D
___-au-Prince (capital of Haiti)
PORT

4D
Harp player with wings
ANGEL

5D
Singer Wilson of Heart
ANN

6D
Gift decorations made of ribbon
BOWS

7D
Breaks crisply
SNAPS

8D
Stuff for stiffening hair
GEL

9D
“___ Maria” (Catholic song)
AVE

10D
Frying vessel
PAN

15D
Somewhat awry
AMISS

16D
1980s singer Branigan
LAURA

20D
___ Bell (fast-food chain)
TACO

22D
Pout
SULK

23D
See 34-Across (probably referring to ALAN ALDA)
ALDA

24D
Supreme Court justice Gorsuch
NEIL

25D
Participate in applause
CLAP

26D
Where you might buy a corned beef sandwich
DELI

27D
Yankee ___ (gift trade sometimes called “Dirty Santa”)
SWAP

29D
Spanish for “nothing”
NADA

32D
Enter, as computer data
INPUT

33D
One of the participants in the “cola wars”
PEPSI

38D
Onstage remark that breaks the fourth wall
ASIDE

40D
Message that was originally limited to 140 characters
TWEET

42D
Irish singer known for “Orinoco Flow”
ENYA

44D
Competent
ABLE

45D
Flat-topped hill of the Southwest
MESA

46D
Chinbone
JAW

47D
Cable channel that now airs “Scare Tactics”
USA

48D
Do something immoral
SIN

49D
“Sistas” cable channel
BET

50D
Rock band whose members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024
REM