7/16/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/16/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Groupies
FANS

5A
Covered in moisture
WET

8A
Fluid produced by the liver
BILE

12A
Pillage
LOOT

13A
Tax-deferred financial plan: Abbr.
IRA

14A
United ___ Emirates (Middle East nation)
ARAB

15A
Actress Kendrick who voices Poppy in the “Trolls” movies
ANNA

16A
Farm animal considered to be one of the smartest mammals in the world
PIG

17A
Prolonged unconscious state
COMA

18A
“Ocean’s Eleven” actor who played bank robber Jack Foley in 23-/35-Across: 2 wds.
GEORGE CLOONEY

21A
“How ___ you manage that?”
DID

22A
Gandalf portrayer McKellen
IAN

23A
With 35-Across, 1998 Steven Soderbergh crime film: 2 wds.
OUT OF

26A
Cable network with a “dynamite” name
TNT

27A
Leftover part from an ear of corn
COB

30A
Stuffy and proper, like an old-timey schoolmarm
PRIM

31A
Foot’s digit
TOE

32A
___ & the Gang (“Jungle Boogie” band)
KOOL

33A
Sketch comedy show that has had 167 cast members to date: Abbr.
SNL

34A
___-Magnon (early member of Homo sapiens)
CRO

35A
See 23-Across
SIGHT

36A
Clean ___ whistle: 2 wds.
AS A

37A
Country singer McGraw
TIM

38A
“Hustlers” actress who played US marshal Karen Sisco in 23-/35-Across: 2 wds.
JENNIFER LOPEZ

45A
Nickname of the Yankee who was the 1996 MLB batting champion: Hyph.
AROD

46A
___ Rida (“Low” rapper)
FLO

47A
Stellar explosion
NOVA

48A
Marcel Marceau, for instance
MIME

49A
Not in the peak of health
ILL

50A
Sign portending the future
OMEN

51A
Observes
SEES

52A
Silent ___ (nickname of President Coolidge)
CAL

53A
Nimble for one’s age
SPRY

1D
Yellow cloth that signals a football penalty
FLAG

2D
First-rate: Hyph.
A-ONE

3D
Forbidden thing: Hyph.
NO-NO

4D
Aspiration of Hollywood wannabes
STARDOM

5D
Dried dishes by hand
WIPED

7D
Slogan in an ad for a movie
TAGLINE

8D
Kevin who’s considered to be no more than “six degrees” from others
BACON

9D
Mineral found in liver and chickpeas
IRON

10D
Like a pathetic excuse
LAME

11D
Auction website with a four-color logo
EBAY

19D
Format of an animated text response: Abbr.
GIF

20D
Source of some bran
OAT

23D
Black ___ (clandestine government missions)
OPS

24D
Caterer’s large coffee receptacle
URN

25D
“___ It Happens to You” (Lady Gaga song)
TIL

26D
___ big for your britches
TOO

27D
Tooth on a gearwheel
COG

28D
Crowd sound heard at a fireworks display
OOH

29D
Luncheonette sandwich, for short
BLT

31D
Vehicular congestion
TRAFFIC

32D
Robes for sumo wrestlers
KIMONOS

34D
Forensic show with spin-offs set in Miami and New York
CSI

35D
___ vous plaît (“please,” in France)
S’IL

36D
South American mountain chain
ANDES

37D
Deliberately offensive online poster
TROLL

38D
Problems with copy machines
JAMS

39D
Port city in Pennsylvania
ERIE

40D
Alaskan city where the Iditarod finishes
NOME

41D
British R&B singer ___ Mai
ELLA

42D
“___ and Circumstance” (graduation song)
POMP

43D
At any point in time
EVER

44D
Madcap
ZANY