7/27/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/27/25
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1A
Hefty chunk
SLAB

5A
___ up (absorb like a sponge)
SOP

8A
Referee near home plate, for short
UMP

11A
___ than enough (ample)
MORE

12A
Type of fat in some short-crust pastry dough
LARD

14A
Sound from a woolly animal
BAA

15A
College with the mascot Joe Bruin: Abbr.
UCLA

16A
State where Canton and Columbus are
OHIO

17A
Fumble
ERR

18A
1984 movie about supernatural beings that launched a franchise
GHOSTBUSTERS

21A
Form of credit, at a tavern
TAB

22A
Portion (out)
METE

23A
Suffix meaning “kinda”
METE

26A
Actress Sheryl ___ Ralph
LEE

28A
Rock that’s soft enough to be scratched by a fingernail
TALC

31A
1984 movie about a cyborg from the future that launched a franchise
THETERMINATOR

35A
Lightly burn
SEAR

36A
___ of Them Days (2025 movie)
ONE

37A
Person who might have a code name
SPY

38A
Heinie
TUSH

41A
Moving rental
VAN

43A
1984 movie about martial arts that launched a franchise
THE KARATE KID

48A
Corner drinking establishment, in London
PUB

49A
American ___ (show that debuted in 2002)
IDOL

50A
Flower holder
VASE

51A
Put ___ happy face (smile): 2 wds.
ONA

52A
Store with a meat slicer
DELI

53A
Fashion magazine whose title is a French word
ELLE

54A
Simple card game for two players
WAR

55A
Green roll for a golf course
SOD

56A
Need for a clarinet
REED

1D
Very self-satisfied
SMUG

2D
The ___ Ness monster
LOCH

3D
Folk singer Guthrie
ARLO

4D
“___ Games” (Amazon Prime Video reality show)
BEAST

5D
Hound’s drool
SLOBBER

6D
Hawaiian location of Pearl Harbor
OAHU

7D
Optical device that produces a rainbow
PRISM

8D
DoorDash competitor: 2 wds.
UBER EATS

9D
Company that makes Snickers and Twix
MARS

10D
2, for many miniature-golf holes
PAR

13D
Act like a grandparent, perhaps
DOTE

19D
Fairy ___ ending
TALE

20D
Jazz vocalist James
ETTA

23D
“___ going to be okay”
ITS

24D
“___ Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” (Kenny Chesney song)
SHE

25D
Crunchy toffee candy: 2 wds.
HEATH BAR

27D
Music genre featuring people dressed in black
EMO

29D
Shear off, as an overgrown branch
LOP

30D
Shed a tear
CRY

32D
“___ Detective: Night Country” (HBO show)
TRUE

33D
Null and void
INVALID

34D
Well-groomed
NEAT

39D
Lose control and slide on the road
SKID

40D
Underworld of Greek myth
HADES

42D
“I’ll ___ tell!” (“My lips are sealed!”)
NEVER

43D
StarKist product
TUNA

44D
Chewy caramel candy from Hershey
ROLO

45D
Leafy vegetable sometimes called a “superfood”
KALE

46D
Where a shipwrecked sailor might wash ashore
ISLE

47D
Document for a homeowner
DEED

48D
“Bam!”
POW