8/6/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/6/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
____ Verde National Park (site in Colorado)
MESA

5A
Plead
BEG

8A
Galadriel of Middle-earth, for one
ELF

11A
“You’ve given me ____ to think about”: 2 wds.
ALOT

12A
The Supremes’ “Where Did ____ Love Go”
OUR

13A
12, in Roman numerals
XII

14A
“Heads of State” star John
CENA

15A
“That comes with your choice of soup ____ salad”: 2 wds.
ORA

16A
“I wouldn’t ____ it quite that way”
PUT

17A
2000 horror spoof that starred Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell: 2 wds.
SCARYMOVIE

20A
Band with three members, like ZZ Top
TRIO

21A
Rock guitarist Van Halen
EDDIE

24A
“Great Balls of Fire” singer Jerry ____ Lewis
LEE

27A
One Direction singer Payne who died in 2024
LIAM

28A
“White Chicks” actor who played Shorty Meeks in 17-Across: 2 wds.
MARLONWAYANS

33A
International retailer founded in Sweden
IKEA

34A
Stuff in some shoe insoles
GEL

35A
Foamy coffee drink
LATTE

37A
Riotous groups
MOBS

41A
“Girls Trip” actress who played Brenda Meeks in 17-Across: 2 wds.
REGINAHALL

45A
“The Batman” actress Kravitz
ZOE

47A
Gunk
GOO

48A
Surface measure
AREA

49A
Junior prosecutor: Abbr.
ADA

50A
Be underwater financially
OWE

51A
Tall grass plant that grows in a marsh
REED

52A
____ well soon! (wish for someone who’s sick)
GET

53A
Actor Mineo of “Exodus” and “Rebel Without a Cause”
SAL

54A
Sports award named for a TV channel
ESPY

1D
Computers that aren’t PCs
MACS

2D
Choose by ballot
ELECT

3D
Submarine’s navigation technology
SONAR

4D
____ 2600 (1977 game console)
ATARI

5D
“Bada-bing, bada-____!”
BOOM

6D
Currency used in Athens and Berlin
EURO

7D
Burial site
GRAVE

8D
Travel website that competes with Priceline
EXPEDIA

9D
Simu who portrays Shang-Chi
LIU

10D
Honda subcompact car
FIT

18D
“Might as well do it!” expression
YOLO

19D
Standing ____ by (not taking action)
IDLY

22D
“Atonement” author McEwan
IAN

23D
Letters on an ambulance
EMS

25D
Its second-largest city is Birmingham: Abbr.
ENG

26D
Mother of lambs
EWE

28D
$1,000,000, for short
MIL

29D
Melissa Jefferson, ____ Lizzo: Abbr.
AKA

30D
Strategic military withdrawal
RETREAT

31D
Too little, too ____
LATE

32D
____ mater (college you went to)
ALMA

36D
Circular frozen waffles
EGGOS

38D
Chicago airport with an on-site Hilton hotel
OHARE

39D
____ one’s teeth (shows aggression, in a way)
BLARES

40D
Snooze
SLEEP

42D
Sioux City’s state
IOWA

43D
Christmas song
NOEL

44D
“My Fair ____” (classic musical)
LADY

45D
Zig’s opposite
ZAG

46D
Lyric verse
ODE