8/28/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/28/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Keebler cookie-maker, in commercials
ELF

4A
Dollop
DAB

7A
With 52-Across, group called in hostage situations
SWAT

11A
Compete (for)
VIE

12A
Phillies All-Star Bohm
ALEC

14A
Square piece in Scrabble
TILE

15A
“The mother of all living,” in Genesis
EVE

16A
Street or avenue
ROAD

17A
“Anna Loves ***” (children’s book based on “Frozen”)
ELSA

18A
Singer who released “I’m Like a Bird” in 2000: 2 wds.
NELLYFURTADO

21A
Key that’s next to the space bar on a PC keyboard
ALT

22A
Elbow’s locale
ARM

23A
Adams who became mayor of New York City in 2022
ERIC

26A
High card in contract bridge
ACE

27A
Action in contract bridge
BID

30A
Rock group that released “Free Bird” in 1974: 2 wds.
LYNYRDSKYNYRD

34A
“Tokyo Vice” actor Watanabe
KEN

35A
Giant boat described in Genesis
ARK

36A
Big ___ (sports conference that includes Villanova)
EAST

37A
“The Brutalist” actor Pearce
GUY

38A
Actor Wallach or Goree
ELI

40A
Singer who released “Birds of a Feather” in 2024: 2 wds.
BILLIEEILISH

46A
Bird that went extinct in the 17th century
DODO

47A
“You ___ have your cake and eat it too”
CAN’T

48A
Small marsupial in “The House at Pooh Corner”
ROO

49A
Cookie with a layer of creme in the middle
OREO

50A
New York canal that was completed in 1825
ERIE

51A
Unwell
ILL

52A
See 7-Across
TEAM

53A
Pay-***-view
PER

54A
Nondairy source for milk
SOY

1D
Like numbers that are divisible by two
EVEN

2D
Not pretaped
LIVE

3D
Have a sneaking suspicion
FEEL

4D
Actress Hannah of “Splash”
DARYL

5D
Up in the air
ALOFT

6D
Bridges of the “Matlock” reboot
BEAU

7D
What comes from a boiling kettle
STEAM

8D
“The Joker’s ___” (old game show)
WILD

9D
“But wait, there’s more!”
ALSO

10D
What the Mad Hatter drank, in Wonderland
TEA

13D
Organizer for storing old music recordings: 2 wds.
CDRACK

19D
Frilly, like some lingerie
LACY

20D
Card that’s slightly higher than a deuce
TREY

23D
Antlered animal that may weigh 1,000 pounds
ELK

24D
“The Cather in the ___” (J.D. Salinger novel)
RYE

25D
Word with “Ramada” or “Holiday”
INN

26D
“Don’t ___ Me Why” (Billy Joel song)
ASK

27D
___ whisker (just barely): 2 wds.
BYA

28D
Agency that goes after tax evaders: Abbr.
IRS

29D
Banned pesticide: Abbr.
DDT

31D
Fidel Castro’s brother and successor
RAUL

32D
Fog machine substance: 2 wds.
DRYICE

33D
Actor ___ Patrick Harris
NEIL

37D
Doom and ___ (pessimistic vibes)
GLOOM

38D
___ Meenie” (Sean Kingston/Justin Bieber song)
EENIE

39D
Metric unit for liquids
LITER

40D
Person who makes others yawn
BORE

41D
What a light bulb represents, in comic strips
IDEA

42D
Lawman Wyatt or his brother Virgil
EARP

43D
British novelist Murdoch, or a flower
IRIS

44D
2018 movie subtitled “A Star Wars Story”
SOLO

45D
Divine
HOLY

46D
Speck made by a pencil
DOT