9/23/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/23/25
TV Tuesday

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1A
Employee of Santa Claus
ELF

4A
Wordless signals of agreement
NODS

8A
“No way!,” in a text
OMG

11A
“Back to the Future” costar Thompson
LEA

12A
Propane or gasoline, for example
FUEL

13A
Stevie Wonder’s “____ Are the Sunshine of My Life”
YOU

14A
“Hacks” actress who plays janitor turned LAPD consultant Morgan Gillory on ABC’s “High Potential”: 2 wds
KAITLINOLSON

17A
Prefix for “marital” or “mature”
PRE

18A
Number listed in a sports almanac, for short
STAT

19A
Actor Butterfield
ASA

22A
Eighteen-wheelers
SEMIS

26A
Doctors’ group: Abbr.
AMA

29A
Times before major holidays
EVES

32A
Hard to come by
RARE

33A
“Batwoman” actress who plays LAPD investigator Daphne Forrester on “High Potential”: 2 wds
JAVICIALESLIE

36A
Particle with protons and electrons
ATOM

37A
Part of a flower that’s inside a vase
STEM

38A
Mentalist’s purported ability: Abbr.
ESP

39A
What a streaming subscription might automatically do every month
RENEW

41A
Group of two people
DUO

43A
Bedazzles
AWES

46A
Wheaton who’s most famous for playing Wesley Crusher
WIL

49A
“The Flight Attendant” actor who plays LAPD investigator Lev “Oz” Ozdil on “High Potential”: 2 wds
DENIZAKDENIZ

54A
“____ may have mentioned …”: 2 wds
ASI

55A
Make angry
RILE

56A
As well
TOO

57A
“I have not ____ begun to fight!”
YET

58A
Offerings to the poor
ALMS

59A
Yoko who married John Lennon
ONO

1D
Type of deer whose sound is called “bugling”
ELK

2D
Take a ____ of faith
LEAP

3D
Not foul, in baseball
FAIR

4D
Sports group whose 2024 MVP was Josh Allen: Abbr.
NFL

5D
Agreement from Giselle or Henri
OUI

6D
Bears’ hibernation spots
DENS

7D
Piggy bank’s opening
SLOT

8D
Mollusks that produce pearls
OYSTERS

9D
Sound heard in a herd of cattle
MOO

10D
Shooter
GUN

15D
Long Island Iced ____ (cocktail)
TEA

16D
“Viva ____ Vegas”
LAS

20D
1/3,600 of an hour: Abbr.
SEC

21D
Rental car company whose name comes from the Latin word for “bird”
AVIS

23D
Boar, bull, or rooster
MALE

24D
Spring flower that’s also a woman’s name
IRIS

25D
Leak slowly
SEEP

26D
Cracked open a bit
AJAR

27D
Friend, in Australia
MATE

28D
Cosmetics company with a line of Senses bath products
AVON

30D
Have a hot dog, maybe
EAT

31D
Vehicle used on a snowy hill
SLED

34D
“Better take me seriously!”: 3 wds.
IMEANIT

35D
Large, flightless bird
EMU

40D
Conflict that started after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Abbr.
WWI

42D
Need to pay money back to
OWE

44D
Old Testament book after 2 Chronicles
EZRA

45D
Canvas used at sea
SAIL

47D
Burst ____ tears (start crying)
INTO

48D
Animal that roars
LION

49D
Groundhog ____ (February 2)
DAY

50D
Ending for “Vietnam”
ESE

51D
Dutch airline, or three consecutive letters of the alphabet
KLM

52D
West ____ Moines, Iowa
DES

53D
Attraction with animal enclosures
ZOO