10/18/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/18/25
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1A
___ lock (key on a keyboard)
CAPS

5A
Common degree for an executive: Abbr.
MBA

8A
Furniture that may be “twin” or “queen”
BED

11A
Gives off
EMITS

13A
Belonging to you and me
OUR

14A
Poem of tribute
ODE

15A
“Madama Butterfly” or “Carmen,” for example
OPERA

16A
Clothing item that could be a clip-on
TIE

17A
Up in the ___ (undecided)
AIR

18A
American fashion designer awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025: 2 wds.
RALPHLAUREN

21A
Amigo
PAL

22A
Small unit of measurement in a recipe: Abbr.
TSP

23A
“Wayne’s World” actress Carrere
TIA

26A
Furious
MAD

28A
“Steel-cut” grains
OATS

32A
Former Lakers star, nicknamed “Magic,” awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025: 2 wds.
EARVINJOHNSON

36A
Cannonballs, for a cannon, for short
AMMO

37A
Hot tub
SPA

38A
Patient care group: Abbr.
HMO

39A
Little tyke
TOT

42A
Actress Marcille who stars on BET+’s “All the Queen’s Men”
EVA

44A
English primatologist awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025: 2 wds.
JANEGOODALL

49A
Enya’s homeland: Abbr.
IRE

50A
Coax a genie out of a lamp, perhaps
RUB

51A
Spots for breakfast tables
NOOKS

54A
Be deliberately inaccurate
LIE

55A
Inflated sense of self
EGO

56A
Sound component
AUDIO

57A
Lass’s brother
LAD

58A
“___ Hate Me” (2004 Spike Lee movie)
SHE

59A
Bump in a bumper
DENT

1D
Top person in a boardroom: Abbr.
CEO

2D
Electrical device carried by a roadie
AMP

3D
Walkway at a harbor
PIER

4D
Bra part that goes over a shoulder
STRAP

5D
Insect that can eat holes in clothing
MOTH

6D
“Rome wasn’t ___ in a day”
BUILT

7D
Domains
AREAS

8D
Male pig
BOAR

9D
Four-time Emmy winner Falco
EDIE

10D
“Jurassic Park” actress Laura
DERN

12D
Salty meat on some charcuterie boards
SALAMI

19D
Strategize
PLAN

20D
Atop
UPON

23D
Modern slang for gossip
TEA

24D
“Don’t you know who ___?”: 2 wds.
IAM

25D
Where the biceps and triceps are
ARM

27D
Music providers at parties: Abbr.
DJS

29D
___ Wednesday (observance 46 days before Easter)
ASH

30D
Actor Cruise
TOM

31D
___-Cat (vehicle used in winter)
SNO

33D
What the 19th Amendment says women can do
VOTE

34D
Newspaper opinion piece: Hyph.
OPED

35D
Cuba’s capital
HAVANA

40D
Hideous beasts of children’s literature
OGRES

41D
Hard to cut, like some steak
TOUGH

43D
So that everyone can hear
ALOUD

44D
Joe Biden’s wife
JILL

45D
Song for a soprano, maybe
ARIA

46D
On a ___-to-know basis
NEED

47D
Thin woodwind
OBOE

48D
Hit the mother ___ (strike it rich)
LODE

52D
All the relatives
KIN

53D
Boozehound
SOT