11/8/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/8/25
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1A
“Cornflake Girl” singer Tori
AMOS

5A
“It’ll ___ your brain” (what parents sometimes say to kids who watch a lot of TV)
ROT

8A
Each and every one
ALL

11A
Rescue
SAVE

12A
Otherworldly glow
AURA

13A
Secretive group nicknamed “the Company”: Abbr.
CIA

14A
Seller of Kallax shelves
IKEA

15A
Fastidious
NEAT

16A
Possessed
HAD

17A
French artist who painted the Cubist masterpiece “Nudes in the Forest”: 2 wds.
FERNANDLEGER

20A
Early Beatle Sutcliffe
STU

21A
Intimate apparel item with cups and straps
BRA

22A
“… no room for them in the ___” (line from the New Testament)
INN

25A
R&B singer Ella
MAI

27A
“___ the Man” (2006 Amanda Bynes movie)
SHES

31A
French artist who painted the Cubist masterpiece “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2”: 2 wds.
MARCELDUCHAMP

35A
Well-known performer
STAR

36A
Type of craft beer: Abbr.
IPA

37A
Fall ___ (someone who gets the blame)
GUY

38A
Pertinent
APT

41A
Clever like a fox
SLY

43A
Spanish artist who painted the Cubist masterpiece “Guernica”: 2 wds.
PABLOPICASSO

49A
“___ Feet Under” (2001-2005 HBO series)
SIX

50A
Parched
ARID

51A
Pay no ___ to (ignore)
HEED

52A
Animal studied by Jane Goodall
APE

53A
The Emerald ___ (nickname for Ireland)
ISLE

54A
Check out in a creepy way
OGLE

55A
Middle of the work week, often: Abbr.
WED

56A
Buck’s mate
DOE

57A
Lummoxes
OAFS

1D
“Oh, dream on!”: 2 wds.
ASIF

2D
“Go ahead, ___ my day!”
MAKE

3D
More than
OVER

4D
Actors Penn and Connery
SEANS

5D
Felt regret about
RUED

6D
Big name in the dental health aisle: Hyph.
ORAL-B

7D
___ Tots (Ore-Ida product)
TATER

8D
Need a massage, maybe
ACHE

9D
One who can’t be believed
LIAR

10D
Young fellow
LAD

12D
Happening every year
ANNUAL

18D
“Look ___ when I’m talking to you!”: 2 wds.
ATME

19D
Deep wound that may need stitches
GASH

22D
Notes sent via WhatsApp, say: Abbr.
IMS

23D
Black Widow’s real name, for short
NAT

24D
Group for gun owners: Abbr.
NRA

26D
___ Amin (“The Last King of Scotland” subject)
IDI

28D
Sea ___ (Popeye’s witchy nemesis)
HAG

29D
Bird on the Australian coat of arms
EMU

30D
Profession for cinema’s Ethan Hunt or Jason Bourne
SPY

32D
Symbol for the zodiac sign Cancer
CRAB

33D
___-down (inverted)
UPSIDE

34D
Math course that often follows trigonometry, for short
CALC

39D
Tartan pattern
PLAID

40D
Upper-body sculpture
TORSO

42D
Web portal founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo
YAHOO

43D
Water-bearing tube
PIPE

44D
Dismissed from a job, in slang
AXED

45D
Large mound, as of dirty clothes
PILE

46D
Video game company whose logo is the same color as Sonic the Hedgehog
SEGA

47D
“___ Control” (1984 hit for Laura Branigan)
SELF

48D
Poems written in admiration
ODES

49D
Took in visually
SAW