11/12/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/12/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Top-left key on a computer keyboard
ESC

4A
___ Ock (Marvel supervillain’s rhyming nickname)
DOC

7A
Prefix for “angle” or “pod”
TRI

10A
Start to melt
THAW

12A
Cheerleader’s cry
RAH

13A
___ around the bush
BEAT

14A
Sister of Malia Obama
SASHA

16A
“Eureka!”
AHA

17A
Grains found in porridge
OATS

18A
1984 supernatural comedy with Bill Murray as parapsychologist Peter Venkman
GHOSTBUSTERS

21A
Actor Butterfield
ASA

22A
“Me,” in French
MOI

23A
Snake that supposedly bit Cleopatra
ASP

26A
Crosses (out)
XES

29A
Earliest stage, as of a disease
ONSET

33A
2000 action movie with Bill Murray as a man overseeing three private investigators: 2 wds.
CHARLIE’SANGELS

37A
“Same for me!”: 3 wds.
SODOI

38A
“___ Misérables” (long-running musical)
LES

39A
Actress Peeples or Long
NIA

40A
Spelling ___ (type of competition)
BEE

42A
Matcha or chai drink
TEA

45A
1993 rom-com with Bill Murray as a TV weatherman stuck in a time loop: 2 wds.
GROUNDHOGDAY

51A
Castle’s defensive ditch
MOAT

52A
Singer Jo ___ Messina with the 1998 hit “Bye Bye”
DEE

53A
Monopoly and Scrabble, for two
GAMES

55A
“I’m so clumsy!”
OOPS

56A
Lend an ___ (listen carefully)
EAR

57A
Any of three “squares” that you eat
MEAL

58A
“Call of Duty: Black ___”
OPS

59A
Zoey’s dad on “Black-ish”
DRE

60A
Timid
SHY

1D
Otherworldly creatures: Abbr.
ETS

2D
Feathered hairstyle
SHAG

3D
“___ or credit?”
CASH

4D
Olive ___ (green shade of some military uniforms)
DRAB

5D
Honolulu’s location
OAHU

6D
Deep gorge
CHASM

7D
Shed a ___ (cry)
TEAR

8D
Animals that resemble mice
RATS

9D
“Thank God ___ Friday!”
ITS

11D
“Cool your jets there!”
WHOA

13D
Aircraft company that manufactures the 767 and 787
BOEING

15D
Donkey
ASS

19D
Traditional precursor of rideshare apps
TAXI

20D
Bugs or Daffy, for example
TOON

23D
They make rooms colder: Abbr.
ACS

24D
“Dexter: Resurrection” channel, for short
SHO

25D
Word that can follow “sketch” or “crash”
PAD

27D
Fish whose skin is used to make wallets
EEL

28D
It’s opposite NNW: Abbr.
SSE

30D
Political title for Dick Durbin: Abbr.
SEN

31D
Cymbalta producer ___ Lilly
ELI

32D
Luggage-checking group: Abbr.
TSA

34D
Mechanical beings
ROBOTS

35D
In ___ of (instead of)
LIEU

36D
“I’m unsure ___ how this would work”: 2 wds.
ASTO

41D
Came to a close
ENDED

43D
Have ___ on your face (be embarrassed)
EGG

44D
Levine who sings with Maroon 5
ADAM

45D
Wellness company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow
GOOP

46D
Performs like BigXthaPlug
RAPS

47D
___ John letter
DEAR

48D
In this location
HERE

49D
Iowa State’s setting
AMES

50D
Informal assent
YEAH

51D
Cow’s comment
MOO

54D
Cunning
SLY