11/29/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/29/25
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1A
“Get outta here, cat!”
SCAT

5A
Conclusion
END

8A
Playful mammal in a river
OTTER

13A
Texas home of Baylor University
WACO

14A
Three Stooges member with a bowl cut
MOE

15A
Eucalyptus-eating Australian animal
KOALA

16A
Singer Guthrie who performed at Woodstock
ARLO

17A
Government organization that employs spies: Abbr.
CIA

18A
Kitchen garment tied at the waist
APRON

19A
Broadway drama set in China, with a plot that echoes an opera by 35-Across set in Japan: 2 wds., abbr.
MBUTTERFLY

22A
Blasting compound: Abbr.
TNT

23A
Weeding tool
HOE

24A
Find a purpose for
USE

26A
Church platform
ALTAR

29A
Snake that constricts its prey
BOA

31A
Microsoft game console
XBOX

35A
Italian composer of the opera about Cio-Cio-San and her doomed love for Lieutenant Pinkerton: 2 wds.
GIACOMOPUCCINI

38A
“That hurts!”
OUCH

39A
Suitable
APT

40A
Capital of Vietnam
HANOI

41A
___ de cologne
EAU

43A
Feel lousy
AIL

44A
Implore
BEG

47A
Broadway musical set in Vietnam, with a plot that echoes an opera by 35-Across set in Japan: 2 wds.
MISSSAIGON

53A
Baghdad native
IRAQI

55A
Boxing biopic starring Will Smith
ALI

56A
Southwestern string tie
BOLO

57A
Lucy’s blanket-toting little brother, in ‘Peanuts’
LINUS

58A
Scottish boy
LAD

59A
Reverse, as damage
UNDO

60A
Interlocking toy bricks
LEGOS

61A
Lamb’s mom
EWE

62A
Smell like a dump
REEK

1D
Did some laps in the pool
SWAM

2D
Keto diet no-no, for short
CARB

3D
Organization that defends free speech: Abbr.
ACLU

4D
Pain affecting a molar, say
TOOTHACHE

5D
Telethon host
EMCEE

6D
Film ___ (grim movie genre)
NOIR

7D
Like some lip-readers
DEAF

8D
Gives permission for
OKAYS

9D
Bottom’s opposite
TOP

10D
Pastry often filled with fruit
TART

11D
SpaceX CEO Musk
ELON

12D
Angry comment accompanying a one-star review
RANT

20D
“One Battle After Another” actor Benicio del ___
TORO

21D
Hawaiian feast
LUAU

25D
Las Vegas hotel named for King Arthur’s sword
EXCALIBUR

26D
Mere moments ___ (very recently)
AGO

27D
“Ally McBeal” actress Lucy
LIU

28D
Tic-___-toe
TAC

29D
Conk on the head
BOP

30D
Decide (to)
OPT

32D
Compost container
BIN

33D
Tokyo-born performer Yoko
ONO

34D
12, on a sundial
XII

36D
Island between Molokai and Hawaii
MAUI

37D
___ Pet (novelty item with green “hair”)
CHIA

42D
Slightly off
AMISS

43D
Put ___ (save for later)
ASIDE

44D
Former president Clinton
BILL

45D
Only Great Lake that borders Pennsylvania
ERIE