12/19/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/19/25
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1A
“… stuck a feather in his ___ and called it macaroni”
CAP

4A
“How ___ supposed to know?”: 2 wds.
AMI

7A
Reddit entry
POST

11A
“Diary ___ Wimpy Kid”: 2 wds.
OFA

12A
Cartographic reference
MAP

13A
Great Lake bordering Buffalo
ERIE

14A
Angry crowd
MOB

15A
End ___ high note: 2 wds.
ONA

16A
NPR journalist Totenberg
NINA

17A
PRCA event: try to stay on for eight seconds: 2 wds.
BULLRIDING

20A
___ gin fizz (mixed drink)
SLOE

21A
Scary card in a tarot deck
DEATH

24A
Photoshop’s company
ADOBE

28A
___ goo gai pan (Chinese food)
MOO

29A
PRCA event: complete a cloverleaf-patterned course: 2 wds.
BARRELRACING

33A
Game sold with customizable wild cards
UNO

34A
Dog walker’s grip
LEASH

35A
Daredevil’s feat
STUNT

37A
Solo in a production of Wagner
ARIA

41A
PRCA event: capture a steer in the fastest time: 2 wds.
TEAMROPING

45A
“Euphoria” actor ___ Dane
ERIC

47A
Charged particle
ION

48A
___ Rida (rapper)
FLO

49A
Place that uses tellers
BANK

50A
Underhanded
SLY

51A
Bill depicting Alexander Hamilton
TEN

52A
Free passes to the next round in a tennis tournament
BYES

53A
“Dying for ___” (2025 Michelle Williams miniseries)
SEX

54A
Muddy enclosure on a farm
STY

1D
Items that can untangle hair
COMBS

2D
Run ___ of (become entangled with)
AFOUL

3D
Painter Picasso
PABLO

4D
Love, Spanish-style
AMOR

5D
Fingernail treatment, for short
MANI

6D
Tablet introduced in 2010
IPAD

7D
Cylindrical pasta
PENNE

8D
Paper-folding art form
ORIGAMI

9D
Despicable act, to a preacher
SIN

10D
Drink many Southerners enjoy “sweetened”
TEA

18D
Father of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia…
LEAR

19D
Concepts
IDEAS

22D
Freight unit
TON

23D
Refuse to share
HOG

25D
River feature that’s also the name of an airline
DELTA

26D
“Hooray!” from a bullfight spectator
OLE

27D
Cone ___ (garment famously worn by Madonna)
BRA

29D
Public transit vehicle
BUS

30D
Flik in “A Bug’s Life,” for one
ANT

31D
Performance by a gymnast
ROUTINE

32D
Crack from dryness, as lips
CHAP

36D
Has a makeout session
NECKS

38D
Breakdowns in diplomatic relations
RIFTS

39D
Cove, for example
INLET

40D
Excruciating distress
AGONY

42D
“___ Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
MISS

43D
___-playing game
ROLE

44D
Black-and-white variety of agate
ONYX

45D
___ and flow
EBB

46D
“GoodFellas” star Liotta
RAY

45D
Eggs from shad or sturgeon
ROE

46D
“Happy ___ Year!”
NEW