4/2/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/2/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Adorable
CUTE

5A
Rock concert’s sound booster
AMP

8A
Beats ___ minute (what the music term “BPM” stands for)
PER

11A
Poles ___ (not close at all)
APART

13A
Singer and TikTok star Addison ___
RAE

14A
Underground deposit
ORE

15A
Athlete who wears gloves and trunks
BOXER

16A
Financial option for retirement savings: Abbr.
IRA

17A
Disallow
NIX

18A
“Moonstruck” actor who plays Memphis Raines in 2000’s “Gone in 60 Seconds”: 2 wds.
NICOLAS CAGE

21A
“You want my ___ cents?” (“I’ll tell you what I think”)
TWO

22A
Edge of a shirt
HEM

23A
“Credit where credit is ___ …”
DUE

26A
Baseball pitcher’s statistic: Abbr.
ERA

28A
Superhero’s face covering
MASK

32A
“Girl, Interrupted” actress who plays Sway Wayland in “Gone in 60 Seconds”: 2 wds.
ANGELINA JOLIE

36A
Exercise with many poses
YOGA

37A
Give the ___ (fire from a workplace)
AXE

38A
Traveler’s stopover
INN

39A
Become compost
ROT

42A
Female farm animal that’s sheared
EWE

44A
“Malcolm X” actor who plays Detective Roland Castlebeck in “Gone in 60 Seconds”: 2 wds.
DELROY LINDO

49A
Brined salmon often garnished with capers
LOX

50A
Greeting from a ghost
BOO

51A
Spot that could be tough to get out of a shirt
STAIN

53A
Gibbon, for one
APE

54A
Unwell
ILL

55A
What the French word “bonjour” means
HELLO

56A
Director Anderson with the upcoming movie “The Phoenician Scheme”
WES

57A
Tongue-clucking sound
TSK

58A
The “R” in “R.I.P.”
REST

1D
Urban auto for hire
CAB

2D
On top of
UPON

3D
Another word for 1-Down
TAXI

4D
Construct, as a building
ERECT

5D
Operatic highlight
ARIA

6D
Swampy land
MARSH

7D
The “P” in “R.I.P.”
PEACE

8D
Ping-___
PONG

9D
Pennsylvania city named for a Native American tribe
ERIE

10D
“Toy Story 4” dinosaur
REX

12D
Garden implement that resembles a small shovel
TROWEL

19D
“Fuller House” actress Loughlin
LORI

20D
Firearm filler, for short
AMMO

23D
Word that can follow “Groundhog” or “Labor”
DAY

24D
Mattel card game similar to Crazy Eights
UNO

25D
Breakfast food that’s high in cholesterol
EGG

27D
Actress de Armas who will star in a 2025 “John Wick” spin-off
ANA

29D
Comic actress Wong
ALI

30D
Moral offense
SIN

31D
“Industry” actor Leung
KEN

33D
British aristocrat
EARL

34D
Figure skating leap
AXEL

35D
Like someone who observes Passover
JEWISH

40D
Satellite’s path around the Earth
ORBIT

41D
Wrenches and hammers, for example
TOOLS

43D
Come into a room
ENTER

44D
Dummy
DOPE

45D
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, for example
COUPLE

46D
The “sun” in a 25-Down that’s cooked sunny-side up
YOLK

47D
Chip and ___ (Disney chipmunks)
DALE

48D
Cooking liquids made by pressing olives or peanuts, for example
OILS

49D
Murphy’s ___
LAW

52D
“That’s ___ fair!”
NOT