4/28/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/28/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Gorillas and orangutans for example
APES

5A
What We Do in ___ Shadows (FX horror comedy)
THE

8A
Perspiration
SWEAT

13A
Office note
MEMO

14A
“And I Love ___” (Beatles hit)
HER

15A
Sweet smell
AROMA

16A
“The Batman” actor who played twin brothers in 2007’s “There Will Be Blood”
PAULDANO

18A
The Most Interesting ___ the World (Dos Equis ad character)
MANIN

19A
Formal promise
VOW

20A
___-sea diver
DEEP

22A
Less amusing in terms of a joke
LAMER

25A
Something a tailor might adjust on a pair of pants
HEM

26A
___ Xtra (spicy cherry soda)
PIBB

30A
“It’s just what ___ been looking for!”
IVE

31A
George Gershwin’s brother and songwriting partner
IRA

33A
For all to see
OPENLY

35A
“Creed” actor who plays twin brothers in 2025’s “Sinners”
MICHAEL B JORDAN

38A
Walking back and forth nervously
PACING

39A
Have an illness
AIL

40A
Comedian Barinholtz who won $1,000,000 on each of two different game shows
IKE

41A
Minor obstacle
SNAG

42A
___ fuel to the fire
ADD

44A
Slushy treats with a polar bear mascot
ICEES

46A
Traditional Polynesian dance
HULA

48A
Debris from burned incense
ASH

49A
Chris of “Jurassic World”
PRATT

52A
“Mad Max: Fury Road” star who played twin brothers in 2015’s “Legend”
TOM HARDY

57A
Beverage that may come with marshmallows and whipped cream
COCOA

58A
Lamb’s mother
EWE

59A
Cartoon kid with a monkey named Boots
DORA

60A
11-time NBA All-Star Curry
STEPH

61A
Where a grizzly bear hibernates
DEN

62A
Look as if
SEEM

1D
Attachment for an electric guitar
AMP

2D
Split ___ With Ham & Bacon (variety of Campbell’s soup)
PEA

3D
Tall bird in Liberty Mutual commercials
EMU

4D
Get to the bottom of as a mystery
SOLVE

5D
Unfreeze as a turkey the day before Thanksgiving
THAW

6D
Female chicken
HEN

7D
Eat away at
ERODE

8D
On the ___ page (in agreement)
SAME

9D
Foil around a candy bar
WRAPPER

10D
James Bond production company that shares its name with a long period of time
EON

11D
“___ being naive?”
AMI

12D
Convert a hide into leather
TAN

17D
“The Picture of ___ Gray” (Oscar Wilde novel)
DORIAN

21D
Texter’s pictogram
EMOJI

22D
Walks with a hobble
LIMPS

23D
Birdlike
AVIAN

24D
Muslim pilgrims’ destination
MECCA

25D
Bryan Cranston’s role on “Malcolm in the Middle”
HAL

27D
Like music artists who aren’t signed to a label
INDIE

28D
Quarterback Bortles who retired in 2022
BLAKE

29D
Actress Amanda of 2007’s “Hairspray”
BYNES

32D
Majestic
REGAL

34D
Like a person born in Warsaw
POLISH

36D
Type of sneaker that covers the full ankle (hyph.)
HIGHTAP

37D
Naughty
BAD

43D
Passé
DATED

45D
“Hanging” items on some infamous ballots from 2000
CHADS

47D
State that’s north of Arizona
UTAH

48D
Refrain heard in a church
AMEN

49D
Non-Apple desktops: Abbr.
PCS

50D
Spoil like old vegetables
ROT

51D
Perfect serve from Naomi Osaka
ACE

53D
Be in the red
OWE

54D
Sushi eggs
ROE

55D
Rap’s Dr. ___
DRE

56D
Orange tuber grown in Africa
YAM