8/14/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/14/25
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1A
“Hanging” item on some paper ballots
CHAD

5A
Bitter beer: Abbr.
IPA

8A
Number of options in a coin toss
TWO

11A
___ and hearty (in good shape)
HALE

12A
Gift-giving trio in the Bible
MAGI

14A
Clump of gum
WAD

15A
Singer whose debut single “Drivers License” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021
OLIVIA RODRIGO

18A
Quality ___ (hotel chain)
INN

19A
Avid
EAGER

20A
Animals that charge at matadors
BULLS

23A
Purple berry from Brazil
ACAI

25A
___ Dhabi (United Arab Emirates city)
ABU

26A
Fashion designer Knowles who’s Beyoncé’s mother
TINA

28A
West African nation whose letters can be scrambled to “Lima”
MALI

32A
Singer whose debut single “All About That Bass” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014
MEGHAN TRAINOR

35A
344 square miles, for Berlin
AREA

36A
___ up (come clean)
FESS

37A
Chastising sound
TSK

38A
Places with pandas and tigers
ZOOS

40A
Gives it a go
TRIES

42A
Glossy luster
SHEEN

45A
“Who Wants to ___ Millionaire”
BE A

46A
Singer whose debut single “A Moment Like This” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002
KELLY CLARKSON

52A
Squeal of fear
EEK

53A
Photo of the inside of your body: Hyph.
X-RAY

54A
Light brown color
ECRU

55A
Actors Asner and Harris
EDS

56A
“Call of Duty: Black ___ ” (2010 video game)
OPS

57A
Rat or monkey, in the Chinese zodiac
SIGN

1D
___ Chang (“Harry Potter” girl)
CHO

2D
Actor Sparks of “Queer as Folk” and “Talk Soup”
HAL

3D
Comedian Wentworth or Wong
ALI

4D
Angel’s counterpart
DEVIL

5D
“The Marvels” star Vellani
IMAN

6D
Even score in a golf round
PAR

7D
“Feels like forever ___!”
AGO

8D
Little branch used in kindling
TWIG

9D
Worker’s pay
WAGE

10D
Disgusting smell
ODOR

13D
Result of a brainstorming session
IDEA

16D
Social app with a camera logo, for short
INSTA

17D
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” director Sam
RAIMI

20D
The Crimson Tide, informally
BAMA

21D
Largest ridesharing company
UBER

22D
Olympic racing sled
LUGE

23D
Puts some chips in the pot before cards are dealt, in poker
ANTES

24D
Pixar movie featuring Lightning McQueen
CARS

27D
Data, for short
INFO

29D
World ___-Doping Agency
ANTI

30D
Get defeated
LOSE

31D
Really bothers
IRKS

33D
Witch ___ (Looney Tunes character named for an ointment)
HAZEL

34D
Fall flower with a star shape
ASTER

39D
Black gemstone in a cameo
ONYX

41D
Leaf-gathering tools
RAKES

42D
___-Ball (arcade game)
SKEE

43D
Pay ___ to (take seriously)
HEED

44D
Antlered animals of the western US
ELKS

45D
Howls at the moon
BAYS

47D
___-Magnon man
CRO

48D
Circuit around a racetrack
LAP

49D
___-fi (literary genre)
SCI

50D
www.greenpeace.—
ORG

51D
Mother Teresa was one
NUN