8/15/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/15/25
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1A
Competition where speed is key
RACE

5A
Touches gently with a washcloth
DABS

9A
“Shifting Gears” actress Dennings
KAT

12A
“What a pity!”
ALAS

13A
Send out, as rays
EMIT

14A
Suffix that means “or thereabouts”
ISH

15A
Categorize
SORT

16A
“The Jeffersons” creator Norman __
LEAR

17A
“To __ the least!”
SAY

18A
Arizona-based NBA team with a “hot” name: 2 wds.
PHOENIXSUNS

21A
Guinness who played Obi-Wan in “Star Wars”
ALEC

22A
Colorful parrot with a large beak
MACAW

25A
Mysterious glow
AURA

29A
Comedian Franco who’s married to Alison Brie
DAVE

30A
Alberta-based NHL team with a “hot” name: 2 wds.
CALGARYFLAMES

35A
State bordering Pennsylvania and Michigan
OHIO

36A
Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club”
LETO

37A
Flower in the violet family
PANSY

39A
Hard Rock __ (restaurant chain)
CAFE

43A
Illinois-based MLS team with a “hot” name: 2 wds.
CHICAGOFIRE

48A
Nuptial words: 2 wds.
IDO

50A
“Heads of State” star Idris
ELBA

51A
“__ of the Flies” (William Golding novel)
LORD

52A
Comedy legend Brooks
MEL

53A
Lounge lazily
LOLL

54A
Of unknown authorship: Abbr.
ANON

55A
Ink-filled item
PEN

56A
Hair-coloring substances
DYES

57A
Actress Delevingne
CARA

1D
Coarse file
RASP

2D
Hawaiian greeting
ALOHA

3D
Song that’s typically sung in December
CAROL

4D
Beauty brand __ Lauder
ESTEE

5D
Shop that might sell bagels and lox
DELI

6D
Company with an ultra-exclusive Centurion Card, for short
AMEX

7D
Favoritism
BIAS

8D
Lightly play, as a guitar
STRUM

9D
Jumbotron display that encourages people to smooch: 2 wds.
KISSCAM

10D
Fit __ fiddle: 2 wds.
ASA

11D
“Love __ neighbor”
THY

19D
Campus sports organization: Abbr.
NCAA

20D
Nothing, in Madrid
NADA

23D
1600 Pennsylvania __ (White House street address): Abbr.
AVE

24D
Maryland governor Moore or movie director Craven
WES

26D
Website’s address: Abbr.
URL

27D
Type of bread that sounds like “wry”
RYE

28D
Toward the rear of a ship
AFT

30D
American equivalent of a British “bobby”
COP

31D
“I thought so!”
AHA

32D
President after Buchanan
LINCOLN

33D
“I’ll be darned!”
GOSH

34D
Plumb __ (crazy)
LOCO

38D
Cede the right of way to oncoming traffic
YIELD

40D
Insurance company whose ads feature a duck
AFLAC

41D
Shrek’s wife
FIONA

42D
Boo-boo
ERROR

44D
Be too sweet-tasting
CLOY

45D
Not __ to get a word in edgewise
ABLE

46D
What cowboys sometimes call women
GALS

47D
Tracy’s mother in “Hairspray”
EDNA

48D
Kid who’s not well-behaved
IMP

49D
Actor Billy __ Williams
DEE