8/23/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/23/25
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1A
Click-producing type of dance
TAP

4A
Region
AREA

8A
Adhesive strip
TAPE

12A
Get the wrong answer
ERR

13A
High-up official at a college
DEAN

14A
Shape in IKEA’s logo
OVAL

15A
Introspective rock genre
EMO

16A
Word that can follow “sky” or “meadow,” in bird names
LARK

17A
Maker of foam toys
NERF

18A
Musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion”: 3 wds.
MYFAIRLADY

21A
Die down, like the tide
EBB

22A
Colorado destination for skiers
ASPEN

26A
Actress Pataky of the “Fast & Furious” franchise
ELSA

28A
“____ Reindeer” (2024 miniseries)
BABY

31A
Consumer electronics brand
RCA

32A
Musical based on William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: 3 wds.
WESTSIDESTORY

35A
Belief in one’s own greatness
EGO

36A
“Not to _____ my own horn, but…”
TOOT

37A
Comic-strip penguin created by Berke Breathed
OPUS

38A
Regretful
SORRY

40A
Time since one’s birth
AGE

41A
Musical based on Thornton Wilder’s play “The Matchmaker”: 2 wds.
HELLODOLLY

47A
Friendly country during war
ALLY

50A
It replaced the German mark
EURO

51A
Commit perjury
LIE

52A
Ramble from place to place
ROAM

53A
Saudi native
ARAB

54A
Class for many immigrants to the US: Abbr.
ESL

55A
Toothpaste holder
TUBE

56A
Brazilian soccer great
PELE

57A
Hip-hop music
RAP

1D
Be overrun (with)
TEEM

2D
Country’s fighting force
ARMY

3D
Teacher at a university
PROFESSOR

4D
Come up with lines like an improv performer: Hyph.
AD-LIB

5D
Hindquarters
REAR

6D
____ Grey tea
EARL

7D
1950s teen idol Paul
ANKA

8D
2025 awards for “Maybe Happy Ending”
TONYS

9D
Baltic or Mediterranean, in Monopoly: Abbr.
AVE

10D
It’s around 72 for a golf course
PAR

11D
Santa’s helper
ELF

19D
Like ____ out of hell: 2 wds.
ABAT

20D
Calendar squares
DAYS

23D
Spinning blade that moves a boat or aircraft
PROPELLER

24D
Beige-like hue
ECRU

25D
Thumbs-down votes
NAYS

26D
Farm females that get sheared
EWES

27D
Building toy brand with theme parks
LEGO

28D
“A.P. _____” (former Glenn Howerton sitcom)
BIO

29D
Brouhaha
ADO

30D
Put money on the line
BET

33D
Eyelid annoyance
STYE

34D
Like orders in a fast-food drive-thru lane: 2 wds.
TOGO

39D
What lines of poetry often do
RHYME

40D
Sun-dried brick used in pueblos
ADOBE

42D
“Quantum _____” (1989-1993 TV show revived in 2022)
LEAP

43D
Entice
LURE

44D
Exam with spoken responses
ORAL

45D
____ Marie Presley
LISA

46D
Website for users’ business reviews
YELP

47D
Works by Manet and Monet
ART

48D
Velvet Underground front man Reed
LOU

49D
Place for a science experiment
LAB