8/5/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/5/25
TV Tuesday

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1A
Grand literary work like “The Iliad” or “The Odyssey”
EPIC

5A
Stovepipe ____ (headwear for Abraham Lincoln)
HAT

8A
Color of ketchup
RED

11A
Have a bite to eat
NOSH

12A
Unexplained sightings in the sky: Abbr.
UFOS

14A
Actress Mendes whose partner is Ryan Gosling
EVA

15A
Place to buy cold cuts
DELI

16A
California wine valley
NAPA

17A
Prepared lunch for, perhaps
FED

18A
“Jeopardy!” creator who was inducted into the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame in 2022: 2 wds.
MervGriffin

21A
Asparagus, ____ & Mushroom Risotto (Green Giant product)
PEA

22A
Room in a jail
CELL

23A
____ Equis (brand of Mexican beer)
DOS

26A
Tick off
IRK

28A
Some pub orders
ALES

31A
“Jeopardy!” announcer who was inducted into the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame in 2022: 2 wds.
JohnnyGilbert

35A
Item of clothing that’s the “S” in the retail chain “DSW”
SHOE

36A
____-country (subgenre that includes Jason Aldean)
BRO

37A
Towel off
DRY

38A
Noise from a stadium crowd
ROAR

41A
Authorizes
OKS

43A
“Jeopardy!” champion and host who was inducted into the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame in 2025: 2 wds.
KenJennings

47A
“Karate ____: Legends” (2025 movie)
KID

48A
Actor Goldberg who costarred on “The Equalizer”
ADAM

49A
Where Honolulu and Waikiki are
OAHU

51A
Virus that’s common in winter months
FLU

52A
TV host Kelly
RIPA

53A
Black cat or broken mirror, to some people
OMEN

54A
Police officer
COP

55A
Reading room
DEN

56A
Coin in the Philippines or Colombia
PESO

1D
Be-all and ____-all
END

2D
Piece of writing that’s not prose
POEM

3D
Often-uninhabited piece of land in the sea
ISLE

4D
Bird’s tweet
CHIRP

5D
European country whose capital is Budapest
HUNGARY

6D
Many miles away
AFAR

7D
____ sentence (important part of a student’s essay)
TOPIC

8D
Added more soda to, as a glass
REFILLED

9D
____-tempered (not easily angered)
EVEN

10D
Dennis Quaid, to Jack Quaid
DAD

13D
Not in any danger
SAFE

19D
Blood vessel that’s not an artery
VEIN

20D
Belly blubber
FLAB

23D
Entertainers at bar mitzvah receptions: Abbr.
DJS

24D
____ and aah
OOH

25D
Reinforced, as a weak structure: 2 wds.
SHOREDUP

27D
Old Soviet group that Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr.
KGB

29D
“To ____ is human”
ERR

30D
What a messy bedroom might be compared to
STY

32D
Bright, like a highlighter’s color
NEON

33D
Hero whose real name is Tony Stark: 2 wds.
IRONMAN

34D
Mischievous Norse god
LOKI

39D
Not quite shut
AJAR

40D
Decorated a new way
REDID

42D
Nosy person
SNOOP

43D
Prefix for “gram” or “byte”
KILO

44D
Part of the neck below the hairline
NAPE

45D
Sporting event
GAME

46D
“____ a Rainbow” (1967 Rolling Stones song)
SHE’S

47D
Restaurant that sells Mike’s Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich
KFC

50D
____ Pizzeria & Grill (pizza chain)
UNO