12/12/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/12/25
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
“___ talking to myself here?”: 2 wds.
AMI

4A
Cry like a baby
BAWL

8A
Shove
PUSH

12A
Marshy place
BOG

13A
___ Day vitamins: 2 wds.
ONEA

14A
Continent with over four billion people
ASIA

15A
Soup container
CAN

16A
All-Star point guard drafted by the Phoenix Suns in 1996, who returned to the team in 2004: 2 wds.
STEVENASH

18A
Dog in “Wicked: For Good”
TOTO

20A
University of Notre ___
DAME

21A
European capital known as “the Eternal City”
ROME

23A
First Greek letter
ALPHA

27A
Lay out on the beach
TAN

28A
Actress Moore who was Oscar-nominated for “The Substance”
DEMI

31A
Managed
RAN

32A
All-Star point guard drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2012, who returned to the team in 2025: 2 wds.
DAMIANLILLARD

35A
Hospital section that sounds like what follows “Peekaboo!”: Abbr.
ICU

36A
NFL team that returned to Los Angeles in 2016
RAMS

37A
“Gross!”
ICK

38A
Text-filled items on a Facebook page
POSTS

40A
Outbox folder
SENT

42A
Robin who robbed the rich
HOOD

45A
Princess played by Carrie Fisher
LEIA

47A
All-Star point guard drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in 1994, who returned to the team in 2008: 2 wds.
JASONKIDD

51A
Stanley ___ (NHL trophy)
CUP

53A
Stinky smell
ODOR

54A
Skin problem for teens
ACNE

55A
“Now ___ theater near you!”: 2 wds.
ATA

56A
The talk of the ___
TOWN

57A
Period of 365 or 366 days
YEAR

58A
“Swing ___, Sweet Chariot” (Christian hymn)
LOW

1D
Alphabet’s start
ABC

2D
Castle defense that might contain crocodiles
MOAT

3D
Total idoit
IGNORAMUS

4″D
___ Buddies” (1980s Tom Hanks sitcome)
BOSOM

5D
Insect with over 15,000 varieties
ANT

6D
Troublesome plant
WEED

7D
Stuff spewed out by a volcano
LAVA

8D
Group of experts speaking at a conference
PANEL

9D
Country that includes Hawaii and Alaska: Abbr.
USA

10D
Bro’s sibling
SIS

11D
“Yeah, right!”
HAH

17D
Message received via computer
EMAIL

19D
“Song of Solomon” novelist Morrison
TONI

22D
“Hairspray” character who was played on Broadway by Harvey Fierstein
EDNA

24D
Utilitarian
PRACTICAL

25D
“___! The Herald Angels Sing” (Christmas carol)
HARK

26D
Common conjunction
AND

27D
Mexican food that has its own emoji
TACO

29D
West ___ (furniture store chain)
ELM

30D
Feel the absence of
MISS

32D
Party food that may be “seven-layer”
DIP

33D
Fire-related crime
ARSON

34D
Queue
LINE

39D
Pointy thing on the stem of a rose
THORN

41D
Respected person in a village
ELDER

43D
“Yeah, sure!”
OKAY

44D
Spotted cubes rolled in many games
DICE

46D
___ industry (companies that make SUVs and cars)
AUTO

47D
Scribble (down)
JOT

48D
Hubbub
ADO

49D
Spread, as seeds
SOW

50D
Genetic identifier: Abbr.
DNA

52D
Fox’s foot
PAW