12/27/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/27/25
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1A
Denver’s elevation
MILE

5A
Stuff chewed by a cow
CUD

8A
It prevents something from being in mint condition
FLAW

12A
Congregation’s reply
AMEN

13A
Numbered highway: Abbr.
RTE

14A
Caribbean island governed by the Netherlands
ARUBA

15A
“Take a ___ off!” (“Sit down!”)
LOAD

16A
Accident-prone galoot
OAF

17A
___ Aficionado (magazine for smokers)
CIGAR

18A
With 32-Across, 1969 memoir…: 4 wds.
IKNOWWHYTHE

21A
Strawberry’s color
RED

22A
Edible mollusk
OYSTER

26A
Succeed as a stand-up comedian
AMUSE

29A
Person to hang with
PAL

31A
Response at a swearing-in: 2 wds.
IDO

32A
See 18-Across: 3 wds.
CAGEDBIRDSINGS

36A
Ingredient in flan
EGG

37A
Choose (to)
OPT

38A
Gardening items that are coiled up
HOSES

39A
Threw shade at
DISSED

42A
Sharp tool in a woodshop
SAW

43A
“Still I Rise” poet who wrote 18-/32-Across: 2 wds.
MAYAANGELOU

49A
Capital of France
PARIS

52A
Score where no one is ahead
TIE

53A
Trees whose wood longbows may be made from
YEWS

54A
“The Smashing Machine” actress Blunt
EMILY

55A
Poem that exalts its subject
ODE

56A
Lascivious look
OGLE

57A
Blood category
TYPE

58A
Score that a bogey is one worse than
PAR

59A
“Back in the ___” (Beatles song)
USSR

1D
African nation containing Timbuktu
MALI

2D
“No need to give me first aid”: 2 wds.
IMOK

3D
Not fatty
LEAN

4D
Sign, as a check
ENDORSE

5D
Mass of people
CROWD

6D
The Colorado River cuts across it
UTAH

7D
Boldly oppose, as authority
DEFY

8D
Alternative to onion rings
FRIES

9D
Carry with effort
LUG

10D
Group for lawyers: Abbr.
ABA

11D
Tug-of-___
WAR

14D
Needing a massage, maybe
ACHY

19D
Crabgrass, for example
WEED

20D
Provided information
TOLD

23D
Baking containers for muffins
TINS

24D
Side part
EDGE

25D
Actress Tracee Ellis ___
ROSS

26D
Got completely correct, as a school exam
ACED

27D
“The Gift of the ___” (O. Henry story)
MAGI

28D
Australian sheepskin boots
UGGS

29D
Symbol on a playing card
PIP

30D
Gallery merchandise
ART

33D
“Over my dead ___!”
BODY

34D
Layered hairstyle
SHAG

35D
“Much obliged!”: 3 wds.
IOWEYOU

40D
Happy face’s feature
SMILE

41D
Effortless
EASY

42D
Mocking facial expression
SNEER

44D
Perched upon
ATOP

45D
Classic opera set in Egypt
AIDA

46D
A beetle has six of them
LEGS

47D
Flying predators that hunt mice at night
OWLS

48D
Manipulative person
USER

49D
___ name (term of endearment like “sweetie”)
PET

50D
Singer Winehouse who died in 2011
AMY

51D
Reason to stitch up a garment
RIP