12/3/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/3/25
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1A
“I just had a brilliant ___!”
IDEA

5A
Lima’s nation
PERU

9A
___ code (numbers that might be written after a state)
ZIP

12A
Legitimate
REAL

13A
Get ___ (take revenge)
EVEN

14A
Longtime Hollywood actress ___ Marie Saint
EVA

15A
Put into a bank account or piggy bank
SAVE

16A
Opposite of sloppy
NEAT

17A
How crudités are served
RAW

18A
“Doctor Dolittle” actor who played Henry Higgins in 1964’s “My Fair Lady”: 2 wds.
REXHARRISON

21A
Pioneering Internet provider
AOL

22A
“Hold on just a ___ ___.”
SEC

23A
Jill Biden’s husband
JOE

26A
Booster group for schools: Abbr.
PTA

28A
“Never Been Kissed” actress Jessica
ALBA

32A
“Roman Holiday” actress who played Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady”: 2 wds.
AUDREYHEPBURN

36A
Type of soup made from soybean paste
MISO

37A
“After the Hunt” actress Edebiria
AYO

38A
“Don’t ___ over spilt milk”
CRY

39A
Crotchety character on “The Simpsons”
ABE

42A
Where Spain and France are: Abbr.
EUR

44A
“War and Peace” actor who played Freddy Eynsford-Hill in “My Fair Lady”: 2 wds.
JEREMYBRETT

49A
Like spoiled milk
BAD

50A
Organization for college athletes: Abbr.
NCAA

51A
Antler
HORN

53A
Fancy-sounding poem
ODE

54A
Prisoner’s room
CELL

55A
Bay ___ (San Francisco’s region)
AREA

56A
Aluminum coin in Tokyo
YEN

57A
End of a loaf of bread
HEEL

58A
Gentle honking noise
BEEP

1D
Agency overseeing taxpayers: Abbr.
IRS

2D
“___ Abby” (fromer newspaper column
DEAR

3D
Overhang where icicles form
EAVE

4D
Virtual assistant made by Amazon
Alexa

5D
Holding or pass interference, in football
PENALTY

6D
“They lived happily ___ after”
EVER

7D
Backsides
REARS

8D
Get the knots out of
UNTIE

9D
Only number that’s neither positive nor negative
ZERO

10D
“The One and Only ___” (2020 movie about a gorilla that paints)
IVAN

11D
Foot with claws
PAW

19D
Comedian Bob who entertained troops during WWII
HOPE

20D
What forms over a wound
SCAB

23D
Pearl ___ (grunge band with the debut album “Ten”)
JAM

24D
Word of agreement, in Paris
OUI

25D
O’Neill and Sullivan, for two
EDS

27D
“Everything is clear now!”
AHA

29D
Jean-___ Picard (sci-fi character)
LUC

30D
“It’s freezing in here!”
BRR

31D
“Don’t come ___ closer!”
ANY

33D
Sound from a waterfall or a lion
ROAR

34D
What a contact lens is placed on
EYEBALL

35D
Serve out of a pitcher
POUR

40D
Johnny who was a catcher for the Reds for 16 years
BENCH

41D
Roast host
EMCEE

43D
Physical therapy program after an injury
REHAB

44D
Green gemstone from China
JADE

45D
Garden of paradise
EDEN

46D
New Haven university
YALE

47D
___ to pieces (shredded)
TORE

48D
Plant that might end up at a sawmill
TREE

49D
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the ___” (2025 movie)
BOY

52D
Doze off for a little while
NAP