2/21/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/21/25
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1A
Medical professionals: Abbr.
DRS

4A
Astronaut Jemison
MAE

7A
Cabbagey side dish
SLAW

11A
“Shut your ___!” (“Stop talking!”)
YAP

12A
“Deliver Us From ___” (2003 movie with a punny title)
EVA

13A
Word that can follow “car” or “pressure”
WASH

14A
Lack of humility
EGO

15A
Title for a British man
SIR

16A
Online marketplace that sells new and used items
EBAY

17A
With Simone Biles and Hezly Rivera, one of the five Golden Girls (gold medal-winning gymnasts of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics): 2 wds.
SUNI SALEE

20A
Do surveillance (on)
SPY

21A
Fruit with Gala and Red Delicious varieties
APPLE

25A
“Not ___ shabby!”
TOO

26A
___ fly (runner-advancing play in baseball)
SAC

28A
Lend a hand to
AID

29A
Another of Team USA’s gymnastics Golden Girls at the Paris Olympics: 2 wds.
JORDAN CHILES

32A
Crater Lake’s state: Abbr.
ORE

33A
Turndowns
NOS

34A
Driver’s license issuer: Abbr.
DMV

35A
President who nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
BIDEN

37A
TV star’s workplace
SET

38A
Another of Team USA’s gymnastics Golden Girls at the Paris Olympics: 2 wds.
JADE CAREY

43A
Title for a British woman
DAME

46A
“___ got nothing to add”
IVE

47A
Genre of the 2005 song “Sugar, We’re Goin Down”
EMO

48A
“South Park” character Cartman’s first name
ERIC

49A
Indian flatbread
NAN

50A
Second-largest bird on Earth
EMU

51A
“Cleanliness is ___ to godliness”
NEXT

52A
First number in a crossword grid
ONE

53A
Dejected
SAD

1D
Salon worker’s colorings
DYES

2D
Pasta sauce brand
RAGU

3D
Provided money for, like a Little League team
SPONSORED

4D
Sloppy
MESSY

5D
Competitor of Adidas
AVIA

6D
James ___ Carter (former president who died December 29)
EARL

7D
Get dirt off the floor
SWEEP

8D
Chemist’s workplace
LAB

9D
Cool ___ cucumber: 2 wds.
AS A

10D
“___ didn’t I think of that?”
WHY

18D
Discontinued music player
IPOD

19D
Per person
EACH

22D
Shade providers in Florida and Hawaii: 2 wds.
PALM TREES

23D
“Ray Donovan” star Schreiber
LIEV

24D
They help revise first drafts: Abbr.
EDS

25D
Actress Spelling who appeared on “Dancing With the Stars” in 2024
TORI

26D
___-cone (frosty dessert)
SNO

27D
House coolers: Abbr.
ACS

29D
Monster.com listing
JOB

30D
Actress Faris of the “Scary Movie” franchise
ANNA

31D
What a light bulb over a head signifies in a comic strip
IDEA

36D
Button that removes a DVD from its player
EJECT

37D
Big meltdown in public
SCENE

39D
Pet in “The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas”
DINO

40D
Actress ___ Rachel Wood
EVAN

41D
“Sex Education” actress Mackey
EMMA

42D
“___ better believe it!”
YOUD

43D
Bear’s lair
DEN

44D
“What ___ my options?”
ARE

45D
What oil and water don’t do
MIX