2/23/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/23/25
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1A
What the second “A” in “NASCAR” stands for
AUTO

5A
Network known for “Sherwood” and “Sherlock”
BBC

8A
Primus lead singer Claypool
LES

11A
Stuff into a small space
CRAM

12A
White spread for sandwiches, for short
MAYO

13A
Homophone of “oar”
ORE

14A
2004 fantasy film “___ Enchanted”
ELLA

15A
Smart ___ (wiseacre)
ALEC

16A
“Pretty Little Liars” actress Peeples
NIA

17A
Nickelback lead singer whose first name is an African country: 2 wds.
CHAD KROEGER

20A
Suffix for “Power” or “lime”
ADE

21A
Tool for creating small holes
AWL

22A
“Well, well, what have we here!”
OHO

25A
Takes too many drugs: Abbr.
ODS

27A
Prefix for “nautical” or “sol”
AERO

30A
“Boyz n the Hood” actor whose first name is a Caribbean country: 3 wds.
CUBA GOODING JR

34A
IQ ___
TEST

35A
“The Last of the Mohicans” actor Studi
WES

36A
12th graders: Abbr.
SRS

37A
“What do you have on ___?” (question at a bar)
TAP

39A
Drink that’s brewed in a kettle
TEA

41A
“Keanu” actor whose first name is a Middle Eastern country: 2 wds.
JORDAN PEELE

46A
Campus’s website address ending
EDU

47A
Salty expanses
SEAS

48A
Peters who plays Quicksilver in “X-Men” movies
EVAN

51A
Muscle twitch
TIC

52A
Discretion in dealing with others
TACT

53A
Nevada city with such casinos as Grand Sierra Resort and Silver Legacy
RENO

54A
Explosive that’s more stable than dynamite: Abbr.
TNT

55A
Craft that weathered a biblical storm
ARK

56A
Mine car or streetcar
TRAM

1D
Dealer’s card that might cause players to buy insurance, in blackjack
ACE

2D
Online address: Abbr.
URL

3D
Soft mineral in bath powder
TALC

4D
Nebraska city that hosts the College World Series
OMAHA

5D
False motion by a baseball pitcher
BALK

6D
“Nailed It!” host Nicole
BYER

7D
Hot chocolate drink
COCOA

8D
Daddy ___ (kind of spider)
LONGLEGS

9D
Great Lake whose deepest point is only 210 feet
ERIE

10D
Scorch the surface of
SEAR

12D
Got by with few resources: 2 wds.
MADE DO

18D
Sick as ___: 2 wds.
A DOG

19D
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” star McGregor
EWAN

22D
Month when some Libras and Scorpios are born: Abbr.
OCT

23D
Turquoise or magenta, for example
HUE

24D
Block, as someone’s view in a theater
OBSTRUCT

26D
Mother of a piglet
SOW

28D
___ Nabisco (former business conglomerate)
RJR

29D
Surgery locations: Abbr.
ORS

31D
Just ___ (slightly): 2 wds.
A TAD

32D
Loathe
DETEST

33D
Words of comprehension: 2 wds.
I SEE

38D
Angel-hair, for example
PASTA

40D
Be on high ___ (stay vigilant)
ALERT

41D
Joan ___ & the Blackhearts
JETT

42D
God who dies in “Thor: Ragnarok”
ODIN

43D
Within shouting distance
NEAR

44D
Fill a suitcase
PACK

45D
“Best Song ___” (One Direction song)
EVER

49D
“MSNBC Reports” anchor Cabrera
ANA

50D
___ de plume (pen name)
NOM