2/7/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/7/25
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1A
Supervising official in football, for short
REF

4A
Noncommercial network
PBS

7A
“The Morning ___” (Jennifer Aniston series)
SHOW

11A
Playing card that has just one pip in the middle
ACE

12A
“What a shame!”
ALAS

14A
Automaker whose name rhymes with “rowdy”
AUDI

15A
___ stickers (Chinese dumplings)
POT

16A
Anesthetized
NUMB

17A
Potato ___ soup (French dish that’s creamy and oniony)
LEEK

18A
US tennis player who completed his career Golden Slam in 1999: 2 wds.
ANDRE AGASSI

21A
Witch’s pet, typically
CAT

22A
Color opposing black in checkers but not in chess
RED

23A
Song for a diva
ARIA

26A
___-existing conditions
PRE

27A
Expectation at LAX or LaGuardia: Abbr.
ETA

30A
Serbian tennis player who completed his career Golden Slam at the 2024 Paris Olympics: 2 wds.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC

34A
In song, it’s “a deer, a female deer”
DOE

35A
Rapper whose debut album was 1994’s “Illmatic”
NAS

36A
Totally attentive
RAPT

37A
Goop used to make some spiky hairstyles
GEL

38A
Big ___ (Golden Arches burger)
MAC

40A
Spanish tennis player who completed his career Golden Slam in 2010: 2 wds.
RAFAEL NADAL

45A
Physical ___ (when a doctor listens to your heart)
EXAM

46A
Supernatural glow
AURA

47A
Much ___ About Nothing (Shakespeare comedy)
ADO

50A
So what ___ is new?
ELSE

51A
Sound heard during a barbershop trim
SNIP

52A
Clear as ___ (not clear at all)
MUD

53A
“___, get out of here!”
LETS

54A
“Along came a spider, who ___ down beside her …” (nursery rhyme excerpt)
SAT

55A
Pea holder
POD

1D
Music genre for Playboi Carti
RAP

2D
“The Name of the Rose” author Umberto
ECO

3D
White cheese from Greece
FETA

4D
Bamboo-eating bear
PANDA

5D
___ out (say impulsively)
BLURT

6D
“Me too!”
SAME

7D
“Caesar” or “Cobb” dish
SALAD

8D
Crimson and lavender, for example
HUES

9D
Celebratory poems
ODES

10D
User-edited website
WIKI

13D
Pizza chain found in many mall food courts
SBARRO

19D
Organization whose results are predicted in “bracketology”: Abbr.
NCAA

20D
___ Squad (Best Buy service group)
GEEK

23D
Rank ___ file
AND

24D
Pooh and Piglet’s marsupial pal
ROO

25D
“___ lost track”
IVE

26D
Bedtime attire, for short
PJS

27D
“Desperate Housewives” actress Longoria
EVA

28D
Piece of advice
TIP

29D
Segment of a Broadway show
ACT

31D
Joint with a “cap”
KNEE

32D
Former TV drama that featured the cliffhanger “Who shot J.R.?”
DALLAS

33D
Large ocean animal that eats dolphins and walruses
ORCA

37D
Scrabble and Twister, for two
GAMES

38D
2024 biopic where Angelina Jolie plays opera singer Callas
MARIA

39D
Get used to changes
ADAPT

40D
Fishing rod’s spool
REEL

42D
Speedy
FAST

43D
Religious sisters
NUNS

44D
Bedside light source
LAMP

48D
OutKast or Indigo Girls, for example
DUO

49D
Peculiar
ODD