1/18/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/18/25
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1A
Not tame
WILD

5A
Actors Helms and Asner, for two
EDS

8A
Exaggeratedly masculine
MACHO

13A
Casual shoe brand whose logo includes an upward arrow
AVIA

14A
Yang’s opposite
YIN

15A
Colorado ski destination
ASPEN

16A
General with a plan to help Europe after WWII who was US secretary of defense during the Korean War: 2 wds.
GEORGE MARSHALL

19A
Clean and orderly
NEAT

20A
What an actor’s headshot is, for short
PIC

21A
Devious
SLY

22A
Computer named for an apple
MAC

24A
“I ___ your pardon!”
BEG

26A
Brand of cooking spray
PAM

28A
Person who has graduated, for short
ALUM

30A
“I told you so!”
SEE

32A
Reinforcement for concrete
REBAR

36A
US secretary of defense for seven years of the Vietnam War: 2 wds.
ROBERT MCNAMARA

39A
Not on land or in the air: 2 wds.
AT SEA

40A
“He said, ___ said”
SHE

41A
Garden in Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
EDEN

42A
Demolition explosive: Abbr.
TNT

44A
Tree-dwelling hooter
OWL

46A
___ joke (dumb pun, often)
DAD

47A
Biblical boat that was 300 cubits long
ARK

50A
Metallic container at a fraternity bash
KEG

52A
Rise steeply, as prices
SOAR

54A
Two-time US secretary of defense who oversaw the start of the Iraq War: 2 wds.
DONALD RUMSFELD

59A
“School’s Out” singer Cooper
ALICE

60A
Dwight Eisenhower’s nickname
IKE

61A
Comic actress Martha or country singer Collin
RAYE

62A
___ out (apportions)
METES

63A
___ name (pseudonym)
PEN

64A
Black cat, to a superstitious person
OMEN

1D
Move like a dog’s tail
WAG

2D
“___ heard enough out of you!”
I’VE

3D
Young animals in a pride: 2 wds.
LION CUBS

4D
Challenge
DARE

5D
Exam from an optometrist: 2 wds.
EYE TEST

6D
Take a ___ view of (disapprove of)
DIM

7D
Break crisply
SNAP

8D
Makeup that might smear when you cry
MASCARA

9D
Fireplace buildup
ASH

10D
Many licensed tax preparers: Abbr.
CPAS

11D
Fiery fate for evildoers
HELL

12D
Sole
ONLY

17D
Chatter at length
GAB

18D
___ off the Band-Aid (do something unpleasant quickly)
RIP

22D
“The Social Network” actress Rooney
MARA

23D
“There’s ___ to unpack here”: 2 wds.
A LOT

25D
Jewels
GEMS

27D
Image you might come across in multiple Bluesky posts
MEME

29D
Assemble together
MEET

31D
Sound that rebounds
ECHO

33D
Nightmare: 2 wds.
BAD DREAM

34D
Bay ___ (San Francisco’s location)
AREA

35D
Ayn who wrote “The Fountainhead”
RAND

37D
Causes resentment
RANKLES

38D
Journalists like Lester Holt and Bob Woodward
NEWSMEN

43D
Common nickname for Theodore
TED

45D
___ Angeles Philharmonic
LOS

47D
Senator Schiff from California
ADAM

48D
Actor’s part
ROLE

49D
Make a sweater
KNIT

51D
Tightly hold onto
GRIP

53D
Thick, curly hairdo
AFRO

55D
Top card in a royal flush
ACE

56D
Instrument at a luau, for short
UKE

57D
Corrosive cleaning solution
LYE

58D
Bear’s hibernation spot
DEN