1/3/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/3/25
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1A
Tries to get an answer
ASKS

5A
Container for Scrabble tiles
BAG

8A
European mountain peak
ALP

11A
Part of a face with a cleft
CHIN

12A
Survey of voters
POLL

13A
Podcaster Rogan
JOE

14A
State whose capital is Des Moines
IOWA

15A
“Homeland” actress Miranda
OTTO

16A
School class where young students might do finger painting
ART

17A
Former eight-time NBA All-Star on “The Masked Singer”: 2 wds.
DWIGHT HOWARD

20A
Body of water like the Mediterranean or Baltic
SEA

21A
American ID first created in 1936: Abbr.
SSN

22A
Longtime college basketball coach Summitt
PAT

25A
“___ be a real shame if …”
ITD

27A
What “E” might stand for on a map
EAST

31A
Former Patriots tight end on “The Masked Singer”: 2 wds.
ROB GRONKOWSKI

35A
“That’s something ___ entirely!”
ELSE

36A
Advice columnist Landers
ANN

37A
Trendy
HIP

38A
Alert heard on a police scanner: Abbr.
APB

41A
Period of time roughly equivalent to one billion years
EON

43A
Former WWF champion on “The Masked Singer”: 2 wds.
CHRIS JERICHO

49A
Michael who directed the “Transformers” movies
BAY

50A
Glass cylinder in a science lab
VIAL

51A
Increased in size
GREW

52A
Music group’s sound booster
AMP

53A
Casino calculations
ODDS

54A
“French” or “English” instrument in an orchestra
HORN

55A
Long-armed zoo mammal
APE

56A
Peg that holds a golf ball
TEE

57A
“Terrible” phase for a baby
TWOS

1D
Acetylsalicylic ___ (aspirin)
ACID

2D
TV program
SHOW

3D
Fuzzy fruit also known as “Chinese gooseberry”
KIWI

4D
Little setbacks
SNAGS

5D
Burn the candle at ___ ends
BOTH

6D
Section of a choir with voices just lower than sopranos
ALTOS

7D
Radiates light
GLOWS

8D
Slightly cracked open
AJAR

9D
___ & Taylor (former department store chain)
LORD

10D
Family member that might visit a veterinarian
PET

12D
Vegetable commonly produced in Idaho
POTATO

18D
Person who’s named in a will
HEIR

19D
“I Want ___ Drug” (Huey Lewis and the News): 2 wds.
A NEW

22D
Prefix for “disposition” or “natal”
PRE

23D
ISP that was big during the early Internet Age
AOL

24D
“American Dad!” cable channel
TBS

26D
Genetic material in chromosomes: Abbr.
DNA

28D
Kind of tree, or what’s left of a burnt tree
ASH

29D
Glide down wintry slopes
SKI

30D
Gratuity
TIP

32D
Machine part that has teeth
GEAR

33D
Lowers oneself to propose, perhaps
KNEELS

34D
“Would you like the light ___ off?”: 2 wds.
ON OR

39D
Basketball turn with a planted foot
PIVOT

40D
Lesser-known half of a record: 2 wds.
B SIDE

42D
Period between sunset and sunrise
NIGHT

43D
Sleep in the wilderness
CAMP

44D
Excessive promotion
HYPE

45D
Precious green stone
JADE

46D
Black bird in a cornfield
CROW

47D
Person who saves the day
HERO

48D
Has the deed to
OWNS

49D
Ram’s remark
BAA