7/13/25
People Sunday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Beloved superstar
IDOL
5A
___ school (place like Groton or Choate)
PREP
9A
Lack tautness
SAG
12A
Weather the storm
COPE
13A
Assistant for a politician
AIDE
14A
___ bono (for free, to lawyers)
PRO
15A
2019 murder mystery featuring LaKeith Stanfield as a police detective: 2 wds.
KNIVESOUT
17A
It may be recycled on a plane
AIR
18A
“Three o’clock” on a compass
EAST
19A
Tidy arrangement of objects
ARRAY
21A
More achy
SORER
24A
___ Poke (caramel candy)
SLO
25A
Critical ward in a hospital: Abbr.
ICU
26A
Language in Bangkok
THAI
29A
Misplace
LOSE
33A
2023 Apple TV+ horror series starring LaKeith Stanfield: 2 wds.
THECHANGELING
36A
Right fielder Sammy who spent most of his career with the Cubs
SOSA
37A
Sounded like a bell
RANG
38A
Jet ___ (travel fatigue)
LAG
39A
Latto’s music genre
RAP
41A
Coarse files in a toolbox
RASPS
43A
Wasn’t serious (as in not currently dating seriously)
JOKED
46A
Old Testament garden
EDEN
48A
Nickname of the Civil War president
ABE
49A
2019 crime thriller costarring LaKeith Stanfield: 2 wds.
UNCUTGEMS
54A
One of the Three Stooges
MOE
55A
“The ___, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
LION
56A
“Beauty and the Beast” actor McGregor
EWAN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57A
Real first name of Marvel superhero the Thing
BEN
58A
Aquarium
TANK
59A
Make over again
REDO
1D
Word similar to “ugh!” and “yuck!”
ICK
2D
“___ Quixote” (17th-century novel)
DON
3D
Maker of RapiDry nail polish
OPI
4D
Flood control embankment
LEVEE
5D
Overtake, as a slow car
PASS
6D
Civil disturbance
RIOT
7D
www.northwestern.___
EDU
8D
Part of a flower’s corolla
PETAL
9D
Practice for a boxing match
SPAR
10D
Song that might elicit cries of “Brava!”
ARIA
11D
Gruesomely bloody
GORY
16D
Our planet
EARTH
20D
Word that can follow “drum” or “jelly”
ROLL
21D
Parks oneself
SITS
22D
Eight, in Spain
OCHO
23D
Feels remorseful about
RUES
24D
It might say NO PARKING or YIELD
SIGN
27D
Instrument on Irish euro coins
HARP
28D
Actress Gasteyer who guest-starred on “Loot”
ANA
30D
Liquids made by pressing olives or peanuts, say
OILS
31D
Jacket fastener
SNAP
32D
Important ingredients at an omelet bar
EGGS
34D
Therapeutic attention
CARE
35D
Long-legged bird in the National Audubon Society’s logo
EGRET
40D
___ Swim (programming block on Cartoon Network)
ADULT
42D
Emotion represented by ears spewing steam, in cartoons
ANGER
43D
Side of a doorway
JAMB
44D
Instrument related to the clarinet
OBOE
45D
Sharp, like a sense of hearing
KEEN
46D
Financial analyst’s college major, often: Abbr.
ECON
47D
___ tank (carnival attraction where someone may end up in the water)
DUNK
50D
Actress Long of “The Best Man: The Final Chapters”
NIA
51D
She provides wool
EWE
52D
“Don’t get ___, get even”
MAD
53D
Nestlé ___-Caps (candy)
SNO