7/17/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/17/25
People Sunday

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1A
Bone in an anatomical cage
RIB

4A
A seat belt goes across it
LAP

7A
Move like rabbits
HOP

10A
Animal that beats its chest
APE

11A
Country that has had 45 different presidents to date: Abbr.
USA

12A
“Flamin’ Hot” director Longoria
EVA

13A
“Honey” singer who’s had three songs debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds.
MARIAHCAREY

16A
Bird with large, blue-green eggs
EMU

17A
Pros and ___
CONS

18A
Blog entries
POSTS

21A
Baseball great Gehrig
LOU

23A
Self-importance
EGO

24A
Rough, like facial stubble
COARSE

27A
“Thank U, Next” singer who’s had seven songs debut at #1: 2 wds.
ARIANA GRANDE

31A
Annual Pacific current that affects weather: 2 wds.
EL NINO

32A
Singer featured in “One to One”
ONO

33A
Route-choosing device: Abbr.
GPS

34A
“Shark Tank” shark Mark
CUBAN

36A
Sudden desire
URGE

39A
Rotten review
PAN

40A
“Shake It Off” singer who’s had seven #1 debuts: 2 wds.
TAYLOR SWIFT

45A
It bends at the elbow
ARM

46A
“It ___ nice while it lasted”
WAS

47A
Early form of metal
ORE

48A
“___ the Wizard” (“The Wiz” song)
HES

49A
Item that catches a human cannonball
NET

50A
Agreement that doesn’t require speaking
NOD

1D
Horned animal tended by a shepherd
RAM

2D
Craft beer that tends to be bitter: Abbr.
IPA

3D
Felt hat with a flat top
BERET

4D
Party that might feature poi and fire dancing
LUAU

5D
___ Ketchum (“Pokémon” character)
ASH

6D
Democracy for America or America First, for example: Abbr.
PAC

7D
“Last Action ___” (Arnold Schwarzenegger movie)
HERO

8D
Appliance that’s often preheated
OVEN

9D
Covers the expenses
PAYS

14D
Short online texts: Abbr.
IMS

15D
Honda’s luxury division
ACURA

18D
Vegetable with “snow” and “snap” varieties
PEA

19D
Beast with a page on WikiShrek
OGRE

20D
Dirt in a flower pot
SOIL

21D
Image on a business card
LOGO

22D
Rowing implement
OAR

24D
Containers often seen in food drives
CANS

25D
Person who looks down on “inferiors”
SNOB

26D
“The Incredibles” character who declared, “No capes!”
EDNA

28D
Winged ornament on a Christmas tree
ANGEL

29D
Small bite
NIB

30D
Billion-year period
EON

34D
Crow’s sound
CAW

35D
The Confederacy’s opponent in the US Civil War
UNION

36D
Its state insect is the honeybee
UTAH

37D
Almost never seen
RARE

38D
Places where people lift and run
GYMS

39D
“Hey you, over here!”
PSST

41D
Head off on your ___ (leave the group)
OWN

42D
“Norma ___” (1979 Sally Field film)
RAE

43D
To and ___ (in both directions)
FRO

44D
Senator Cruz
TED