7/18/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/18/25
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Alphabetic fundamentals
ABCS

5A
Beavers’ constructions
DAMS

9A
Beer container with a tap
KEG

12A
Shanghai is the busiest one in the world, in terms of cargo
PORT

13A
“That’s a likely story!”: 2 wds.
IBET

14A
Suffix with “pass” or “fest”
IVE

15A
Opposite of rich
POOR

16A
Mountain lion
PUMA

17A
Itty-bitty
WEE

18A
Red Sox catcher who was a 6-time All-Star in the 1970s: 2 wds.
CARLTON FISK

21A
John who directed “Face/Off” and “Broken Arrow”
WOO

22A
___ jumping (winter sport on a mountainside)
SKI

23A
To the bitter ___
END

26A
Cable channel that has aired seven “Walking Dead” series to date
AMC

28A
Zilch, in Acapulco
NADA

32A
Yankees catcher who was a 7-time All-Star in the 1970s: 2 wds.
THURMAN MUNSON

36A
Material on a potter’s wheel
CLAY

37A
Sleep in a hammock, maybe
NAP

38A
Tofu’s source
SOY

39A
“Why do you ___?”
ASK

42A
Sticky sludge
GOO

44A
Reds catcher who was a 10-time All-Star in the 1970s: 2 wds.
JOHNNY BENCH

49A
New ___ (company that makes caps for Major League Baseball)
ERA

50A
Actress Lena of “Nine Perfect Strangers”
OLIN

51A
A bit less than warm
COOL

54A
Fish that resembles a snake
EEL

55A
Droop, like old plants
WILT

56A
“Revert action,” in a computer menu
UNDO

57A
Vessel for cooking ramen
POT

58A
Actress Ward of “The Fugitive”
SELA

59A
“I thought you were different than the ___”
REST

1D
TikTok, Tinder, or Threads
APP

2D
Disapproving sound from the audience
BOO

3D
Popular plastic shoe
CROC

4D
Item that comes with a juice box
STRAW

5D
Graduation memento that’s often framed
DIPLOMA

6D
Share a border with
ABUT

7D
Notes distributed to employees
MEMOS

8D
Smelled awful
STANK

9D
New Zealand bird with tiny, useless wings
KIWI

10D
Actresses Plumb and Arden
EVES

11D
Computer whiz, stereotypically
GEEK

19D
Rove about
ROMA

20D
Huckleberry ___ (Tom Sawyer’s friend)
FINN

23D
And others as well: Abbr.
ETC

24D
Sports group whose newest team is the Utah Mammoth: Abbr.
NHL

25D
“Don’t Start Now” singer ___ Lipa
DUA

27D
Dana Bash’s channel
CNN

29D
Animal that says “hee-haw”
ASS

30D
Scooby-___
DOO

31D
“Not by ___ stretch of the imagination”
ANY

33D
Seacrest who hosts “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”
RYAN

34D
Purplish-red color
GAGENTA

35D
“___ further consideration …”
UPON

40D
Wintertime precipitations
SNOWS

41D
Kendall Jenner’s younger sister
KYLIE

43D
Come to pass
OCCUR

44D
Rugged vehicle for soldiers
JEEP

45D
Cookie with a Golden Birthday Cake flavor
OREO

46D
Stop marching
HALT

47D
Beak of a bird
BILL

48D
Whet, as a knife’s blade
HONE

52D
Has way too much: Abbr.
ODs

53D
Grouping of items in an auction
LOT