7/28/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/28/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Shot that goes over a tennis player’s head
LOB

4A
ISP that has around 1.5 million paying users
AOL

7A
Quagmire
BOG

10A
Health program also known as “Obamacare”: Abbr.
ACA

11A
Surname given to an anonymous person
DOE

12A
“___ you kidding me?”
ARE

13A
“The Last of Us” actor who plays Mr. Fantastic in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
PEDRO PASCAL

16A
Very long story
SAGA

17A
___ butter (ingredient in lip gloss)
SHEA

18A
Foe
ENEMY

20A
Very intelligent blackbirds
CROWS

24A
“That’s so obvious!”
DUH

27A
1806 event where Andrew Jackson killed a man
DUEL

28A
“The Crown” actress who plays Invisible Woman in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
VANESSA KIRBY

33A
Where Tehran is
IRAN

34A
Bull’s-___ (part of a dartboard)
EYE

35A
Quite sufficient
AMPLE

37A
“Understand?”: 2 wds.
GETIT

42A
Currier & ___ (company referred to in the Christmas song “Sleigh Ride”)
IVES

45A
Horse’s hair
MANE

46A
“Gladiator II” actor who plays Human Torch in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
JOSEPH QUINN

49A
Three strikes, in baseball
OUT

50A
Proof of a debt
IOU

51A
Deliberately false statement
LIE

52A
“___ better to have loved and lost …”
TIS

53A
Homophone of “coup”
COO

54A
Solidify, as Jell-O
SET

1D
Expire, like an insurance policy
LAPSE

2D
Pacific, for one
OCEAN

3D
“The Red ___ of Courage” (Stephen Crane novel)
BADGE

4D
Hubbub
ADO

5D
“I didn’t mean to spill that drink!”
OOPS

6D
“___ Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath”
LEAH

7D
Brand of rum with a bat on its label
BACARDI

8D
“Is this real ___ dream?”: 2 wds.
ORA

9D
Hairstyling stuff
GEL

14D
Los Angeles NFL player
RAM

15D
Triple ___ (orange-flavored liqueur in margaritas)
SEC

19D
Units of measurement on a football field: Abbr.
YDS

21D
Your and my
OUR

22D
“___-Slinger” (nickname for Spider-Man)
WEB

23D
Funk musician Stone who died in June
SLY

25D
Bring into play
USE

26D
Stuff in a stack on a farm
HAY

28D
By way of
VIA

29D
Limb attached to the shoulder joint
ARM

30D
Short period of sleep
NAP

31D
Signs up for military service
ENLISTES

32D
Stainless steel barrel for beer
KEG

36D
“House of the Dragon” actress Best
EVE

38D
Long-legged Australian bird
EMU

39D
Option other than heads, in a coin toss
TAILS

40D
Term for a Lumon worker (on “Severance”)
INNIE

41D
Guiding principle
TENET

43D
___ fail (major mistake)
EPIC

44D
“Scat!”
SHOO

46D
___ down (write quickly)
JOT

47D
“Yes, madame”
OUI

48D
Status ___ (things as they currently are)
QUO