7/30/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/30/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Where you might relax in a steam room
SPA

4A
Classic TV show set during the Korean War
MASH

8A
Prop for Tiger Woods
TEE

11A
Ring above an angel’s head
HALO

13A
___ vera (desert plant)
ALOE

14A
Dispenser for coffee or tea at a buffet
URN

15A
Ear of corn’s covering
HUSK

16A
Hot streak
ROLL

17A
Well ___ of (better off without)
RID

18A
Country singer played by 44-Across in the 1980 biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
LORETTA LYNN

21A
Bon ___ (brand of household cleaner)
AMI

22A
Australian hopper, for short
ROO

23A
“Try ___ might …”: 2 wds.
AS I

26A
Mouse pad, for example
MAT

28A
Luke’s mentor in the “Star Wars” movies
YODA

32A
“The Fugitive” actor who played 18-Across’s husband in “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
TOMMY LEE JONES

36A
Former baseball player from Montreal
EXPO

37A
Pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
ALA

38A
“Son ___ gun!”: 2 wds.
OF A

39A
Reaction to a circus act, perhaps
OOH

42A
Amsterdam or Lexington, in Manhattan: Abbr.
AVE

44A
“Carrie” actress who starred in “Coal Miner’s Daughter”: 2 wds.
SISSY SPACEK

49A
___ artist (scammer)
CON

50A
Employees at the tops of org charts: Abbr.
CEOS

51A
“___ in there!” (motto on a poster featuring a kitten)
HANG

53A
Kind of weird
ODD

54A
Actress Hathaway
ANNE

55A
Cookie often used in cookies-and-cream ice cream
OREO

56A
“The ___ of the Jackal” (Eddie Redmayne series)
DAY

57A
Beams of sunshine
RAYS

58A
Called the shots
LED

1D
“Keep it down!”
SHH

2D
“Gladiator II” star Mescal
PAUL

3D
“Furthermore …”
ALSO

4D
The second “M” in “MMA”
MARTIAL

5D
Often: 2 wds.
A LOT

6D
Sun-powered
SOLAR

7D
“Salutations,” less formally
HELLO

8D
Pivot
TURN

9D
News anchor Burnett
ERIN

10D
THIS ___ UP (phrase stenciled on some cargo crates)
END

12D
Vegetable that’s often fried as a Southern side dish
OKRA

19D
Award won by Kieran Culkin for his role on “Succession”
EMMY

20D
Go up and down, like one’s weight: Hyph.
YOYO

23D
Chowed down on
ATE

24D
Boston Red ___
SOX

25D
Kid who might irritate their babysitter
IMP

27D
Drink such as orange pekoe
TEA

29D
Yoko who sang on “Give Peace a Chance”
ONO

30D
___ Leppard (1980s rock band)
DEF

31D
“Sex Education” actor Butterfield
ASA

33D
Sounds from a dairy farm
MOOS

34D
Passes, like hours in the day
ELAPSES

35D
The world’s most populous island, with over 150 million people
JAVA

40D
Award won by Kieran Culkin for his role in “A Real Pain”
OSCAR

41D
Cackling animal in “The Lion King”
HYENA

43D
Amazon device with Dot and Pop varieties
ECHO

44D
Fizzy stuff in a gin fizz
SODA

45D
Nickname of a Harrison Ford hero
INDY

46D
PlayStation company
SONY

47D
Middle name of former president Carter
EARL

48D
Joint below the hip
KNEE

49D
Fish commonly caught in the Atlantic Ocean
COD

52D
All-powerful being
GOD