7/7/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/7/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Animated movie with such characters as Doc Hudson and Tow Mater
CARS

5A
TV network that’s received federal funding since 1970
PBS

8A
Vehicle driven by a hack
CAB

11A
Badly behaved kid
BRAT

12A
Deep groove in a road
RUT

13A
“It’s ___ or nothing!”
ALL

14A
Use a spoon or swizzle stick
STIR

15A
Actor Goree of “Riverdale” and “The Peripheral”
ELI

16A
“You’re ___ the boss of me!”
NOT

17A
1996 film starring Billy Bob Thornton as a patient released from a psychiatric hospital
SLINGBLADE

20A
Green morsel in fried rice
PEA

21A
“Your,” in some Bibles
THY

22A
“I ___ Rock” (Simon & Garfunkel hit): 2 wds.
AMA

25A
PepsiCo energy drink
AMP

27A
“Chiquitita” pop group
ABBA

30A
2001 drama starring Billy Bob Thornton as a deputy prison warden: 2 wds.
MONSTERBALL

33A
Toy that can go “around the world”: Hyph.
YO-YO

34A
Major financial “average,” for short
DOW

35A
Have regrets about
RUE

36A
Prefix that means “three”
TRI

38A
Sound made by a ram or ewe
BAA

40A
2022 Netflix action thriller with Billy Bob Thornton as a senior CIA official: 3 wds.
THEGRAYMAN

44A
___ Beta Kappa
PHI

45A
Scientist’s workplace
LAB

46A
Say the rosary, for example
PRAY

48A
British author McEwan with the upcoming novel “What We Can Know”
IAN

49A
Part of vinaigrette dressing
OIL

50A
Former flavor of green Life Savers
LIME

51A
Porky or Petunia, in cartoons
PIG

52A
___-hit wonder
ONE

53A
Place first mentioned in Genesis 2:8
EDEN

1D
“Ghosts” network
CBS

2D
Creative pursuits
ARTS

3D
High-speed ___ (bullet train system)
RAIL

4D
Get naked
STRIP

5D
Had some drinks before going out to a club
PREGAMED

6D
It’s inserted into a lamp
BULB

7D
Post that supports a beach house
STILT

8D
PayDay or 3 Musketeers, for example: 2 wds.
CANDY BAR

9D
Ingredient in some lip balms
ALOE

10D
Sandwich with one meat and two vegetables, for short
BLT

18D
In apple-pie order
NEAT

19D
Captain of Ishmael and Queequeg, in “Moby-Dick”
AHAB

22D
Actress Adams who played Lois Lane in “Man of Steel”
AMY

23D
Sound from a cow
MOO

24D
“I’ll try ___ once!”
ANYTHING

26D
Likely to occur
PROBABLE

28D
___-ray (videodisc format)
BLU

29D
Alternative to a lager
ALE

31D
Word that can go after “saddle” or “eye”
SORE

32D
Begin to persuade
SWAY

37D
Simple shelter in Arctic regions
IGLOO

39D
Copious
AMPLE

40D
Type of cuisine at a restaurant called Little Bangkok or Siam Palace
THAI

41D
Wet weather forecast
RAIN

42D
Like the Sahara’s climate
ARID

43D
What you learn when being introduced to someone
NAME

44D
Small circle on a domino
PIP

47D
It’s spent in Tokyo
YEN