6/1/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/1/25
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1A
Tree branch
Limb

5A
Glued to the ____ (unmoving)
Spot

9A
Fuel pumped at a station
Gas

12A
Stench
Odor

13A
Outlaw Posse actor Edward James
Olmos

15A
Have a balance due on a credit card
Owe

16A
Dorothy’s smallest companion in Oz
Toto

17A
Strap attached to a terrier’s collar
Leash

18A
Frustrate mightily
Vex

19A
Grey’s Anatomy creator who teaches a MasterClass on writing for television: 2 wds.
Shondar Himes

22A
Me, in French
Moi

23A
The P in MPG
Per

24A
Unearthly craft in the sky: Abbr.
UFO

27A
Protective barrier along a riverside
Levee

31A
I think you may be ___ something here!
Onto

34A
The Handmaid’s Tale novelist who teaches a MasterClass on creative writing: 2 wds.
Margaret Atwood

37A
Actress Faris
Anna

38A
Gaze intensely
Stare

39A
Eggs in caviar
Roe

40A
Back when
Ago

42A
That ___ then, this is now
Was

44A
The Hill We Climb poet who teaches a MasterClass on writing and performing poetry: 2 wds.
Amanda Gorman

50A
Rocks put into a refinery
Ore

51A
Slip-up
Error

52A
Appliance featured in Hansel and Gretel
Oven

54A
Take the championship
Win

55A
US city where witch trials were held in the 17th century
Salem

56A
___ what may (whatever happens)
Come

57A
Which Brings Me to You actor Wolff
Nat

58A
Person who’s in charge
Boss

59A
I didn’t ___ which way to turn
Know

1D
Undeveloped parcel of land
Lot

2D
Promises made at the altar: 2 wds.
I Dos

3D
Winged insect attracted to flames
Moth

4D
Tool for sweeping a floor
Broom

5D
Army fighters
Soldiers

6D
Desperate request
Plea

7D
Actor Sharif of Funny Girl and Doctor Zhivago
Omar

8D
Reggae musician Peter
Tosh

9D
Leader of a state
Governor

10D
Dumbfounds
Awes

11D
____ drive (libido)
Sex

14D
What the second S stands for in USS Constitution
Ship

20D
Nickname for the city also called the Big Easy
Nola

21D
Cat’s comment
Meow

24D
Thurman of the Kill Bill movies
Uma

25D
Devotee of a celebrity
Fan

26D
Decorative object hung on a Christmas tree
Ornament

28D
Dog’s doctor, for short
Vet

29D
What’s your ___? (When will you get here?): Abbr.
Eta

30D
Song snippets that won’t stop repeating in your brain
Ear Worms

32D
You’re ____ kind
Too

33D
Long poem celebrating something
Ode

35D
Radio ___ (Queen song that inspired a pop singer’s stage name): 2 wds.
Gaga

36D
Rip, as fabric
Tear

41D
Singles in a cash drawer
Ones

43D
Garment similar to an apron
Smock

44D
Track on an opera recording
Aria

45D
Plain or uninteresting
Drab

46D
___ and Janis (longtime comic strip)
Arlo

47D
Leaves the premises
Goes

48D
Stratford-upon-____ (where Shakespeare was born)
Avon

49D
Marlin’s son, in a Pixar movie
Nemo

50D
Cable channel that aired Oprah’s Master Class
Own

53D
Completely original
New