6/28/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/28/25
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1A
Dogs’ tail movements
WAGS

5A
A cool ___ (slang for $1,000,000)
MIL

8A
Tidbit in trail mix
NUT

11A
Currency for a Greek getaway
EURO

12A
Mythical being who grants wishes
GENIE

14A
“___ lighter note …”: 2 wds.
ON A

15A
Like the perfect climate for prickly pear plants
ARID

16A
Award with a Best Original Score category
OSCAR

17A
“I’m ___ That Girl” (song from “Wicked”)
NOT

18A
Former vice president honored at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards: 2 wds.
KAMALAHARRIS

21A
Plop down onto a sofa
SIT

22A
“___ everything. He’s just Ken.” (“Barbie” tagline)
SHES

24A
___-ray (video format)
BLU

27A
Jump
LEAP

30A
“There ___ was …” (start of many limericks)
ONCE

32A
January 6 Committee chair honored at 2023 NAACP Awards: 2 wds.
BENNIE THOMPSON

36A
Just adequate: Hyph.
SO-SO

37A
“One ___ for the road”
MORE

38A
When a plane is planned to take off: Abbr.
ETD

39A
Belgrade native
SERB

41A
My Chemical Romance’s music genre
EMO

43A
“The Hill We Climb” poet honored at 2024 NAACP Awards: 2 wds.
AMANDA GORMAN

50A
Shade of black, or a fast way to travel
JET

52A
Insurance company with a spokeslizard
GEICO

53A
Brandenburg ___ (arch in Berlin)
GATE

54A
What Elsa could magically create, in “Frozen”
ICE

55A
Square root of 49
SEVEN

56A
“Famous” cookie entrepreneur Wally
AMOS

57A
Horus or Hermes, for example
GOD

58A
___ Moines, Iowa
DES

59A
Calm periods in kindergartners’ schedules
NAPS

1D
Like Samson after Delilah cut his hair
WEAK

2D
Energy field
AURA

3D
The ___ Reaper
GRIM

4D
Drinks at fast-food chains
SODAS

5D
Fabric that’s full of holes
MESH

6D
Empire conquered by Pizarro
INCA

7D
Deceitful person
LIAR

8D
“Balderdash!”
NONSENSE

9D
Game that now includes a Wild Swap Hands card
UNO

10D
Illustration on the epidermis, for short
TAT

12D
Beard for Satan or Tony Stark
GOATEE

13D
Makes an oopsie
ERRS

19D
“Mystic Pizza” actress Taylor
LILI

20D
Pancake place with a smiley logo
IHOP

23D
Glasgow resident
SCOT

24D
Air gun pellets
BBS

25D
Some people born in July and August, astrologically
LEOS

26D
Ousted from office
UNSEATED

28D
Device with a daily withdrawal limit: Abbr.
ATM

29D
Soup with Hanoi and Saigon styles
PHO

31D
Bring to a close
END

33D
“___ Macdonald Has a Show” (2018 Netflix talk show)
NORM

34D
State with a beaver on the back of its flag
OREGON

35D
Note from the boss
MEMO

40D
Containers strapped to a golf cart
BAGS

42D
Heart, liver, or lung
ORGAN

44D
“Baby I ___ Your Loving” (hit song for the Four Tops)
NEED

45D
Low-quality bar
DIVE

46D
Cards that poker players call “bullets” or “pocket rockets”
ACES

47D
Matron ___ Morton (Queen Latifah’s role in “Chicago”)
MAMA

48D
At the peak of
ATOP

49D
Loch ___ monster
NESS

50D
Energetic dance of Ireland
JIG

51D
___-warrior (environmental activist)
ECO