6/29/25
People Sunday
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1A
Tears roughly
RIPS
5A
Answered “not guilty,” for example
PLED
9A
Joined at the ___ (always together)
HIP
12A
“Rome wasn’t built in ___”: 2 wds.
ADAY
13A
Last name of World War I spy Mata
HARI
14A
Actress Marcille or Mendes
EVA
15A
Golda who was the fourth prime minister of Israel
MEIR
16A
Beauty company that uses door-to-door salespeople
AVON
17A
Minister’s title: Abbr.
REV
18A
“West Side Story” Oscar winner who hosted the Tony Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024
ARIANA DEBOSE
21A
Key below the X on some keyboards
ALT
22A
Call someone by the wrong name, for example
ERR
23A
Nemesis
FOE
26A
“___ know you from somewhere?”: 2 wds.
DOI
28A
Comic Sandler
ADAM
32A
“Porgy and Bess” Tony winner who cohosted the Tony Awards with 44-Across in 2021
AUDRA MCDONALD
36A
“Star Wars: The ___ of Skywalker”
RISE
37A
He wasn’t Barbie’s boyfriend from 2004 to 2011
KEN
38A
Rapper on the 1994 album “Illmatic”
NAS
39A
Tool used in leatherworking
AWL
42A
Consumed
ATE
44A
“Hamilton” Tony winner who cohosted the Tonys with 32-Across in 2021: 3 wds., abbr.
LESLIE ODOM JR
50A
State between Washington and Montana: Abbr.
IDA
51A
Smoke an e-cigarette
VAPE
52A
Remark from a tabby
MEOW
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Annoying racket
DIN
55A
Flat and smooth
EVEN
56A
Rival of Harvard and Princeton
YALE
57A
“Catch my drift?”
SEE
58A
Transmit
SEND
59A
Highfalutin sort of person
SNOB
1D
Symbol for Aries
RAM
2D
“Can I bounce an ___ off of you?”
IDEA
3D
Twosome
PAIR
4D
Country whose capital is Damascus
SYRIA
5D
“The ___ of the Opera”
PHANTOM
6D
“The Floor Is ___” (kids’ game)
LAVA
7D
Wear away due to the forces of nature
ERODE
8D
What Monk’s Café was, on “Seinfeld”
DINER
9D
Villain’s battler
HERO
10D
“As I was going to St. ___ …” (nursery rhyme)
IVES
11D
Cover with concrete or asphalt
PAVE
19D
Alan who played Hawkeye Pierce on TV
ALDA
20D
He becomes king in the finale of “Game of Thrones”
BRAN
23D
Word that can precede “sighted” or “fetched”
FAR
24D
Common French word that sounds like “wee”
OUI
25D
Sheeran and Bradley, for two
EDS
27D
___ factor (humorous measure of grossness)
ICK
29D
Steely ___ (“Do It Again” band)
DAN
30D
In the manner of: 2 wds.
ALA
31D
Physicians: Abbr.
MDS
33D
Genuine
REAL
34D
Street with no outlet: 2 wds.
DEAD END
35D
“I’m ___ your tricks!”
ONTO
40D
“The Merry ___ of Windsor” (Shakespeare comedy)
WIVES
41D
The “L” of “AWOL”
LEAVE
43D
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won six of them for starring on “Veep”
EMMYS
44D
Tops of shoeboxes
LIDS
45D
Actress McClurg or Falco
EDIE
46D
Mentally stable
SANE
47D
Remove a cork from, say
OPEN
48D
Tennis great Billie ___ King
JEAN
49D
Chocolate-coated caramel candy
ROLO
53D
Trap spun by a spider
WEB