3/12/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/12/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Bothersome person
PEST

5A
Government organization depicted on “The X-Files”: Abbr.
FBI

8A
Sweltering
HOT

11A
Feel the effects of a workout
ACHE

12A
Decorative vase
URN

13A
Take care of numero ___
UNO

14A
Serve, as coffee
POUR

15A
Animal like the Muppet Rizzo
RAT

16A
Bled in the wash
RAN

17A
Actress who played high schooler Kim McAfee in the 1963 movie musical “Bye Bye Birdie”: Hyph.
ANN-MARGRET

20A
Large land animal whose meat can be used in burgers
BISON

21A
Bubonic ___ (disease transmitted by fleas)
PLAGUE

25A
Music performances that are sometimes “freestyle”
RAPS

29A
Actor who played high schooler Danny Zuko in the 1978 movie musical “Grease”: 2 wds.
JOHN TRAVOLTA

32A
Manhattan neighborhood adjacent to Tribeca
SOHO

33A
Word that can go before “telepathy” or “block”
MENTAL

34A
Unit that’s a bit longer than a yard
METER

37A
Actor who played high schooler Ren McCormack in the 1984 movie musical “Footloose”: 2 wds.
KEVIN BACON

42A
Number of sides on a decagon
TEN

44A
Manning who wasn’t voted into the Hall of Fame this year
ELI

45A
Preserve in salt
CURE

46A
“___ seen some crazy things in my time …”
IVE

47A
Ping-Pong need
NET

48A
Predator in “Jurassic Park”: 2 wds., abbr.
T-REX

49A
Spot to sit in a church
PEW

50A
Give it a whirl
TRY

51A
Space in a schedule
SLOT

1D
Daddy bear in the Goldilocks fairy tale
PAPA

2D
Future financial planner’s college major, perhaps: Abbr.
ECON

3D
Ostracize
SHUN

4D
___ of endearment (“darling” or “honey,” for example)
TERM

5D
Having more hair
FURRIER

6D
Toots one’s own horn
BRAGS

7D
Book section before Chapter 1, for short
INTRO

8D
Injure
HURT

9D
Go off ___ tangent: 2 wds.
ON A

10D
Unit of weight used at roadside weigh stations
TON

18D
Share a boundary with
ABUT

19D
Company embroiled in a 2000s financial scandal
ENRON

21D
Clothes for sleeping in, for short
PJS

22D
Lookie-___ (nosy person)
LOO

23D
“That feels amazing”
AHH

24D
Garden decoration with a pointy hat
GNOME

26D
Secondary account on X, say
ALT

27D
Group that holds after-school fundraisers: Abbr.
PTA

28D
Vulcano of Impractical Jokers
SAL

30D
Bonus feature at a hotel
AMENITY

31D
Part of speech such as “come” or “go”
VERB

35D
“In the ___ of an emergency …”
EVENT

36D
Contractor working with ceramic squares, often
TILER

37D
Was aware of
KNEW

38D
Every Shakespeare play has five of them
ACTS

39D
___ up with a good book
CURL

40D
Flavor of the first McDonald’s McFlurry
OREO

41D
“I’m ready for another customer!”
NEXT

42D
Just the ___ of the iceberg
TIP

43D
New Year’s ___ (December 31)
EVE