3/23/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/23/25
People Sunday

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1A
Large colorful parrot
MACAW

6A
Show whose cast includes Devon Walker and Marcello Hernandez Abbr
SNL

9A
Decompose
ROT

12A
Honda division that competes with Lexus
ACURA

13A
___ the piper (suffer the consequences)
PAY

14A
Longoria who played Gabrielle Solis on “Desperate Housewives”
EVA

15A
“Star Trek Beyond” actor whose last name is a tree 2 wds
CHRIS PINE

17A
Chicago Bears head coach Johnson
BEN

18A
Morsel in a pumpkin
SEED

19A
“Ode on a Grecian ___” (Keats poem about an ancient vase)
URN

20A
Bitter kind of chocolate
DARK

21A
“You never know”
MAYBE

23A
___ Wednesday (observance that was on March 5 this year)
ASH

26A
Friend
PAL

27A
Secret agent’s fake name
ALIAS

31A
With 33-Across “Ghost World” actress whose last name is a tree
THORA

33A
See 31-Across
BIRCH

34A
Device that tracks water usage
METER

35A
Place offering facials and massages
SPA

37A
Tab Caps Lock or Shift
KEY

38A
Participate in roller derby
SKATE

40A
Casual conversation
CHAT

43A
Great sadness
WOE

44A
“Sorry I didn’t mean to do that”
OOPS

48A
Not strict
LAX

49A
“Barney Miller” actor whose last name is a tree 2 wds
HALL INDEN

51A
Actress Landry or Larter
ALI

52A
Rock that contains something valuable
ORE

53A
All the plants in a region as opposed to “fauna”
FLORA

54A
Digits Abbr
NOS

55A
Red ___ (implement for grading a test)
PEN

56D
It’s made by boiling maple sap
SYRUP

1D
Computers that can be synced with iPads
MACS

2D
Pain from a strenuous hike perhaps
ACHE

3D
Medical breakthrough
CURE

4D
Like the Coachella Valley’s climate
ARID

5D
“When I ___ your age …”
WAS

6D
Rotate like a well-thrown football
SPIRAL

7D
Caregiver such as Mary Poppins
NANNY

8D
Caustic chemical
LYE

9D
McEntire whose first screen role was in 1990’s “Tremors”
REBA

10D
Pull the wool ___ your eyes
OVER

11D
Military vehicle that uses tracks rather than wheels
TANK

16D
Cougar
PUMA

20D
Jewish ___ (place to buy lox or kreplach)
DELI

22D
___ ghanoush (dish made from eggplant)
BABA

23D
Abbreviation whose middle letter stands for “teller”
ATM

24D
“___ had her chance”
SHE

25D
“___ Ones” (YouTube interview show involving spicy wings)
HOT

26D
Public place that might include a playground
PARK

28D
Vex
IRK

29D
Card in the highest and lowest straights in poker
ACE

30D
Anxious about mingling at a party
SHY

32D
Stop exercising for a bit
REST

35D
Taken by a shoplifter
STOLEN

36D
Remove a lemon’s skin
PEEL

39D
“I’m well ___ of the situation”
AWARE

40D
Wu-Tang ___ (hip-hop group)
CLAN

41D
2001 video game with the subtitle “Combat Evolved”
HALO

42D
Group fought by the Allies in World War II
AXIS

44D
“I can ___ imagine”
ONLY

45D
Awful smell
ODOR

46D
“Paddington in ___” (2024 movie)
PERU

47D
Break sharply
SNAP

49D
Bounce on a pogo stick
HOP

50D
“No ___ ands or buts!”
IFS