3/3/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/3/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Place where you might get microdermabrasion
SPA

4A
Hugging limbs
ARMS

8A
The Joe ___ Show (show whose fourth season is broadcast on TBS)
SCHMO

13A
Peak for a European mountaineer
ALP

14A
Cray-cray
LOCO

15A
Out in front
AHEAD

16A
Drink slowly, as hot chocolate
SIP

17A
Group that presents the Movies for Grownups awards: Abbr.
AARP

18A
Scrambled
MIXED

19A
The Queen actress who was the unseen narrator of 2023’s Barbie: 2 wds.
HELEN MIRREN

22A
November’s follower: Abbr.
DEC

23A
Bleat heard at a shearing shed
BAA

24A
Enthusiastically interested
AGOG

28A
Spring in a mattress
COIL

31A
Most populous US metropolis: Abbr.
NYC

33A
The Equalizer 2 actress Melissa
LEO

34A
The Three Faces of Eve actress who was the unseen narrator of 1993’s The Age of Innocence: 2 wds.
JOANNE WOODWARD

38A
___ Jordan (Nike shoe line)
AIR

39A
What a mechanic might work on
CAR

40A
CBS military series in its 22nd season
NCIS

41A
Sounded, as a horn
BLEW

43A
Adriatic or Aegean, for example
SEA

45A
“Trippy” counterculture drug: Abbr.
LSD

47A
30 Rock actor who was the unseen narrator of 2001’s The Royal Tenenbaums: 2 wds.
ALEC BALDWIN

52A
Channel for laundry or trash
CHUTE

55A
Fuzzy fruit with green pulp
KIWI

56A
___ Maria (religious song)
AVE

57A
Button that puts bowling pins back in position
RESET

58A
Book of Genesis garden
EDEN

59A
Author Stout who created the detective Nero Wolfe
REX

60A
There are ten of them in a decade
YEARS

61A
Office workstation
DESK

62A
Suffix meaning “the most”
EST

1D
Accessory that might be given to a prom king or queen
SASH

2D
___ one’s trade (worked at one’s job)
PLIED

3D
Extended coverage option for Mac products
APPLE CARE

4D
Rickman who starred in “Die Hard”
ALAN

5D
Travel with no destination in mind
ROAM

6D
Golden Arches pork sandwich that is available only occasionally
MCRIB

7D
Choir’s high voice
SOPRANO

8D
The Song Remains the ___ (Led Zeppelin song)
SAME

9D
Porcelain dishes
CHINA

10D
Supernatural spell
HEX

11D
The Perks of Being a Wallflower actress Whitman
MAE

12D
Roulette bet that wins about 47% of the time
ODD

20D
Business school subject: Abbr.
ECON

21D
Silky, man-made fabric
RAYON

25D
Snifters and champagne flutes, for example
GLASSWARE

26D
Poetic contraction meaning “above”
OER

27D
Thor, Poseidon, or Ganesh, for example
GOD

29D
End of many company names: Abbr.
INC

30D
Apartment rental document
LEASE

32D
Atlanta-based public health agency: Abbr.
CDC

34D
Type of boxing punch
JAB

35D
Commodity that OPEC is concerned with
OIL

36D
Completely ruined
WRECKED

37D
___-goose chase
WILD

42D
Hydration liquid
WATER

44D
Tolerate
ABIDE

46D
Run-down taverns
DIVES

48D
Gives permission to
LETS

49D
Deeply inspires
AWES

50D
Underlined word on a web page, often
LINK

51D
Immediately following
NEXT

52D
Show sadness
CRY

53D
___-haw (donkey’s comment)
HEE

54D
Europe’s rival in golf’s Ryder Cup: Abbr.
USA