5/16/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/16/25
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1A
“Knock it off!”
STOP

5A
Put a ding or dent in
MAR

8A
Actor Stiller who directs “Severance”
BEN

11A
Push to do something
URGE

12A
Sugar ___ (tropical crop)
CANE

13A
Sharp tool used by firefighters
AXE

14A
“A ___ formality!”
MERE

15A
“Well, ___ that the truth!”
AINT

16A
Disposed (of)
RID

17A
Phoenix Suns forward nicknamed “Slim Reaper”: 2 wds.
KEVIN DURANT

20A
Long, long stretch of time
EON

21A
Tennis shot typically used against an opponent who’s near the net
LOB

22A
Hungry ___ bear: 2 wds.
ASA

25A
Great misery
WOE

27A
“The Adventures of ___ in Grouchland”
ELMO

31A
Milwaukee Bucks guard nicknamed “Dame Time”: 2 wds.
DAMIAN LILLARD

35A
What you do after rinsing with mouthwash
SPIT

36A
___ trance (hypnotized): 2 wds.
IN A

37A
Take part in an auction
BID

38A
Large Australian bird that can run fast
EMU

41A
“Let sleeping dogs ___”
LIE

43A
Los Angeles Clippers guard nicknamed “the Beard”: 2 wds.
JAMES HARDEN

48A
What a cellist puts rosin on
BOW

49A
Defrost
THAW

50A
Brand that makes Swingflex golf shirts
IZOD

52A
Third-largest nation by population: Abbr.
USA

53A
___ up (gets more energetic)
REVS

54A
It has bark and leaves
TREE

55A
Having difficulty interacting with people
SHY

56A
Prospectors search for it
ORE

57A
Study ___ (place for students to do homework)
HALL

1D
Add up some digits
SUM

2D
Long, tough hike
TREK

3D
Shrek or Fiona, for example
OGRE

4D
Something that gets under your skin
PEEVE

5D
Person whose job involves cleaning up
MAID

6D
Undo, as a hasty marriage
ANNUL

7D
Back in style after a while
RETRO

8D
Red building on a farm, often
BARN

9D
Door to go out of
EXIT

10D
Nancy’s boyfriend, in the Nancy Drew books
NED

12D
Military weapon used in “The 1812 Overture”
CANNON

18D
State along the Mississippi River
IOWA

19D
Cain and ___
ABEL

22D
The Yellow Pages is full of them
ADS

23D
Sticky stuff from maples
SAP

24D
“___ hearing you correctly?”: 2 wds.
AM I

26D
Quarterback Manning who retired in 2020
ELI

28D
Hands-on part of a chemistry course
LAB

29D
Hospital scan: Abbr.
MRI

30D
Not even
ODD

32D
Bullet point on an agenda
ITEM

33D
Relatives gained at a wedding: Hyph.
IN-LAWS

34D
Villain’s ___ (someplace like the Queen’s Castle)
LAIR

39D
___-Goldwyn-Mayer (movie studio)
METRO

40D
His first #1 hit was 1998’s “Nice & Slow”
USHER

42D
“Ethan Frome” author Wharton
EDITH

43D
“Fight or Flight” star Hartnett
JOSH

44D
Get ___ from it all
AWAY

45D
“Do I ___ to paint you a picture?”
HAVE

46D
Poet Pound or actor Miller
EZRA

47D
“The First ___” (Christmas song)
NOEL

48D
Yellow vehicle seen around schools
BUS

51D
Benicio ___ Toro
DEL