5/25/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/25/24
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1A
Blue Bloods network
CBS

4A
Man behaving badly
Cad

7A
PC’s bail-out key
Esc

10A
Hi! in Mexico
Hola

12A
Really impressed
Awed

14A
The Grudge actor John
Cho

15A
Alluring scent
Aroma

17A
Handheld Mexican food
Taco

18A
Bottom edge of a skirt
Hem

19A
Author whose book Fourth Wing achieved viral success through TikTok’s BookTok community: 2 wds.
Rebecca Yarros

22A
Symbol on a Dallas Cowboys football helmet
Star

23A
Mean Girls actress Tina
Fey

24A
Was introduced to
Met

27A
___ Cruces New Mexico
Las

29A
Pepperoni and sausage for example
Meats

33A
Author whose book Red White & Royal Blue achieved viral success through BookTok: 2 wds.
Casey McQuiston

37A
Debonair
Suave

38A
Egyptian boy king familiarly
Tut

39A
Bathroom in London
Loo

40A
Under the weather
Ill

42A
Antagonist of Shakespeare’s Othello
Iago

45A
Author whose book It Ends With Us achieved viral success through BookTok: 2 wds.
Colleen Hoover

51A
Chart that may show topography
Map

52A
Acronym for the four major entertainment awards
Egot

53A
Sydney ___ House
Opera

54A
I Like ___ (Eisenhower campaign slogan)
Ike

55A
Euphoria actor Eric
Dane

56A
Mix with a spoon
Stir

57A
Number of digits on a keypad
Ten

58A
Drug also called acid: Abbr.
Lsd

59A
Get a glimpse of
See

1D
Slightly singe
Char

2D
Speaker with nothing interesting to say
Bore

3D
Neatnik’s opposite
Slob

4D
Clouding of the lens of the eye
Cataract

5D
Take My Breath ___ (1986 hit from the Top Gun soundtrack)
Away

6D
Late-night coffee order maybe
Decaf

7D
Rebounding sound
Echo

8D
Spike Lee’s ___ Gotta Have It
Shes

9D
End of Facebook’s URL
Com

11D
City in central Iowa
Ames

13D
First three scale notes: 3 wds.
Doremi

16D
Perform in a stage play
Act

20D
Unbothered
Calm

21D
Some whiskeys
Ryes

24D
Talent show hosts: Abbr.
Mcs

25D
___ de cologne
Eau

26D
Airport agency with a What Can I Bring? guide: Abbr.
Tsa

28D
Narrowed your eyes
Squinted

30D
Ocean between North America and Europe: Abbr.
Atl

31D
Additionally
Too

32D
___-cone (treat in a paper holder)
Sno

34D
Rotten to the core
Evil

35D
Bellowed
Yelled

36D
State that hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics
Utah

41D
Permissible by law
Legal

43D
Oozy sticky substance
Goo

44D
I’m such a butterfingers!
Oops

45D
Dessert sometimes decorated with candles
Cake

46D
Ready for business
Open

47D
Billions of years to scientists
Eons

48D
Former members of the military for short
Vets

49D
Buffalo’s lake
Erie

50D
Like a collectible that’s hard to find
Rare

51D
Massachusetts school that’s a rival of Caltech: Abbr.
Mit