10/19/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/19/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Rock formation that Wile E. Coyote would often fall from
CLIFF

6A
“The Eye Network”
CBS

9A
Black’s opponent, in checkers
RED

12A
Less common
RARER

13A
Italian goodbye
CIAO

14A
Moody music genre
EMO

15A
The most recent Oscar winner for Best Picture
ANORA

16A
Approximately: 2 wds.
ORSO

17A
Word that can mean either “pest” or “pester”
BUG

18A
Actor who played Yao on “Nine Perfect Strangers” and costarred in 29- and 42-Across: 2 wds.
MANNYJACINTO

21A
What Beyoncé might call Solange Knowles
SIS

22A
“Taylor Swift: The ____ Tour” (concert film)
ERAS

23A
Hurry up
RUSH

26A
Government agents, for short
FEDS

28A
Actor Tony of “Taxi” and “Who’s the Boss?”
DANZA

29A
2025 body-swap film sequel starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis: 2 wds.
FREAKIERFRIDAY

34A
Non-studio movie
INDIE

35A
Longtime Dodgers pitcher Hershiser
OREL

36A
Take the ____ (fall for something enticing)
BAIT

37A
Poker buy-in
ANTE

39A
Corn on the ____
COB

42A
2016-2020 NBC afterlife sitcom starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson: 3 wds.
THEGOODPLACE

46A
Two-time Super Bowl MVP Manning
ELI

48A
Bear’s den
LAIR

49A
GPS-recommended path
ROUTE

50A
Class where you’d learn about genetics, for short
BIO

51A
Fail to hit
MISS

52A
First phase
ONSET

53A
Tight roll of hair
BUN

54A
Hour after noon
ONE

55A
Encounters
MEETS

1D
Studies all night long
CRAMS

2D
Hawaiian porch
LANAI

3D
Small appliances for pressing clothes
IRONS

4D
Office plant, often
FERN

5D
Become ragged at the edges
FRAY

6D
Approximately, in terms of dates
CIRCA

7D
On a need-to-know ____
BASIS

8D
Not long from this moment
SOON

9D
Start dating right after a breakup
REBOUND

10D
Tall bird in Liberty Mutual commercials
EMU

11D
Pooch
DOG

13D
Rough, like sandpaper
COARSE

19D
Warrior such as Luke Skywalker
JEDI

20D
On the campaign ____ (running for office)
TRAIL

24D
R&B singer with the albums “Ctrl” and “SOS”
SZA

25D
Hit the ____ (go to bed)
HAY

26D
Religious belief
FAITH

27D
____ out a living (barely sustain oneself)
EKE

28D
Rapper Dr. ____
DRE

29D
Little lie
FIB

30D
Single-stranded genetic material: Abbr.
RNA

31D
Word that can follow “collector’s” or “limited”
EDITION

32D
Helicopter blades
ROTORS

33D
“Scooby-Doo” character who wears an ascot
FRED

37D
Born-____ Christian
AGAIN

38D
Ear pollution
NOISE

39D
Effect’s predecessor
CAUSE

40D
Band with eight members
OCTET

41D
Borscht vegetables
BEETS

43D
Muppet with a high-pitched voice
ELMO

44D
Dance for high-school students
PROM

45D
“The ____ Gunmen” (2001 spin-off of “The X-Files”)
LONE

46D
____ and flow
EBB

47D
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star Simu
LIU