10/22/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/22/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
“Austin City Limits” network
PBS

4A
The ____ (nickname for Bruce Springsteen)
BOSS

8A
Metal container for cookies
TIN

11A
Praise heavily
TOUT

12A
Taken via the mouth, like some thermometers
ORAL

13A
Numero ____
UNO

14A
“Not only that …”
ALSO

15A
Jazz singer Horne
LENA

16A
Get a ____ deal (receive unfair treatment)
RAW

17A
“The Conners” actor who played Big Dan in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”: 2 wds.
JOHNGOODMAN

20A
Have brunch, say
EAT

21A
Criticism
FLAK

24A
Vintage
OLD

27A
Nothing
NIL

29A
Disappear without a ____
TRACE

30A
“Ocean’s Eleven” actor who played Everett in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”: 2 wds.
GEORGECLOONEY

33A
Makes angry
RILES

34A
“Ferris Bueller’s ____ Off”
DAY

35A
Actors Harris and Helms
EDS

36A
Cable channel that focuses on athletics
ESPN

37A
Wiggly part of a foot
TOE

39A
“The Piano” actress who played Penny in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”: 2 wds.
HOLLYHUNTER

46A
____ ever glad to see you!: 2 wds.
AMI

48A
Roof frame’s extension
EAVE

49A
Toddler’s father
DADA

50A
Wrongdoing, to a preacher
SIN

51A
“Bridge ____ Troubled Water”
OVER

52A
Word on a red sign above a door
EXIT

53A
“Elvis ____ left the building”
HAS

54A
Impudent talk
SASS

55A
Cube used in backgammon
DIE

1D
Sport played on horseback
POLO

2D
Last name of two US presidents
BUSH

3D
Item placed in a slingshot
STONE

4D
Neck accessory made from cord: 2 wds.
BOLOTIE

5D
Brand of sandwich cookie
OREO

6D
What makes up a dune
SAND

7D
Bang shut
SLAM

8D
Part of a road where you can’t continue straight ahead: 2 wds.
TURNLANE

9D
“Any port ____ storm”: 2 wds.
INA

10D
Not earlier, not later
NOW

11D
____ Mahal
TAJ

18D
The Jets and the Sharks, in “West Side Story”
GANGS

19D
Hairstyle often worn by Diana Ross
AFRO

22D
Got an A+ on
ACED

23D
Black and white parts of a piano
KEYS

24D
Storybook monster
OGRE

25D
Luau garlands
LEIS

26D
Miami football team
DOLPHINS

28D
PC screen type: Abbr.
LCD

29D
“Happy birthday **!”: 2 wds.
TOYOU

31D
Gambling city in Nevada
RENO

32D
Soaps up in the shower
LATHERS

38D
Open-** question
ENDED

40D
Some summer-born people, astrologically
LEOS

41D
Flow from Mount St. Helens
LAVA

42D
Fashion designer ____ Saint Laurent
YVES

43D
“Big Yellow ____” (Joni Mitchell song)
TAXI

44D
Pop singer Brickell
EDIE

45D
Animal that followed the Pied Piper
RAT

46D
Fireplace debris
ASH

47D
“Mamma ____!” (musical based on the music of ABBA)
MIA