10/25/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/25/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Don’t lose or draw
WIN

4A
What kids do during recess
PLAY

8A
“American Dad!” cable channel
TBS

11A
Component of a molecule
ATOM

13A
Temptation
LURE

14A
Tinge of color
HUE

15A
Civil rights icon who refused to give up her bus seat: 2 wds.
ROSAPARKS

17A
Country with the most billionaires: Abbr.
USA

18A
It signals losses in accounting: 2 wds.
REDINK

19A
Sound heard through a baby monitor
CRY

20A
“The gloves ___ off!”
ARE

21A
Former Second Gentleman Emhoff
DOUG

23A
Punctuation mark in “I, Tonya”
COMMA

26A
Earl Grey vessels
TEAPOTS

29A
Prosecutor’s aide: Abbr.
ADA

30A
Ridicule
TAUNT

32A
Most common tree in Minecraft
OAK

33A
Impossible to find fault with
PERFECT

35A
Blues legend ___ Waters
MUDDY

37A
Lays down new lawn
SODS

38A
Hamster, parakeet, or puppy
PET

39A
“___ do you ask?”
WHY

40A
Candy-___ (like the chocolate in M&Ms)
COATED

43A
“Take On Me” band: Hyph.
A-HA

44A
Civil rights leader who helped lead the Selma marches: 2 wds.
JOHNLEWIS

47A
Early ISP
AOL

48A
Like the Sahara, climate-wise
ARID

49A
Fantastic review
RAVE

50A
“All the President’s Men” actor Holbrook
HAL

51A
Saweetie performances
RAPS

52A
___ Hampshire
NEW

1D
Armed conflict
WAR

2D
“Believe ___ not…”: 2 wds.
ITOR

3D
It smells
NOSE

4D
Pilot’s vehicle
PLANE

5D
Wait in the shadows
LURK

6D
Old Testament rescue boat
ARK

7D
English translation of the French word “oui”
YES

8D
With 25-Down, civil rights attorney who became a Supreme Court justice
THURGOOD

9D
___ as a bee
BUSY

10D
Home to coral reefs and jellyfish
SEA

12D
Term of address for a chairwoman
MADAM

16D
Illegally downloaded
PIRATED

19D
Target on a putting green
CUP

21D
Fox’s home
DEN

22D
Hot cereal
OATMEAL

23D
Upper limit, as for salaries
CAP

24D
Uplifting poem
ODE

25D
See 8-Down
MARSHALL

26D
King ___ (teen pharaoh of Egypt)
TUT

27D
Slight amount
TAD

28D
Where drones fly
SKY

31D
Cooling units: Abbr.
ACS

34D
“The Crown” actress Claire
FOY

36D
Say aloud
UTTER

38D
Habitats for tadpoles
PONDS

39D
“Stop, horse!”
WHOA

40D
Credit card part that’s tapped
CHIP

41D
Actor Mitchell of “House of the Dragon”
EWAN

42D
Bar that’s not very classy
DIVE

43D
“That feels very nice!”
AAH

44D
Container for a scented candle
JAR

45D
“I don’t know if it’s a blessing ___ curse”: 2 wds.
ORA

46D
Do some quilting
SEW