10/31/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/31/25
Sports Fan Friday

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1A
Hawaiian flowery neckwear
LEI

4A
Adobe Acrobat file format: Abbr:
PDF

7A
Don who coached the Miami Dolphins for 26 years
SHULA

12A
Make a selection
OPT

13A
“Brevity is the ___ of wit”
SOUL

14A
Sleepy
TIRED

15A
Involuntary twitch
TIC

16A
___ bargaining (courtroom activity)
PLEA

17A
Buildup in an unteded aquarium
ALGAE

18A
1995 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee whose younger brother, Reggie, was a 2012 inductee: 2 wds.
CHERYLMILLER

21A
Atlas illustration
MAP

22A
Kind or sort
ILK

23A
Slightly crooked, as a picture on a wall
ASKEW

26A
TV show that’s run by Lorne Michaels: Abbr.
SNL

27A
Country music legend Williams
HANK

31A
2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee whose younger brother, Shannon, was a 2011 inductee: 2 wds.
STERLINGSHARPE

34A
Dinky
PUNY

35A
Turtledove’s call
COO

36A
Sweepstakes submission
ENTRY

37A
___ and far between
FEW

38A
“Link in ___” (common phrase in Instagram posts)
BIO

39A
1984 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee whose younger brother, Tony, was a 1988 inductee: 2 wds.
PHILESPOSITO

45A
___ and effect
CAUSE

46A
Scavenger ___ (party activity)
HUNT

47A
Ingredient in French toast
EGG

49A
Viewpoint
ANGLE

50A
Magnum ___ (composer’s best creation)
OPUS

51A
“___ you nuts?”
ARE

52A
Put back to zero, like a stopwatch
RESET

53A
Suffix for “heir” or “count”
ESS

54A
Longtime sportscaster Allen who was known as “the Voice of the Yankees”
MEL

1A
“They paved paradise and put up a parking ___” (Joni Mitchell lyric)
LOT

2A
___ fail (major blunder)
EPIC

3A
Bothersome feeling after a bug bite
ITCH

4A
Sea anemone, for example
POLYP

5D
Event near the end of the musical “Hamilton”
DUEL

6D
Pink bird sometimes used as a lawn ornament
FLAMINGO

7D
Broccoli stem
STALK

8D
“This Kiss” singer Faith
HILL

9D
Strongly suggest
URGE

10D
“All in the Family” creator Norman ___
LEAR

11D
Ending for “Power” or “Gator” in drink names
ADE

13D
Stretch out
SPRAWL

19D
___ board (filing tool)
EMERY

20D
Problems of society
ILLS

23D
African cobra
ASP

24D
“The Simpsons” character Disco ___
STU

25D
Documentary film creator Burns
KEN

26D
Footwear used for walking in winter weather
SNOWSHOE

27D
Capital city in southeast Asia
HANOI

28D
Collection at the Louvre
ART

29D
Broadcaster of the podcasts “Code Switch” and “How to Do Everything”
NPR

30D
It can open a lock
KEY

32D
Frozen drink brand sometimes found at movie concession stands
ICEE

33D
Elaborate robberies, as in “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Ocean’s Twelve”
HEISTS

37D
___ Foxes (indie folk band)
FLEET

38D
Extra money for doing a good job
BONUS

39D
Window glass
PANE

40D
Loving embraces
HUGS

41D
Land surrounded by water
ISLE

42D
Young dogs or seals
PUPS

43D
Squad of players
TEAM

44D
Forest monster in fairy tales
OGRE

45D
Vehicle that is sometimes “self-driving”
CAR

48D
Stuff that can create a “wet look” in hair
GEL