10/8/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/8/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Natural style for very curly hair
AFRO

5A
Pet that may be Persian or Siamese
CAT

8A
Low leg joint
ANKLE

13A
Come into contact with
MEET

14A
Have regrets
RUE

15A
Biological units of heredity
GENES

16A
Person who’s really annoying
PEST

17A
Week-___-glance calendar: Hyph.
ATA

18A
Sales representative
AGENT

19A
1985 coming-of-age film starring Rob Lowe as a former frat boy: 3 wds.
ST.ELMO’SFIRE

22A
___ Lanka (country near India)
SRI

23A
Performance artist Yoko
ONO

24A
Surface for yoga or gymnastics
MAT

26A
Scrub with steel wool
SCOUR

30A
Home team at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
NETS

34A
1986 rom-com starring Rob Lowe as a twentysomething inexperienced at relationships: 3 wds.
ABOUTLASTNIGHT

37A
Network that shows WNBA and MLB games
ESPN

38A
Remove pencil marks
ERASE

39A
Format of some moisturizers and toothpastes
GEL

40A
“___-ching!” (sound of a cash register)
CHA

42A
Dog’s shrill bark
YAP

44A
1992 comedy featuring Rob Lowe as a sleazy TV producer: 2 wds.
WAYNE’SWORLD

49A
Common saying such as “opposites attract”
ADAGE

51A
Cheerleader’s exclamation
RAH

52A
Merit
EARN

54A
91-year-old Italian actress Sophia
LOREN

55A
2025 Emmy nominee Barinholtz
IKE

56A
TV chef Burrell who died in June
ANNE

57A
“80 for Brady” actress Jane
FONDA

58A
Game show host Jennings
KEN

59A
Store in an overhead bin
STOW

1D
Attachment for an electric guitar
AMP

2D
Service charges
FEES

3D
Place to recharge while on a road trip: 2 wds.
RESTSTOP

4D
River mammal that eats fish
OTTER

5D
Stuff into a tight space, say
CRAM

6D
“Grand Theft ___” (video game franchise)
AUTO

7D
Beverages that are often brown
TEAS

8D
“Happy Days Are Here ___”
AGAIN

9D
Cocktail made with gin and Campari
NEGRONI

10D
Middle leg joint
KNEE

11D
Late “Dancing With the Stars” judge Goodman
LEN

12D
Approximate amount: Abbr.
EST.

20D
“Schindler’s ___” (Oscar-winning film)
LIST

21D
Military strongholds
FORTS

24D
Pioneering astronaut Jemison
MAE

25D
Core muscles
ABS

27D
Weightlifting move often paired with a jerk
CLEAN

28D
Paddle is to canoe as ___ is to rowboat
OAR

29D
“Barmageddon” cable channel
USA

31D
Vegetable used in ratatouille
EGGPLANT

32D
“Those were ___ days!”
THE

33D
City of the Blues and the Cardinals: Abbr.
STL

35D
Released from a zoo enclosure
UNCAGED

36D
Singer who won season 10 of “The Masked Singer”: Hyph.
NE-YO

41D
“Laughing” scavenger animal
HYENA

43D
Neighborhoods
AREAS

44D
Give a heads-up to
WARN

45D
Marvel villain Killmonger
ERIK

46D
“Oh, for Pete’s ___!”
SAKE

47D
“What time?”
WHEN

48D
First James Bond movie: 2 wds.
DR.NO

49D
1980s sitcom extraterrestrial
ALF

50D
“Whoop-de-___!”
DOO

53D
Never-before-seen
NEW