9/24/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/24/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
____ the wrong way (irritate)
RUB

4A
Mom’s husband
DAD

7A
Room across from the ballroom in the board game Clue
HALL

11A
___ of passage (life-changing event)
RITE

12A
Genre for Fall Out Boy
EMO

13A
Comic-strip dog created by Jim Davis
ODIE

14A
Alamo Rent ___: 2 wds.
ACAR

15A
Faux ___ (minor mistake)
PAS

16A
Jell-O shaper
MOLD

17A
“Dog Day Afternoon” actor who played Stanley in 1978’s “The Deer Hunter”: 2 wds.
JOHNCAZALE

20A
Pasta-sauce brand with Creamy Pesto varieties
PREGO

21A
Place for a rubber duckie
TUB

24A
With 35-Across, “Raging Bull” actor who played Sergeant Mike Vronsky in “The Deer Hunter”
ROBERT

28A
Westernmost city in Texas: 2 wds.
ELPASO

30A
“Put a lid ___!”: 2 wds.
ONIT

31A
Figure skating leap
AXEL

32A
Tables in temples
ALTARS

35A
See 24-Across: 2 wds.
DENIRO

37A
Bread that may contain caraway seeds
RYE

38A
More frost-covered
ICIER

40A
“Hair” actor who played Corporal Steven Pushkov in “The Deer Hunter”: 2 wds.
JOHNSAVAGE

45A
In the ____ (very focused)
ZONE

48A
Horror-film producer Roth
ELI

49A
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” actor ____ Moss-Bachrach
EBON

50A
Oodles: 2 wds.
ALOT

51A
Leave a dent or scratch in
MAR

52A
Tried to avoid being tagged on a basepath
SLID

53A
Church benches
PEWS

54A
Source of sheep’s milk
EWE

55A
Number of letters in “crosswords”
TEN

1D
Puerto ___
RICO

2D
State whose largest religious group is Mormons
UTAH

3D
Capital of Switzerland
BERN

4D
Leave for a trip
DEPART

5D
Dumbfound
AMAZE

6D
Amount of a prescription to take
DOSAGE

7D
Eaten out of house and ___
HOME

8D
“Much ___ About Nothing”
ADO

9D
“Small” word that begins many rappers’ stage names
LIL

10D
Guided
LED

11D
Kunal Nayyar’s character on “The Big Bang Theory”
RAJ

18D
Part of a lifeguard’s training: Abbr.
CPR

19D
“ur so funny!”
LOL

21D
Ride that’s hailed
TAXI

22D
Person who might consult a manual
USER

23D
Western string tie
BOLO

24D
Katy Perry song with the lyric “louder than a lion”
ROAR

25D
___ child (person without siblings)
ONLY

26D
Sink your teeth into
BITE

27D
“What’s your ___?” (text to a friend who’s picking you up): Abbr.
ETA

29D
Piece of cookware for preparing bacon
PAN

33D
Brazilian city whose Carnival draws millions, for short
RIO

34D
Devious plan that’s “hatched”
SCHEME

35D
Strong yearning
DESIRE

36D
Internet ___ (period since the late 20th century)
ERA

39D
Mother-___ (spouse’s mom): Hyph.
INLAW

40D
Speedy planes
JETS

41D
Cop’s bulletproof garment
VEST

42D
Up to the job
ABLE

43D
Cross the threshold: 2 wds.
GOIN

44D
Finish point
END

45D
Electrified jolt
ZAP

46D
“Hooray!” from a Mexican soccer fan
OLE

47D
As we speak
NOW