9/25/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/25/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Toys that spin
TOPS

5A
Assistant to Santa
ELF

8A
Enterprise captain Jean-____ Picard
LUC

11A
Run ____ (go nuts)
AMOK

12A
Sheep’s bleat
BAA

13A
“Death ____ Salesman”
OF A

14A
Knicks point guard who played for the Villanova Wildcats
JALEN BRUNSON

17A
Message on a Post-it
NOTE

18A
Larger version of a hatchet
AXE

19A
Swindle
CON

21A
What US citizens exchange dollars for when travelling to Mexico
PESOS

25A
With 36-Across, Knicks small forward who played for the Villanova Wildcats
JOSH

28A
Actress Longoria
EVA

30A
“____ on a Grecian Urn” (Keats poem)
ODE

31A
“How ____ you holding up?”
ARE

32A
Cows’ cries
MOOS

33A
“Best Medicine” network
FOX

34A
Arena where the Knicks play
MSG

35A
Insect that can carry many times its body weight
ANT

36A
See 25-Across
HART

37A
Brag
BOAST

39A
Antipollution group
EPA

41A
Korean automaker that makes the Sorento
KIA

43A
“I’ll get right ____”
ONIT

46A
Knicks shooting guard/small forward who played for the Villanova Wildcats
MIKAL BRIDGES

51A
Isis Gaston, ____ Ice Spice
AKA

52A
Band with half as many people as a quartet
DUO

53A
Actress Loughlin of “Full House” and “Fuller House”
LORI

54A
Last name of the authors of the “Curious George” children’s books
REY

55A
Devoured
ATE

56A
“____ Brockovich”
ERIN

1D
____ Mahal
TAJ

2D
Neighbor of Saudi Arabia
OMAN

3D
Sport that requires horses
POLO

4D
Rough drawing
SKETCH

5D
Recede, as during low tide
EBB

6D
“____ Croft: Tomb Raider”
LARA

7D
Social misstep
FAUXPAS

8D
The “L” in the airport code “LAX”
LOS

9D
Spacecraft from another planet: Abbr.
UFO

10D
Beer container, sometimes
CAN

15D
Prefix meaning “recent”
NEO

16D
Word before a maiden name
NEE

20D
Super-bright, in terms of color
NEON

22D
Largest piece of furniture in a living room, often
SOFA

23D
Stinky emanation from a sewer
ODOR

24D
Phone message that’s not safe for work
SEXT

25D
Doorframe side
JAMB

26D
Approximately
OR SO

27D
Nintendo rival
SEGA

29D
Take part in an election
VOTE

32D
Roald Dahl schoolgirl with telekinetic abilities
MATILDA

36D
“You can’t ____ the truth!” (line from “A Few Men”)
HANDLE

38D
Relative of reggae
SKA

40D
Dish made from mashed taro root
POI

45D
“Tootsie” actress Garr
ABUT

46D
Superficially tarnish
IGOR

47D
____ & Tina Turner (pair that recorded “Proud Mary”)
TERI

48D
Girl’s name that sounds like the 11th letter of the alphabet
MAR

49D
Caviar eggs
IKE

50D
What a Catholic might reveal during confession
KAY