9/3/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/3/25
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Flying animal associated with Bruce Wayne
BAT

4A
Risqué
RACY

8A
Puppy’s feet
PAWS

12A
First name of actress Maya Hawke’s famous mother
UMA

13A
Shrek, for one
OGRE

14A
Exam on which an aspiring attorney hopes to score 180: Abbr.
LSAT

15A
Claw your way to the ___
TOP

16A
Stadium jeers
BOOS

17A
Verdi opera that’s set in Egypt
AIDA

18A
“Field of Dreams” actor who starred as the title character in the 1990 film “Dances With Wolves”: 2 wds.
KEVINCOSTNER

21A
“Not under ___ circumstances!”
ANY

22A
Location of Ipanema Beach, for short
RIO

23A
Sci-fi lab assistant
IGOR

26A
End for “bend” or “tend”
ING

27A
37-Down’s comment
BAA

30A
“Independence Day” actress who played Stands With a Fist in “Dances With Wolves”: 2 wds.
MARYMCDONNELL

34A
Stomach muscles
ABS

35A
Pitching statistic: Abbr.
ERA

36A
What March 15 is referred to as
IDES

37A
Disco ___ (leisure-suit-wearing character on “The Simpsons”)
STU

38A
First three letters
ABC

40A
“The Green Mile” actor who played Kicking Bird in “Dances With Wolves”: 2 wds.
GRAHAMGREENE

46A
River from which you can see the Great Pyramids
NILE

47A
Runny French cheese
BRIE

48A
What Legolas is, in “The Lord of the Rings”
ELF

50A
Wile E. Coyote’s favorite mail-order company
ACME

51A
___ and found department
LOST

52A
Bird that’s native only to Australia
EMU

53A
Insect for which the Vespa scooter was named
WASP

54A
Rams’ mates
EWES

55A
Longtime TV announcer Pardo
DON

1D
“There ___ for the grace of God go I”
BUT

2D
Run ___ (go berserk)
AMOK

3D
What a runner breaks through at the end of a race
TAPE

4D
Red-breasted bird
ROBIN

5D
Terrible pain
AGONY

6D
Gator’s relative, for short
CROC

7D
“Just give a response, don’t say ‘maybe!'”: 3 wds.
YESORNO

8D
Greek philosopher who wrote “The Republic”
PLATO

9D
Y ___ “yellow”: 2 wds.
ASIN

10D
Walk through knee-deep water
WADE

11D
Five-pointed shape
STAR

19D
“Your mileage may ___”
VARY

20D
PED XING or SCHOOL ZONE, for example
SIGN

23D
“___ Slave 4 U” (Britney Spears hit): 2 wds.
I’MA

24D
Talk a ton
GAB

25D
Where surgeons work: Abbr.
ORS

26D
State abbreviation that leaves off the “ho”
IDA

27D
Word that can follow “Murphy” or “trundle”
BED

28D
Schweppes ginger ___
ALE

29D
Franken and Pacino, for two
ALS

31D
Parent company of Facebook and Instagram
META

32D
Shatter into pieces, like a cookie
CRUMBLE

33D
Pleasant
NICE

37D
White animal on a farm
SHEEP

38D
Crop up
ARISE

39D
They give borscht its red color
BEETS

40D
Chew like a beaver
GNAW

41D
Costa ___
RICA

42D
___ for the poor (charity offerings)
ALMS

43D
Raise, as wheat or corn
GROW

44D
“You ___ to Calm Down” (Taylor Swift song)
NEED

45D
“Tickle Me” Muppet
ELMO

49D
Enjoyable activities
FUN