Friendly start? Crossword Clue

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Friendly start? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
2. a person who takes drugs

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FRIENDLY (adjective)
1. inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
2. characteristic of or befitting a friend
FRIENDLY (noun)
1. troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
START (verb)
1. get off the ground
2. bulge outward
START (noun)
1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

Hint 3: Anagram

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RUES

More WSJ Crossword (10/9/2025) Answers

Across

1. Canyon viewer’s spot

4. Knee protector

9. Tax IDs

13. Dark red hue

14. Character who croaks “You’re making such smogulous smoke!”

15. Bryce Canyon National Park setting

16. Good battler

17. Free of censorship, in a way

18. Make reference (to)

19. Commuting nuisance

21. Obtained, maybe locally

23. *Scorpion attack

24. Isn’t sick

26. Depth charges, in military slang

28. Nail polish brand

31. __ Aviv

33. Ward on TV

34. Summit goal

35. His jersey was hung in the Boston Garden rafters in 1979

36. Nudge, or the circled words, phonetically

38. Formerly known as

39. April, May and June, to Daisy Duck

42. Maria’s husband on “Sesame Street”

44. Private convos on some apps

45. Collectively

46. “Here’s the good part...”

48. Square dance VIPs

50. WeedClear weed killer maker

53. Prepare for a new job

55. Frying liquid used in Chinese cooking

56. Odd-sounding canal?

57. Resulted in

60. On Hollywood Blvd., say

61. Performer’s quadfecta

62. Aid

63. Narcissist’s priority

64. Wears

65. Light yellow brown

66. Twisty shape

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1. Jeans strengthener

2. First impression

3. Shoppers

4. Hazy memory

5. Burgundy in films

6. Javelin's path

7. Things to fight for

8. Sing the praises of

9. Basic sugar

10. Painful pair, in a rhyme

11. Statistician Silver

12. Molt

13. Forms a union

20. Disgusted sounds

24. Take a trip, say

25. Harmful helper

27. Bee followers

29. Thing

30. Takes in

31. Novelist Morrison

32. Home of Yeats

34. Ninny

37. Pitcher’s goals

40. Bordeaux products

41. First name in scat

43. Sole protector?

46. Site of the World Trade Organization’s headquarters

47. Poker declaration

49. Pastel hue

51. Rome septet

52. Frozen snowman

53. Clarinet need

54. Thus

55. Commuting cost

58. Flow stopper

59. Tenth inning reason

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