4/3/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/3/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Small vegetable in many casseroles
PEA

4A
Like velvet
SOFT

8A
___-tickling (hilarious)
RIB

11A
More than “most”
ALL

12A
Actress Fanning
ELLE

13A
Water, in Paris
EAU

14A
2022 Post Malone hit featuring Roddy Ricch that’s about resurfacing after isolation: 2 wds.
COOPED UP

16A
Shut-___ (people who don’t leave their homes)
INS

17A
Leg joints revealed by a cocktail dress
KNEES

18A
Billboard or placard, for example
SIGN

20A
Carbon dioxide is one
GAS

22A
Elude, as a ball in gym class
DODGE

25A
Flavor enhancer in certain foods Abbr.
MSG

28A
“He ___ hesitates is lost”
WHO

30A
Briny expanses
SEAS

31A
2024 Post Malone hit featuring Morgan Wallen that’s about not taking all the blame for a breakup 4 wds.
I HAD SOME HELP

34A
Nothing more than
MERE

35A
Sawdust’s color sometimes
TAN

36A
Took off in a hurry
RAN

37A
A cube has 12 of them
EDGES

39A
Goose egg in soccer
NIL

41A
Loved ___ (family and friends)
ONES

43A
Manual transmission settings
GEARS

47A
Supreme Court justice ___ Coney Barrett
AMY

49A
2023 Post Malone hit that’s about being unable to quit an addictive relationship
CHEMICAL

51A
“Queer as Folk” actor Sparks
HAL

52A
“Proud Mary” singer Turner
TINA

53A
“Where do ___ from here?”: 2 wds.
I GO

54A
“Yes, captain!”
AYE

55A
Loses muscle tone
SAGS

56A
Golden retriever in Pixar’s “Up”
DUG

1D
Put things in luggage
PACK

2D
Musk who leads DOGE
ELON

3D
Plant whose gel is a natural burn balm
ALOE

4D
Teeter-totters
SEESAWS

5D
Ancient
OLD

6D
Winter viruses
FLUS

7D
Barely warm
TEPID

8D
Animal pulling Santa’s sleigh
REINDEER

9D
Spy novelist Fleming
IAN

10D
Vehicle that might be a double-decker
BUS

15D
Piece of wood on a coatrack
PEG

19D
“Goodness me!”
GOSH

21D
Small drink ordered at a bar
SHOT

23D
Big event where people wear gowns and tuxes
GALA

24D
“College GameDay” channel
ESPN

25D
Person who silently performs scenes
MIME

26D
Storage spot for yard tools
SHED

27D
Grotesque carved creature on a cathedral
GARGOYLE

29D
Country that’s on the eastern border of the United Arab Emirates
OMAN

32D
TV chef Paula who lives in Georgia
DEEN

33D
Intriguingly hard-to-solve puzzles
ENIGMAS

38D
Religious subgroups
SECTS

40D
Polynesian garland
LEI

42D
Actor LaBeouf
SHIA

44D
“Salt Fat ___ Heat” (cookbook named for essential elements of cooking)
ACID

45D
Prego competitor
RAGU

46D
Trudge
SLOG

47D
“Take On Me” band from Norway: Hyph.
A-HA

48D
The Kentucky Derby’s month
MAY

50D
Were Liverpool and Lon are: Abbr.
ENG