4/19/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/19/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Prepare for a selfie
POSE

5A
Give a nudge to
PROD

9A
Actor Linden or Holbrook
HAL

12A
Eric of Monty Python fame
IDLE

13A
What nomads do
ROVE

14A
“Star Wars” character ___-Wan Kenobi
OBI

15A
Person committing perjury
LIAR

16A
“___ what you mean”: 2 wds.
I SEE

17A
Fictional soccer coach Lasso
TED

18A
Pen name of Charles Dodgson who wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”: 2 wds.
LEWIS CARROLL

21A
Cartoonish yelp
EEK

22A
Prefix for “center” or “dermis”
EPI

23A
___ moment (when things suddenly click)
AHA

26A
Microbrewery creation sometimes
ALE

28A
Second-best-selling music artist from Ireland (after U2)
ENYA

31A
Pen name of Daniel Handler who wrote “A Series of Unfortunate Events”: 2 wds.
LEMONY SNICKET

35A
Jacob’s wife before Rachel
LEAH

36A
Small stone in a cherry
PIT

37A
“The White Lotus” actor Nivola
SAM

38A
Genetic molecule with one strand: Abbr.
RNA

40A
Massachusetts cape with a “fishy” name
COD

42A
Pen name of Eric Blair who wrote “Animal Farm”: 2 wds.
GEORGE ORWELL

48A
Large industrial tub
VAT

49A
“___ M for Murder” (Hitchcock movie)
DIAL

50A
Song for an opera tenor
ARIA

51A
Appropriate
APT

52A
Anna’s sister in two Disney movies
ELSA

53A
Rings that hold basketball nets
RIMS

54A
Zodiac sign that covers July 23 to August 22
LEO

55A
Opposition votes in Congress
NAYS

56A
Difficult achievement
FEAT

1D
Medicine gulped down with water
PILL

2D
Slobbery dog in “Garfield”
ODIE

3D
Cole ___ (popular side dish)
SLAW

4D
Supernatural-seeming
EERIE

5D
___ pear (fruit from a cactus)
PRICKLY

6D
“First Lady of Civil Rights” Parks
ROSA

7D
Make money hand ___ fist
OVER

8D
John ___ (tractor maker)
DEERE

9D
Websites’ embedded files from other sites: 2 wds.
HOTLINKS

10D
Cain’s brother in the Old Testament
ABEL

11D
Tupperware top
LID

19D
“Anora” filmmaker Baker who won four Oscars on March 2
SEAN

20D
Big cartel of oil producers: Abbr.
OPEC

23D
“It’s ___ in your mind”
ALL

24D
“Tee-___!” (soft giggle)
HEE

25D
Italian liqueur with an almond flavor
AMARETTO

27D
Unexplainable mental ability: Abbr.
ESP

29D
Affirmative vote that sounds like “Yay!”
YEA

30D
Wells Fargo device: Abbr.
ATM

32D
“That’s awful!”: 2 wds.
OH NO

33D
“Adaptation.” star Cage
NICOLAS

34D
“Do ___ else!” (threatening order): 2 wds.
IT OR

39D
Cosmetics pioneer Elizabeth
ARDEN

41D
___ planet (celestial body such as Pluto)
DWARF

42D
Be slack-jawed
GAPE

43D
___ monster (large lizard)
GILA

44D
Unchallenging
EASY

45D
Buffalo’s lake
ERIE

46D
Peru’s capital
LIMA

47D
Down to the ___ detail
LAST

48D
Actor Kilmer whose first movie was 1984’s “Top Secret!”
VAL