4/24/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/24/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
“Breaking ___” (2008–2013 AMC series)
BAD

4A
Tweezers pluck them
HAIRS

9A
“I’m amazed!”
WOW

12A
“___ Baba and the Forty Thieves”
ALI

13A
“No need to inform me”: 2 wds.
IKNOW

14A
Honest ___ (nickname for president Lincoln)
ABE

15A
2008 Lady Gaga collaboration with Colby O’Donis that hit #1: 2 wds.
JUSTDANCE

17A
Was ahead in a race
LED

18A
Shells and rockets in Fortnite, for short
AMMO

19A
Talk show host Ripa
KELLY

21A
Former “SNL” comedian Gasteyer
ANA

23A
___ Spumante (type of Italian wine)
ASTI

24A
Actress Sedaris
AMY

26A
What Jehovah’s Witnesses are sometimes considered, to Christianity
SECT

28A
“Sorry to say …”
ALAS

32A
2024 Lady Gaga collaboration with Bruno Mars that hit #1: 4 wds.
DIEWITHASMILE

35A
How a toddler might say “father”
DADA

36A
“Barbie” actor Michael
CERA

37A
Wooden seat in a church
PEW

38A
“___ Like the Wind” (Patrick Swayze song)
SHES

40A
Dog breed with a flat nose
PUG

42A
Bus station
DEPOT

44A
Pleased
GLAD

47A
Scottish boy
LAD

48A
2010 Lady Gaga collaboration with Beyoncé that hit #3
TELEPHONE

52A
Word of connection
AND

53A
“Wicked” actress Cynthia
ERIVO

54A
Jamaican music style
SKA

55A
Milky ___ (galaxy that’s home to the solar system)
WAY

56A
Material in hospital gloves
LATEX

57A
___ Antonio Express-News (newspaper)
SAN

1D
___ California (region of Mexico)
BAJA

2D
Graduate of a school, for short
ALUM

3D
Appalled and fearful
DISMAYED

4D
Placed in a hard-to-find spot
HID

5D
Stefani Germanotta, ___ Lady Gaga: Abbr.
AKA

6D
Cozy lodging for a traveler
INN

7D
Famous musician like Sting or Pink: 2 wds.
ROCKSTAR

8D
___ and sour sauce
SWEET

9D
The Great ___ of China
WALL

10D
Heed commands
OBEY

11D
Got married to
WED

16D
“It hit me like a ___ of bricks”
TON

20D
Qui-Gon Jinn portrayer Neeson
LIAM

22D
“___ live and breathe!”: 2 wds.
ASI

23D
Sore spots
ACHES

24D
Do some simple math
ADD

25D
Hamm of US soccer
MIA

27D
“And so forth,” in Latin: 2 wds.
ETCETERA

29D
Cosmetic applied for a shimmery pout: 2 wds.
LIPGLOSS

30D
Tavern order
ALE

31D
Do a tailor’s task
SEW

33D
Bee relative with a narrow waist
WASP

34D
Tree “juice”
SAP

39D
Lodging that could be “five-star”
HOTEL

41D
Expression similar to “Ick!”
UGH

42D
“Tulsa King” actress Delany
DANA

43D
Small whirlpool
EDDY

45D
Canadian singer Paul
ANKA

46D
James who starred in “Rebel Without a Cause”
DEAN

47D
What a criminal breaks
LAW

49D
Kindled
LIT

50D
Mother of Cain and Abel
EVE

51D
Chicken ___ (contagious illness)
POX