7/24/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/24/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Undeveloped flower
BUD

4A
Snapchat or CapCut, for example
APP

7A
Animal similar to a toad
FROG

11A
Enjoyed a potluck
ATE

12A
“Hold it, horse!”
WHOA

13A
Paranormal glow
AURA

14A
Be a chatterbox
GAB

15A
“I’m such a klutz!”
OOPS

16A
Utilizes
USES

17A
Singer whose “As It Was” was the best-selling global single of 2022: 2 wds.
HARRY STYLES

20A
What a cow chews
CUD

21A
Grain in an “overnight” recipe
OAT

22A
With 33-Across, singer whose “Flowers” was the best-selling global single of 2023
MILEY

24A
Appendage involved in a hug
ARM

25A
Hamster’s foot
PAW

AnA
imals studied by primatologists
APES

29A
TV hosts: Abbr.
MCs

30A
Cardboard box sealer
TAPE

31A
Hairstyles, for short
DOS

32A
Great distress
WOE

33A
See 22-Across
CYRUS

34A
___ Diego Zoo
SAN

35A
Make a choice
OPT

36A
Singer whose “Beautiful Things” was the best-selling global single of 2024: 2 wds.
BENSON BOONE

41A
Vehicle with a meter
TAXI

42A
Shape of a Slinky
COIL

43A
Consequential period of time
ERA

45A
Somber newspaper notice, for short
OBIT

46A
Trash can covers
LIDS

47A
Glass’s edge
RIM

48A
Animals that might be microchipped
PETS

49A
Hospital trauma sites: Abbr.
ERS

50A
“Hang on a ___!”
SEC

1D
Package for M&M’s or Skittles
BAG

2D
Arches National Park’s state
UTAH

3D
Humiliating disasters
DEBACLES

4D
“Howdy, sailor!”
AHOY

5D
Tootsie ___ (suckers with a chewy center)
POPS

6D
Christian church leaders
PASTORS

7D
“It’s not my ___!” (“Don’t blame me!”)
FAULT

8D
Cunning plan
RUSE

9D
Homophone of “oars”
ORES

10D
Fuel sold by the gallon
GAS

12D
Opposite of terse
WORDY

18D
Feels very sorry about
RUES

19D
Orange Thanksgiving veggie
YAM

22D
Hot under the collar
MAD

23D
Wall Street launch: Abbr.
IPO

24D
Highest card in most trick-taking games
ACE

25D
Law firm bigwigs
PARTNERS

26D
Manjula’s husband, on “The Simpsons”
APU

27D
Quirky filmmaker Anderson
WES

29D
Single-lens eyepiece worn by the Count on “Sesame Street”
MONOCLE

30D
Printed mistake
TYPO

32D
Had been
WAS

33D
Puts in the fridge
COOLS

34D
Grumpy moods
SNITS

36D
Yankees legend Ruth
BABE

37D
Highway off-ramp
EXIT

38D
Film ___ (moody movie genre)
NOIR

39D
Auction offers
BIDS

40D
Lake southwest of Lake Ontario
ERIE

41D
Summit
TOP

44D
___ Theatres (chain with many cinema multiplexes)
AMC