8/21/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/21/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Like Julius Caesar and the Colosseum
ROMAN

6A
“The ____ Exotic Marigold Hotel” (2011 movie)
BEST

10A
____ blow (unfair attack)
LOW

13A
Like Enya and the Blarney Stone
IRISH

14A
Problem solver’s notion
IDEA

15A
Microbrewery’s creation, sometimes: Abbr.
IPA

16A
2021 Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar hit that won a Grammy for Rap Performance: 2 wds.
FAMILYTIES

18A
Baseball Hall of Famer ____ Griffey Jr.
KEN

19A
____ and tick collar (purchase at a pet store)
FLEA

20A
Ballpark guess: Abbr.
EST

21A
How things are going in general
TREND

23A
Item for trapping fish
NET

25A
Heroic deed
FEAT

26A
Birds that fly in V formations
GEESE

29A
Early short story author Edgar Allan ____
POE

31A
Sudden impulse
WHIM

34A
Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on “The Simpsons”
APU

35A
2024 Kendrick Lamar and SZA hit that’s named after singer Vandross
LUTHER

38A
Dash of the Bravo reality show “Next Gen NYC”
AVA

39A
Drains of energy
SAPS

41A
____ Tomé and Principe (African island nation)
SÃO

42A
State out loud
UTTER

44A
Mental cloudiness
HAZE

46A
A small number of
FEW

47A
Providence, ____ Island
RHODE

49A
Experienced athlete, perhaps
PRO

51A
“Can you think of anything ____ I need?”
ELSE

55A
“____ Flag Means Death” (former HBO Max series)
OUR

56A
2024 Kendrick Lamar hit featured in Mercedes-AMG’s Formula One promotional campaign: 2 wds.
SQUABBLEUP

59A
“Stop blabbing all your private stuff!”: Abbr.
TMI

60A
____ in (put under the covers)
TUCK

61A
Cleverly dodge
EVADE

62A
Where you might get a body wrap
SPA

63A
Frame that joins oxen
YOKE

64A
Thickly packed
DENSE

1D
Repeated jazz phrase
RIFF

2D
Taken by mouth
ORAL

3D
Performer who acts without speaking
MIME

4D
“Crazy Rich ____” (2018 movie)
ASIANS

5D
Edmonton Oilers’ organization: Abbr.
NHL

6D
____ and pieces (miscellaneous things)
BITS

7D
Polish a rough draft
EDIT

8D
“What you ____ is what you get”
SEE

9D
____ buds (flavor detectors)
TASTE

10D
2024 Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar hit released in response to Drake’s “First Person Shooter”: 2 wds.
LIKETHAT

11D
Unwrap
OPEN

12D
Wizard’s stick
WAND

17D
Thus far
YET

22D
Like beef carpaccio, but not a seared steak
RAW

24D
Long fish with slimy skin
EEL

25D
Convenience ____ (extra charge)
FEE

26D
It’s called petrol in England
GAS

27D
Pollution-monitoring group: Abbr.
EPA

28D
2024 Kendrick Lamar hit that broke the single-day streaming record for a hip-hop song
EUPHORIA

29D
Primary education group: Abbr.
PTA

30D
“Well, well, well!”
OHO

32D
“____ had enough of this!”
I’VE

33D
Damage slightly
MAR

36D
Put into practice
USE

37D
Bitterly regret
RUE

40D
Pathetic
SAD

43D
Number of months in a year
TWELVE

45D
Spicy and tangy
ZESTY

46D
Keyless entry device
FOB

47D
Disintegrates
ROTS

48D
____ Day (Wednesday)
HUMP

49D
Disk hit with a hockey stick
PUCK

50D
____ it in (make lots of money)
RAKE

52D
Tilt in one direction
LEAN

53D
Soapy froth
SUDS

54D
Fencing sword with a French name
EPEE

57D
Preserving the status ____
QUO