2/26/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/26/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Occupation
JOB

4A
Vampire ___ (mammal that drinks blood)
BAT

7A
Profound
DEEP

11A
Santa ___ (California city)
ANA

12A
Letters meaning “Pronto!”
ASAP

14A
Elongated circle
OVAL

15A
“I ___ just asking!”
WAS

16A
First name of the coyote in Looney Tunes cartoons
WILE

17A
Goddess-like entertainer
DIVA

18A
Singer of the 2025 country crossover hit “Choosin’ Texas”: 2 wds.
ELLA LANGLEY

21A
Magazine whose 2025 People of the Year were “the architects of AI”
TIME

23A
Sci-fi pilot ___ Dameron
POE

24A
“There ___ words” (“I’m speechless”): 2 wds.
ARE NO

26A
Software that Apple’s mobile devices run on
IOS

27A
___ and far between
FEW

30A
2025 Riley Green country song featuring 18-Across: 5 wds.
DONT MIND IF I DO

33A
Insect with a “leaf-cutter” variety
ANT

34A
Ryan Gosling’s partner Mendes
EVA

35A
Beatles drummer Starr
RINGO

36A
Way back when
AGO

37A
Tidbit in a bird feeder
SEED

38A
2025 BigXthaPlug country rap hit featuring 18-Across: 3 wds.
HELLATNIGHT

44A
Skip past, as an item on a list
OMIT

45A
___-1 (“Ghostbusters” vehicle)
ECTO

46A
Delivery company nicknamed “Brown”
UPS

49A
Popeye smokes one
PIPE

50A
Pet of Pebbles Flintstone
DINO

51A
“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” director DaCosta
NIA

52A
Sirius or Arcturus, for example
STAR

53A
Parents’ boy
SON

54A
Swan song
END

1D
Mandible
JAW

2D
Go out ___ limb: 2 wds.
ON A

3D
Cellar
BASEMENT

4D
Cry hard
BAWL

5D
Where Japan and Jordan are
ASIA

6D
Like sequoias and skyscrapers
TALL

7D
Get out of ___ (leave town)
DODGE

8D
Diabolical
EVIL

9D
Part of a roof where a rain gutter is
EAVE

10D
Perform, as on a musical instrument
PLAY

13D
Green morsel in a stir-fry
PEAPOD

19D
Pre-Easter observance
LENT

20D
Polite denial to a gentleman: 2 wds.
NO SIR

21D
“Voilà!”: Hyph.
TA-DA

22D
___ Man (role for Robert Downey, Jr.)
IRON

25D
Luxury watch brand whose name is a Greek letter
OMEGA

26D
Food writer Garten
INA

27D
Make small adjustments to: Hyph.
FINE-TUNE

28D
“The ___ of Glory” (Lady Gaga hit)
EDGE

29D
Product of a lumberyard
WOOD

31D
Words on a sticker given to a participant in Election Day: 2 wds.
I VOTED

32D
Salmon or bass, for example
FISH

36D
Tweak
ALTER

38D
Bitter ingredients in beer
HOPS

39D
Exude
EMIT

40D
“Levitating” singer Dua ___
LIPA

41D
Procedural that had a 2025 spin-off subtitled “Tony & Ziva”
NCIS

42D
“___ longer matters”: 2 wds.
INTO

43D
Hockey player known for fighting
GOON

47D
Place marker in Google Maps
PIN

48D
Feeling melancholy
SAD