4/2/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/2/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Fruity spread
JAM

4A
Fish with flaky, white flesh
COD

7A
Boars’ female counterparts
SOWS

11A
Ore-____ (brand of frozen food)
IDA

12A
Boxing legend Muhammad
ALI

13A
Banshee’s loud sound
WAIL

14A
Damage the surface of
MAR

15A
It’s pumped at a service station
GAS

16A
“That’s horrible news!”: 2 wds.
OHNO

17A
“Wrecking Ball” singer who had a #1 hit with “Flowers” in 2023: 2 wds.
MILEYCYRUS

20A
“Free ____” (2021 Ryan Reynolds movie)
GUY

21A
Color of the circle on the Japanese flag
RED

22A
“Mony Mony” singer Billy
IDOL

24A
Complete collection of items
SET

25A
Muscle worked during bench presses, for short
PEC

28A
“Lunch” singer who had a hit with “Wildflower” in 2024: 2 wds.
BILLIEEILISH

31A
Club ____ (vacation destination)
MED

32A
Louisville Slugger, for example
BAT

33A
Person in a 16th-century South American empire
INCA

34A
Word that can go before “name” or “food”
PET

35A
Gibbon or gorilla, for example
APE

36A
“I Had Some Help” singer who had a #1 hit with “Sunflower” (with Swae Lee) in 2018: 2 wds.
POSTMALONE

40A
Shoe brand with a feline logo
PUMA

41A
News anchor Melber
ARI

42A
Official at third base, for short
UMP

44A
Gem that might look black or white
OPAL

45A
Come ____ standstill: 2 wds.
TOA

46A
____ Maria (type of liqueur)
TIA

47A
In the 70s, in terms of temperature
WARM

48A
Actors Helms and Asner, for two
EDS

49A
Where swine wallow
STY

1D
Indiana senator Banks
JIM

2D
First human in Genesis
ADAM

3D
Bright yellow flower
MARIGOLD

4D
Shrewd and careful about giving out information
CAGEY

5D
Oil of ____ (former name of a skin-care line)
OLAY

6D
Careful about what one reveals
DISCREET

7D
Blade wielded by a knight
SWORD

8D
Hawaiian island featuring Diamond Head
OAHU

9D
Is victorious
WINS

10D
____-mo replay
SLO

18D
____ into a false sense of security
LULL

19D
Abominable Snowman
YETI

22D
Company that created the ThinkPad
IBM

23D
Cube rolled in board games
DIE

24D
Person sharing an armrest with you on a plane
SEATMATE

25D
Tiny items that are ingredients in pesto: 2 wds.
PINENUTS

26D
Key usually in the upper-left corner of a keyboard
ESC

27D
“____-ching!” (cash register sound)
CHA

29D
“Yeah, not likely!”: 2 wds.
IBET

30D
Fat extraction, for short
LIPO

34D
Biblical hymn
PSALM

35D
False name
ALIAS

36D
Insect that’s still in a cocoon
PUPA

37D
Sharif of classic Hollywood
OMAR

38D
Nickname of an early-2000s Yankees star: Hyph.
A-ROD

39D
Send forth, as radiation
EMIT

40D
Comic book sound effect for a punch
POW

43D
Settle up, as a bar bill
PAY