4/30/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/30/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Habitat for octopuses
SEA

4A
Microbrewery creation, sometimes: Abbr.
IPA

7A
Incensed
MAD

10A
Hair attached to an eyelid
LASH

12A
___ Leppard (rock band)
DEF

13A
At least one
ANY

14A
Singer who had #1 hits (“Stuck With U” and “Rain on Me”) two weeks apart in 2020: 2 wds.
ARIANA GRANDE

17A
“Honey Don’t!” actress Aubrey
PLAZA

18A
Track on an album
SONG

19A
“The Bachelor” network
ABC

21A
Embarrassing blunder
GAFFE

25A
Horrible stench
ODOR

28A
Orchestra instrument that resembles a clarinet
OBOE

31A
Huntsville’s state: Abbr.
ALA

32A
Rapper who had back-to-back #1s with “Not Like Us” and “Luther” in 2025: 2 wds.
KENDRICK LAMAR

35A
___ Faire (event with knights and ladies)
REN

36A
Former empire with its capital in Cuzco
INCA

37A
Benches for parishioners
PEWS

38A
“Cat ___ the Pigeons” (Agatha Christie mystery)
AMONG

40A
“You betcha”
YEP

42A
“What a disaster!”: 2 wds.
OH NO

45A
Peruvian pack animal that can spit up to 10 feet
LLAMA

49A
Singer who had back-to-back #1s with “Sorry” and “Love Yourself” in 2016: 2 wds.
JUSTIN BIEBER

52A
“Minecraft” material
ORE

53A
Group supporting primary education: Abbr.
PTA

54A
Shut with a bang
SLAM

55A
South African golfer Ernie
ELS

56A
Source of much nondairy milk
SOY

57A
Visitor in flying saucers: Abbr.
ETS

1D
Hit with the palm
SLAP

2D
Noble rank above a viscount
EARL

3D
Mount Fuji’s continent
ASIA

4D
NAACP cofounder ___ B. Wells
IDA

5D
Small wooden pins
PEGS

6D
Naturally curly hairstyle
AFRO

7D
Comic book genre of “Naruto”
MANGA

8D
Sweet-___-sour sauce
AND

9D
Synthetic color for textiles
DYE

11D
Pond or sand trap, to a golfer
HAZARD

15D
Catch in the act
NAB

16D
Heavenly being with wings
ANGEL

20D
Something inserted into a piggy bank
COIN

22D
National Toy Hall of ___
FAME

23D
Small scratch on a diamond, for example
FLAW

24D
Parts of a chocolate bunny that are often eaten first
EARS

25D
Seed-filled green vegetable
OKRA

26D
Judge to be
DEEM

27D
___ account (never): 2 wds.
ON NO

29D
Discreetly include on an email chain: Abbr.
BCC

30D
Acceptable
OKAY

33D
A step in the ___ direction
RIGHT

34D
Fruits with Fuji and Gala varieties
APPLES

39D
Organs for smelling
NOSES

41D
Cotton gin inventor Whitney
ELI

43D
Bites like a small dog
NIPS

44D
Bursting ___ the scene
ONTO

46D
Very competent
ABLE

47D
Duck, lamb, or pork
MEAT

48D
Coat of ___ (design on a shield)
ARMS

49D
President after, and before, Donald
JOE

50D
Web browser entry: Abbr.
URL

51D
___ State (nickname of Massachusetts)
BAY