5/7/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/7/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Deficiency
LACK

5A
Settle into a pew
SIT

8A
“Anderson Cooper 360” channel
CNN

11A
Exchange
SWAP

12A
Bill and ___ (behave romantically)
COO

13A
Author Tolstoy
LEO

14A
See 4-Down: 2 wds.
DEMON HUNTERS

17A
“Jackie Brown” actress Grier
PAM

18A
Far from certain
IFFY

19A
Good buddy
PAL

22A
Jabbed with a finger
POKED

25A
Thailand’s continent
ASIA

27A
Country with the Great Sphinx of Giza
EGYPT

30A
1992 Whitney Houston thriller: 2 wds.
THE BODYGUARD

34A
Written opinion piece
ESSAY

35A
Earnest appeal
PLEA

36A
Put up, as scaffolding
ERECT

39A
Gents
MEN

40A
Channel that airs “The Pat McAfee Show”
ESPN

43A
“___ So Shy” (Pointer Sisters hit)
HE’S

45A
1987 Patrick Swayze drama: 2 wds.
DIRTY DANCING

51A
“Here’s how I see it,” in a text
IMO

52A
Large hot chocolate dispenser
URN

53A
Spin like ___: 2 wds.
A TOP

54A
Alleged paranormal power: Abbr.
ESP

55A
Came face-to-face with
MET

56A
Skin drawings, for short
TATS

1D
Mind-altering drug “dropped” at Woodstock
LSD

2D
Feeling of wonder
AWE

3D
Mitch’s husband on “Modern Family”
CAM

4D
With 14-Across, 2025 Netflix animated film
KPOP

5D
Joe ___ (average guy)
SCHMO

6D
Note signifying a debt
IOU

7D
2,000 pounds
TON

8D
Treble symbol on sheet music
CLEF

9D
Squishy toy football brand
NERF

10D
Asking too many personal questions
NOSY

15D
Short snooze
NAP

16D
Make a room neater: 2 wds.
TIDY UP

19D
Portion of butter
PAT

20D
Arthur with a New York stadium named for him
ASHE

21D
Gives the police a fake alibi, say
LIES

23D
Opener made by a locksmith
KEY

24D
Item that’s hidden on Easter morning
EGG

26D
Not present in class
ABSENT

28D
Part of the hand you clap with
PALM

29D
Beech, elm, or maple
TREE

31D
Homophone of “ore”
OAR

32D
Add coloring to
DYE

33D
“The Blues Brothers” actor Aykroyd
DAN

37D
Protesters’ repeated shout
CHANT

38D
Half of twenty
TEN

40D
Falco of “The Sopranos”
EDIE

41D
Virtual video-game people
SIMS

42D
Sword used by a stage actor, for example
PROP

44D
“Shoo!”
SCAT

46D
“So mouthwatering!”
YUM

47D
Dr. with the hit “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang”
DRE

48D
“Let’s call ___ day”: 2 wds.
IT A

49D
“Let’s ___ and say we did”
NOT

50D
Navigation aid that relies on satellites
GPS