5/14/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/14/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
___ and circumstance (elaborate production)
POMP

5A
Texting format of most phones: Abbr.
SMS

8A
Fuel that’s mined in Kentucky
COAL

12A
It can be tied into a messy bun
HAIR

13A
Woodpecker’s sound
TAP

14A
Style also known as a “natural”
AFRO

15A
2025 Alex Warren single that was #1 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart for a record-setting 30 weeks
ORDINARY

17A
Push down tightly
TAMP

18A
“Give us this day ___ daily bread …”
OUR

19A
Fluid that could be changed at Jiffy Lube
OIL

21A
2023 Nate Smith single that was #1 on the Country Airplay chart for a record-tying 10 weeks: 3 wds.
WORLD ON FIRE

26A
“Good ___ you!”
FOR

27A
Reed who sang “Walk on the Wild Side”
LOU

28A
Removes, as cream
SKIMS

30A
Breadmaker’s product
LOAF

32A
Movie studio with a lion mascot
MGM

34A
Cavaliers center Mobley
EVAN

35A
Race that’s longer than a marathon, for short
ULTRA

37A
“___ Dark Materials” (2019-2022 HBO fantasy series)
HIS

39A
Run a fever, perhaps
AIL

40A
2017 Portugal. The Man single that was #1 on the Alternative Airplay chart for a record-tying 20 weeks: 3 wds.
FEEL IT STILL

43A
Ballplayer’s hat
CAP

44A
Wallop
HIT

45A
Clean and ___ (weightlifting moves)
JERK

48A
2024 Shaboozey single subtitled “(Tipsy)” that was #1 on the Radio Songs chart for a record-setting 27 weeks: 3 wds.
A BAR SONG

53A
Shape of some faces
OVAL

54A
Hummus, for example
DIP

55A
“Stranger Things” actress Hawke
MAYA

56A
“What’s Going On” singer Marvin
GAYE

57A
Distress call from the high seas
SOS

58A
___ out (just barely manages)
EKES

1D
Vietnamese rice-noodle soup
PHO

2D
Propeller seen on a lake
OAR

3D
___-century modern (20th-century design movement)
MID

4D
Earlier in time
PRIOR

5D
What an aspiring Hollywood actor dreams of
STARDOM

6D
Scuff up
MAR

7D
Secretly monitor: 2 wds.
SPY ON

8D
Impressively quick, as reflexes
CATLIKE

9D
On the horns ___ dilemma: 2 wds.
OF A

10D
What a stick might represent on a snowman
ARM

11D
___-eared rabbit (animal with ears that droop)
LOP

16D
___ and void (invalid)
NULL

20D
What-___ (uncertainties)
IFS

21D
Virginia who wrote “Orlando” and “To the Lighthouse”
WOOLF

22D
Deliver a formal speech
ORATE

23D
“This ___ to be good!”
OUGHT

24D
Close competitor
RIVAL

25D
Microsoft Outlook message
EMAIL

26D
Seasonal respiratory virus
FLU

29D
Sketch series whose UK version began in March 2026: Abbr.
SNL

31D
Small spot on the skin
FRECKLE

33D
Unlucky accidents
MISHAPS

36D
In the style of: 2 wds.
ALA

38D
Blend with a wooden spoon
STIR

41D
Apple tablets that debuted in 2010
IPADS

42D
“Hi, I’m the problem, ___” (Taylor Swift lyric): 2 wds.
ITS ME

45D
Run at an easy pace
JOG

46D
Actress Marcille of the BET+ series “All the Queen’s Men”
EVA

47D
Beam of sunlight
RAY

49D
Science of natural life, for short
BIO

50D
Wood in bourbon barrels
OAK

51D
Science educator Bill who once competed on “The Masked Dancer”
NYE

52D
It’s purchased at a pump
GAS