5/28/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/28/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Play the horses or the lottery
BET

4A
Actor Pitt of “F1”
BRAD

8A
Emotion celebrated on Valentine’s Day
LOVE

12A
Boxer Muhammad who was portrayed by Will Smith
ALI

13A
Actress ___ Elise Goldsberry
RENEE

15A
Full of enthusiasm
AVID

16A
Zip, zero, ___, nada
NIL

17A
Daisy-like fall bloom
ASTER

18A
Sharp pain, as of hunger
PANG

19A
“Hound Dog” singer nicknamed “the King of Rock and Roll”: 2 wds.
ELVISPRESLEY

22A
Strong craving
YEN

23A
Tavern offering
ALE

24A
Tip, as one’s hat
DOFF

27A
German name that reads the same forward and backward
OTTO

29A
___ carte: 2 wds.
ALA

32A
“Respect” singer nicknamed “the Queen of Soul”: 2 wds.
ARETHAFRANKLIN

36A
1980s rapper Kool Moe ___
DEE

37A
Site where you can put potential purchases on a Watchlist
EBAY

38A
___-bitty (tiny)
ITTY

39A
“___-la-la!” (cheerful song sounds)
TRA

40A
Prefix for “nourished” or “practice”
MAL

42A
“Crazy Train” singer nicknamed “the Prince of Darkness”: 2 wds.
OZZYOSBOURNE

48A
Stir up, as waters
ROIL

49A
One stroke better than a birdie
EAGLE

50A
A little bit dumb
DIM

53A
“Interview With the Vampire” author Rice
ANNE

54A
Wailing sound on a squad car
SIREN

55A
Roth ___ (nest-egg option)
IRA

56A
Lecherous look
LEER

57A
It could be multiple-choice
TEST

58A
___-Mex restaurant
TEX

1D
Make illegal
BAN

2D
“The Book of ___” (2010 Denzel Washington movie)
ELI

3D
Square on a bathroom floor
TILE

4D
… and the home of the ___ (US national anthem words)
BRAVE

5D
Tree secretion used in varnish
RESIN

6D
Pantry-infesting bugs
ANTS

7D
___-dish pizza
DEEP

8D
Time-___ photography
LAPSE

9D
Approximate shape of a lime
OVAL

10D
Plant that has tendrils
VINE

11D
Tense and irritable
EDGY

14D
Manuscript mistakes
ERRATA

20D
Rival of Uber
LYFT

21D
Musk who became an American citizen in 2002
ELON

24D
Tom Hanks, to Colin Hanks
DAD

25D
Material from which metal is extracted
ORE

26D
Ticket surcharge
FEE

27D
“Scent ___ Woman” (Al Pacino movie): 2 wds.
OFA

28D
Give it a whirl
TRY

29D
Secondary social media account
ALT

30D
Kindled
LIT

31D
“Baa, baa, black sheep, have you ___ wool?”
ANY

33D
Villain’s opponent
HERO

34D
Humiliates
ABASES

35D
Pottery oven
KILN

39D
Actress Liv whose adoptive father is Todd Rundgren
TYLER

40D
Stubborn animals on farms
MULES

41D
“Looks ___ everything!”
ARENT

42D
Type of vaccine that’s taken by mouth
ORAL

43D
“The ___ of Interest” (2023 movie)
ZONE

44D
Publication for fans, for short
ZINE

45D
Enticement on a fishhook
BAIT

46D
Menacing character in children’s stories
OGRE

47D
Revise, as a manuscript
EDIT

51D
Dublin’s land: Abbr.
IRE

52D
“Mad ___” (Mel Gibson movie)
MAX