6/4/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/4/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Jump ____ joy
FOR

4.A
50%
HALF

8A
Chocolate-coated caramel candy with an unusual shape
ROLO

12A
Tax-deferred investment plan: Abbr.
IRA

13A
Second-to-last word in many fairy tales
EVER

14A
“Moulin Rouge!” star McGregor
EWAN

15A
Block, as a river’s flow
DAM

16A
Punch ____ (end of a joke)
LINE

17A
Band with the 1987 hit “New Sensation”
INXS

18A
British singer who won the 2026 Best New Artist Grammy: 2 wds.
OLIVIADEAN

21A
Streaming service HBO ____
MAX

22A
Gracefully flexible
LITHE

26A
Large, close-knit family
CLAN

28A
Pop hit by 18-Across that was her first UK #1 song: 3 wds.
MANINEED

31A
Feel unwell
AIL

32A
Large animal studied by Dian Fossey
APE

33A
Scottish boy
LAD

34A
With 40-Across, bossa nova hit by 18-Across about new relationships: 3 wds.
SOEASYTO

37A
Exceptionally
VERY

38A
Joint covered by a high-top sneaker
ANKLE

39A
Gullible fool
SAP

40A
See 34-Across: 3 wds.
FALLINLOVE

46A
Whiskey ____ (cocktail)
SOUR

49A
Currency used in Dublin and Vienna
EURO

50A
Rock band from Athens, Georgia
REM

51A
Move slowly, like the Blob
OOZE

52A
Typical Gulf State resident
ARAB

53A
Minnesota governor Walz
TIM

54A
“____ have thunk it?”
WHO’D

55A
Paper Mate products
PENS

56A
Guileful
SLY

1D
Generic dog name, similar to Spot or Rover
FIDO

2D
Exam with verbal answers
ORAL

3D
Oscar winner for “Bohemian Rhapsody”: 2 wds.
RAMI MALEK

4D
Corkscrew’s shape
HELIX

5D
Rival of Puma and Reebok
AVIA

6D
Let someone borrow from you
LEND

7D
Costing zero
FREE

8D
Get under control, as spending: 2 wds.
REIN IN

9D
“Mind your ____ business!”
OWN

10D
Not at all strict
LAX

11D
Come-____ (inducements)
ONS

19D
Moving truck
VAN

20D
Comedian Wong who starred in season 1 of Netflix’s “Beef”
ALI

23D
Transmits instantaneously, in sci-fi
TELEPORTS

24D
Catch word of
HEAR

25D
Small whirlpool
EDDY

26D
House, in Mexico
CASA

27D
Animal that travels in a pride
LION

28D
“Your mileage ____ vary”
MAY

29D
Relevant to the situation
APT

30D
“The Matrix” protagonist
NEO

35D
Legendary film director Hitchcock
ALFRED

36D
Poseidon’s realm
SEA

37D
“Tombstone” actor Kilmer
VAL

39D
Cultural elitists
SNOBS

41D
Jump
LEAP

42D
It entices a fish to “take the bait”
LURE

43D
Country with the longest border on the Persian Gulf
IRAN

44D
Delicate facial covering
VEIL

45D
Any of 11 awards for Julia Louis-Dreyfus
EMMY

46D
Piglets’ mother
SOW

47D
“____-la-la!” (“How stylish!”)
OOH

48D
Actress Aduba
UZO