6/19/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/19/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Number of movies in the “Kill Bill” series
TWO

4A
A great distance away
AFAR

8A
___ squad (school-spirit group)
PEP

11A
Ship built by Noah
ARK

12A
Spanish appetizer
TAPA

13A
“___ before beauty”
AGE

14A
Four-time All-Star pitcher nicknamed “Big Sexy”: 2 wds.
BARTOLO COLON

17A
Go a few rounds in a boxing ring
SPAR

18A
Symbol at the beginning of a music staff
CLEF

19A
“American ___” (show whose judges include Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood)
IDOL

21A
Flunk
FAIL

25A
Ginger ___ (Vernors product)
ALE

28A
“I’ll take that as ___”: 2 wds.
A NO

29A
Anna’s sister in the “Frozen” films
ELSA

30A
With 32-Across, Hall of Fame designated hitter nicknamed “Big Papi”
DAVID

32A
See 30-Across
ORTIZ

33A
Fervent
AVID

34A
Use a touchless credit card, perhaps
TAP

36A
Muddy enclosure for a porker
STY

37A
Plural form of “you,” in Mississippi
YALL

38A
Take ___ custody (arrest)
INTO

40A
Award with a Best Breakthrough Athlete category
ESPY

42A
“50 ___ to Leave Your Lover” (Paul Simon song)
WAYS

46A
Hall of Fame pitcher nicknamed “the Big Unit”: 2 wds.
RANDY JOHNSON

50A
“___ said it before …”
IVE

51A
Prefix meaning “extremely small”
NANO

52A
Word after “Much” in a Shakespeare title
ADO

53A
Place a wager
BET

54A
A ship’s staff
CREW

55A
Wolf’s foot
PAW

1D
Keep ___ on (monitor)
TABS

2D
Cover in decorative paper
WRAP

3D
Vegetable that can be gooey
OKRA

4D
From ___ Z (completely): 2 wds.
A TO

5D
Atlanta NFL player
FALCON

6D
Greek god for whom NASA named its first manned lunar missions
APOLLO

7D
Marathon or 100-meter dash, for example
RACE

8D
Chum
PAL

9D
Sense of self-importance
EGO

10D
Writing tool
PEN

15D
What the first “T” in the explosive “TNT” stands for
TRI

16D
What a job applicant hopes to receive
OFFER

20D
Papa
DAD

22D
Secondary social-media accounts
ALTS

23D
“___ Cake?” (Netflix game show): 2 wds.
IS IT

24D
Unwilling to work much
LAZY

25D
“An apple ___ keeps the doctor away”: 2 wds.
A DAY

26D
The floor is ___ (game where you walk on furniture)
LAVA

27D
Morally reprehensible
EVIL

31D
Sat in neutral
IDLED

32D
Choose
OPT

34D
Container for customers’ appreciation: 2 wds.
TIP JAR

35D
Even a single person
ANYONE

39D
Have in one’s possession
OWN

41D
Set to the same time, as watches
SYNC

45D
Weather for sledging
SNOW

46D
Prime ___ (steak dish)
RIB

47D
Madison ___ (Manhattan thoroughfare): Abbr.
AVE

48D
What a human cannonball lands in
NET

49D
“No matter ___ you slice it …”
HOW