7/9/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/9/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Slimy creature in a garden
SLUG

5A
“Skip to My ___”
LOU

8A
Game with a bull’s-eye
DARTS

13A
Add to the office staff
HIRE

14A
Muscles worked with plank exercises
ABS

15A
Underway
AFOOT

16A
Oscar-winning actress Helen
HUNT

17A
“Eeny, meeny, miney, ___ …”
MOE

18A
Stomach
BELLY

19A
NFL championship game played in February 2026: 3 wds.
SUPER BOWL LLX

22A
Ready to be poured from a keg: 2 wds.
ON TAP

25A
Needing more illumination
DIM

26A
YouTube video statistic
VIEWS

27A
“DTMF” rapper who headlined the 19-Across halftime show: 2 wds.
BADBUNNY

32A
Kendrick who starred in 2025’s “Another Simple Favor”
ANNA

33A
Feels appropriate
FITS

34A
Final Four sports organization: Abbr.
NCAA

35A
“Abracadabra” pop singer who performed “Die With a Smile” at the 19-Across halftime show: 2 wds.
LADY GAGA

37A
Animal studied by Jane Goodall, for short
CHIMP

38A
Round object
ORB

39A
Oxygen and helium, for example
GASES

40A
“She Bangs” pop singer who performed “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii” at the 19-Across halftime show: 2 wds.
RICKY MARTIN

46A
Nebraska city on Iowa’s border
OMAHA

47A
“I’m good, thanks”
NAH

48A
Sketch
DRAW

52A
Ingredient in sweet tea
SUGAR

53A
Cube rolled in many a board game
DIE

54A
“You do the ___!”
MATH

55A
Patronize a shop
SPEND

56A
Foxlike, in a way
SLY

57A
Award for “Adolescence” or “Severance”
EMMY

1D
“Stop speaking so loudly!”
SHH

2D
Actress Yifei who starred in 2020’s “Mulan”
LIU

3D
Large decorative vase
URN

4D
Escapes pursuers: 2 wds.
GETS AWAY

5D
Light source seen in the Pixar logo
LAMP

6D
Woodwind with two reeds
OBOE

7D
Customer info collected by tech companies: 2 wds.
USER DATA

8D
Old slang for “great,” or a hot sauce brand featured regularly on “Hot Ones”: 2 wds.
DA BOMB

9D
No more than three or four: 2 wds.
A FEW

10D
Throw dice
ROLL

11D
Congestion pricing fee
TOLL

12D
Rock group known for “Mr. Roboto”
STYX

20D
Delivery company with brown trucks
UPS

21D
Says “three spades” in bridge, for example
BIDS

22D
“Flattened circle” shape
OVAL

23D
Sailing partner of the Pinta and Santa María
NINA

24D
Have an inclination (towards)
TEND

27D
Large jazz ensembles: 2 wds.
BIG BANDS

28D
“Let go, you brute!”: 2 wds.
UNHANDME

29D
CBS military police series since 2003
NCIS

30D
Title
NAME

31D
Dog’s shrill barks
YAPS

33D
Where crops are grown
FARM

36D
Hit a massive homer, in baseball slang: 2 wds.
GOYARD

41D
“Ooh, it’s my turn!”: 2 wds.
I’M UP

42D
Luke ___ (Marvel hero)
CAGE

43D
Genghis ___
KHAN

44D
Banister
RAIL

45D
“You know what ___ say …”
THEY

49D
Grazing animal with horns
RAM

50D
Citibank fixture: Abbr.
ATM

51D
“For what reason?”
WHY