8/29/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/29/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Shape of a drummer’s cymbal
DISC

5A
Filter, as flour
SIFT

9A
Word that can go before “deal” or “recruit”
RAW

12A
Animated fashion designer Mode
EDNA

13A
Like consecrated ground
HOLY

14A
“Things ___ coming together nicely!”
ARE

15A
Mississippi-born soprano who received a record 13 Grammys as a classical music vocalist: 2 wds.
LEONTYNE PRICE

18A
Places for croquet games
LAWNS

19A
Courts with flowers and sweet talk
WOOS

20A
“Works for me”
OKAY

23A
High-visibility garments for road workers
VESTS

27A
Birthstone for some Libras and Scorpios
OPAL

30A
Put an end to
CEASE

33A
Wood used in whiskey barrels
OAK

34A
Italian mezzo-soprano who received five Grammys as a classical music vocalist: 2 wds.
CECILIA BARTOLI

37A
Cornish game ___
HEN

38A
“F1” actor Damson ___
IDRIS

39A
Liquids used in cartooning
INKS

40A
Host of “The Big Podcast With Shaq”
ONEAL

42A
“I didn’t see ___ coming!”
THAT

44A
“Me too!”
SAME

47A
Dungeons & Dragons fan, for example
GAMER

51A
Kansas-born mezzo-soprano who received three Grammys as a classical music vocalist: 2 wds.
JOYCE DIDONATO

55A
Vexation
IRE

56A
Monster who lives in a swamp
OGRE

57A
Desktop with an Apple logo on the back
IMAC

58A
“Let’s ___ down to business”
GET

59A
Gradually stop breastfeeding
WEAN

60A
Large container in a wine cellar
CASK

1D
Rival of Lenovo and HP
DELL

2D
“I have a better ___!”
IDEA

3D
Fluffy precipitation
SNOW

4D
Sicilian pastry whose name means “little tubes” in Italian
CANNOLI

5D
Reluctant to mingle
SHY

6D
Charged atom, in chemistry
ION

7D
Piloted, as a space shuttle
FLEW

8D
Misspelling in a text
TYPO

9D
Bump in pay
RAISE

10D
Path of a Hail Mary pass
ARC

11D
“___ Willie Winkie”
WEE

16D
Reprimanding sound
TSK

17D
Six-wheeled robot on Mars
ROVER

21D
Liquid used to etch glass
ACID

22D
What a cake candle could represent
YEAR

24D
Before you know it
SOON

25D
Main event at a conference
TALK

26D
Equipment for a bunny hill
SKIS

27D
Spanish word for “eight”
OCHO

28D
Ball-___ hammer
PEEN

29D
High schooler’s facial problem
ACNE

31D
“You haven’t changed ___!”: 2 wds.
A BIT

32D
Accessory for a homecoming queen
SASH

35D
Fragrant shrub with purple flowers
LILAC

36D
Ill-fated ocean liner of 1912
TITANIC

41D
So far: 2 wds.
AS YET

46D
Outer margin
EDGE

48D
“___, I’m Coming Home” (Ozzy Osbourne song)
MAMA

49D
Landing predictions from pilots: Abbr.
ETAS

50D
Genre of Metallica
ROCK

51D
Lively dance that’s popular in Ireland
JIG

52D
State south of Washington: Abbr.
ORE

53D
“Rosemary’s Baby” novelist Levin
IRA

54D
Coyote’s home
DEN