10/15/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/15/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Bounces gently on the waves
BOBS

5A
City vehicle with a roof sign
CAB

8A
President Lincoln’s youngest son
TAD

11A
Fish whose name also means “complain”
CARP

12A
Color variant
HUE

13A
Tool that sends ripples across a lake
OAR

14A
Ella Langley hit that topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country charts in 2026: 2 wds.
CHOOSINTEXAS

17A
Actress Essman of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
SUSIE

18A
City vehicle with a roof sign
Taxi

19A
Floral garland worn while hula dancing
LEI

21A
Online greeting from Hallmark, for example: Hyph.
E-CARD

25A
Precious green stone
JADE

28A
Entryway that may have a peephole
DOOR

31A
Seydoux of “Dune: Part Two”
LEA

32A
Shaboozey hit that topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country charts in 2024: 4 wds.
A BAR SONG TIPSY

35A
Tech company behind the AI platform watsonx
IBM

36A
“Back in the ____” (Beatles hit)
USSR

37A
Preschoolers
TOTS

38A
Former boy-band member Bass
LANCE

40A
Actors O’Neill and Helms
EDS

42A
Pepé Le Pew’s problem
ODOR

45A
Foaming at the mouth
RABID

49A
Morgan Wallen hit that topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country charts in 2024: 2 wds.
LOVESOMEBODY

52A
Great anger
IRE

53A
____ roll (toilet paper, in London)
LOO

54A
“What I Am” singer Brickell
EDIE

55A
2022 movie about an embattled conductor
TAR

56A
Approves
OKS

57A
Small items that golfers often break
TEES

1D
Secretly includes on an email: Abbr.
BCCS

2D
Hawaii island where Barack Obama was born
OAHU

3D
Frat dudes
BROS

4D
Unwanted information before a watch party
SPOILER

5D
Tai ____ (exercise regimen)
CHI

6D
____ Polly (character in “Tom Sawyer”)
AUNT

7D
Software-testing stage
BETA

8D
Venomous
TOXIC

9D
Top credit rating from Moody’s
AAA

10D
Neurologists and rheumatologists, for example: Abbr.
DRS

15D
“Just you wait and ____!”
SEE

16D
Put forth, as effort
EXERT

20D
Promises reaffirmed at a marriage renewal ceremony: 2 wds.
IDOS

22D
Purina pet food brand
ALPO

23D
“There’s no ____ for the wicked”
REST

24D
Boxes on a wall calendar
DAYS

25D
Penitentiary
JAIL

26D
“Dancing Queen” band
ABBA

27D
“____ the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
DAMN

29D
Roll-____ (some antiperspirants)
ONS

30D
Shrek or Fiona, for example
OGRE

33D
Soft jacket material
SUEDE

34D
“I agree to that wager”: 3 wds.
ITSABET

39D
“Don’t judge a book by its ____”
COVER

41D
Beats by ____ (headphones brand)
DRE

43D
Northern capital known for its fjords
OSLO

47D
“I’ll remember this until the day ____”: 2 wds.
ROOK

48D
Colorants for hair highlights
BODE

49D
Illuminated
I DIE

50D
“… ____ reasonable facsimile”: 2 wds.
DYES

51D
March and May, for two: Abbr.
LIT