4/23/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/23/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Tall, flightless bird
EMU

4A
Day ___ (massage therapist’s workplace)
SPA

7A
Facial hair that might be tweezed
BROW

11A
Jogged
RAN

12A
Video recorder, for short
CAM

13A
Supervillain’s hideout
LAIR

14A
George Gershwin’s lyricist brother
IRA

15A
Pop star Grande’s nickname
ARI

16A
“If ___ I’d known!”
ONLY

17A
2023 Bad Bunny hit named after a Tesla vehicle
CYBERTRUCK

20A
___ Maria (Catholic prayer)
AVE

21A
Exasperate
IRK

22A
Kismet
FATE

24A
Brand of fluffy boots and slippers
UGG

25A
Group that raises funds for a school: Abbr.
PTA

28A
2023 Bad Bunny hit: 3 wds.
WHERE SHE GOES

31A
“American ___!” (animated series)
DAD

32A
Doctor with nonhuman patients, for short
VET

33A
Internet addresses: Abbr.
URLS

34A
Very large British lexicon: Abbr.
OED

35A
Tit for ___ (equal exchange)
TAT

36A
2022 Bad Bunny hit named after a vodka cocktail: 2 wds.
MOSCOW MULE

40A
Do the front crawl, say
SWIM

42A
Expert military pilot
ACE

43A
“In the Grey” director Ritchie
GUY

44A
Edible seaweed
KELP

45A
Numbered road: Abbr.
RTE

46A
Live to a ripe old ___
AGE

47A
Grammy-winning Usher song of 2004
YEAH

48A
Turf for a landscaper
SOD

49A
Was ahead in a race
LED

1D
Clapton whose nickname is “Slow Hand”
ERIC

2D
“Frankenstein” novelist Shelley
MARY

3D
Continue ___ (have no interruptions)
UNABATED

4D
Give a fright
SCARE

5D
Role in a play
PART

6D
“You agree, of course?”: 3 wds.
AMIRIGHT

7D
Word that can follow “stumbling” or “mental”
BLOCK

8D
Status level in the military
RANK

9D
Ingredient in a vinaigrette
OIL

10D
Dryly funny
WRY

18D
“Have you ___ heard of him?”
EVER

19D
“I ___ you to reconsider”
URGE

22D
Abbreviation in a chain email
FWD

23D
“Now I understand!”
AHA

24D
Pre-owned vehicles: 2 wds.
USED CARS

25D
Lisbon’s country
PORTUGAL

26D
___ Avivian (certain Israeli)
TEL

27D
Jawbone of an ___ (Samson’s weapon)
ASS

29D
Dec 24 and Dec 31, for example
EVES

30D
US territory in Micronesia
GUAM

34D
Vim and vigor
OOMPH

35D
Woolen fabric in some blazers
TWEED

36D
Kunis of “Wake Up Dead Man”
MILA

37D
Prefix meaning “eight”
OCTO

38D
Type of sled in the Olympics
LUGE

39D
Bright-___ and bushy-tailed
EYED

40D
Overhead expanse
SKY

41D
In the ___ hours of the morning
WEE