4/9/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/9/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
“Love & Basketball” star Epps
OMAR

5A
Part of a molecule
ATOM

9A
Auto-race unit
LAP

12A
Manicurist’s tool
FILE

13A
French cheese sometimes topped with fig jam
BRIE

14A
In the manner of: 2 wds.
ALA

15A
Singer with the 2000 top 10 hit “Breathe”: 2 wds.
FAITH HILL

17A
Plant, as seeds
SOW

18A
Section of a Clue game board
ROOM

19A
Supernatural warnings
OMENS

21A
Saul of “Better Call Saul,” for example
LAWYER

24A
Love to pieces
ADORE

25A
Fleecy female
EWE

26A
Menu header for the commands Cut, Copy, and Paste
EDIT

27A
Group with the 2004 top 10 hit “Lose My Breath”: 2 wds.
DESTINYS CHILD

34A
Suffer from sleeping on a lumpy mattress, say
ACHE

35A
“Back to the Future” actress Thompson
LEA

36A
Animal in a desert caravan
CAMEL

38A
“High ___ Poker” (TV show featuring gamblers)
STAKES

41A
Weary from having seen it all before
JARED

42A
Listen to, as advice
HEED

43A
One, in Spanish and Italian
UNO

44A
Singer with the 2021 top 10 hit “Take My Breath”: 2 wds.
THE WEEKND

49A
Thick, shaggy hairdo, informally
MOP

50A
Currency of many NATO nations
EURO

51A
Couple
PAIR

52A
Stroke gently, as a kitten
PET

53A
Response from the congregation
AMEN

54A
Word that can go before “casting” or “setting”
TYPE

1D
“I’m ___” (departer’s comment)
OFF

2D
“Mamma ___!” (Italian exclamation)
MIA

3D
“Landman” actress Larter
ALI

4D
Make a second attempt
RETRY

5D
Truly detest
ABHOR

6D
Clean up, as hedges
TRIM

7D
Liquid needed when frying
OIL

8D
Pleasantly tuneful
MELODIC

9D
Compact disc player beam
LASER

10D
Leave well enough ___
ALONE

11D
Furry feet
PAWS

16D
Mortar ___ (tool for mixing concrete)
HOE

20D
Butterfly’s relative
MOTH

21D
Took control on the dance floor
LED

22D
Utter amazement
AWE

23D
“Asteroid City” director Anderson
WES

24D
They may be targeted to consumers
ADS

26D
Hand-___ coordination
EYE

28D
Not at all deserving of an R rating
TAME

29D
Summer drink often served with lemon: 2 wds.
ICEDTEA

30D
Stanley Cup organization: Abbr.
NHL

31D
Of that ___ (similar)
ILK

32D
Big name in blue jeans
LEE

33D
Public prosecutors: Abbr.
DAS

36D
Summer camp watercraft with paddles
CANOE

37D
Become parents to
ADOPT

38D
Attach, as an elbow patch: 2 wds.
SEW ON

39D
Casual, easy-to-wear top
TEE

40D
Quite skillful
ADEPT

41D
“Go ___ in a lake!”
JUMP

42D
In this place
HERE

45D
Sing without words
HUM

46D
“The Prom” actress Mary ___ Place
KAY

47D
Tiny bite
NIP

48D
“Dr.” who discovered Eminem
DRE