8/26/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/26/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Agency that many people curse in April: Abbr.
IRS

4A
___ up (absorb)
Sop

7A
Con artist’s operation
Scam

11A
Dust ___ (household pest)
Mite

13A
The “C” in “NASCAR”
Car

14A
Handle with ___
Care

15A
Stage name of rapper Bashar Jackson, who performed 21-Across and 35-/42-Across: 2 wds.
Pop Smoke

17A
One of 12 in a foot
Inch

18A
Fancy Feast eater
Cat

19A
Old-fashioned stereo system: Hyph.
Hifi

21A
2020 hit song featuring DaBaby: 3 wds.
For The Night

25A
Tiny bit of flame from a firework
Spark

27A
McKellen who played Magneto
Ian

28A
“Let’s put ___ heads together”
Our

29A
“Dateline NBC” anchor Lester
Holt

30A
“Snowpiercer” channel
TNT

31A
Actress Hathaway of “The Witches”
Anne

32A
ISP owned by Verizon
AOL

33A
Fishing pole
Rod

34A
Said a few words
Spoke

35A
With 42-Across, 2020 hit song that samples Ginuwine’s “Differences”: 3 wds.
What You Know

38A
Banana’s outer covering
Peel

39A
___ Jon (“Turn Down for What” rapper)
Lil

40A
Actor David ___ Grier
Alan

42A
See 35-Across: 2 wds.
Bout Love

47A
“Sesame Street” character with a unibrow
Bert

48A
Tiny hill builder
Ant

49A
Neglect to put in
Omit

50A
Supports for sleeping bags
Cots

51A
Peri Gilpin’s role on “Frasier”
Roz

52A
Run out of ___ (lose stamina)
Gas

1D
Badly behaved child
Imp

2D
Las Vegas casino where the World Series of Poker is played
Rio

3D
Fuel additive brand
STP

4D
“Parks and Recreation” actor Adam
Scott

5D
Sturdy wood used for flooring
Oak

6D
Warm up beforehand, as an oven
Preheat

7D
“Battlestar Galactica” genre: Hyph.
Scifi

8D
“Are we done here?”: 4 wds.
Can I Go Now

9D
Joan of ___
Arc

10D
“Ho-hum”
Meh

12D
Person who comes along as protection
Escort

16D
“All the Money in the World” actor Wahlberg
Mark

20D
Holiday ___ (motel chain founded in 1952)
Inn

21D
Disintegrate: 2 wds.
Fall Apart

22D
Devotee of Gandhi’s religion
Hindu

23D
Attractive muscleman
Hunk

24D
Redwood or yellowwood, for example
Tree

25D
Playwright George Bernard ___
Shaw

26D
Winnie the ___
Pooh

30D
Strip of computer icons
Tool Bar

31D
“___ 13” (1995 Tom Hanks drama)
Apollo

33D
Bread with a “marble” variety
Rye

34D
Foul mood
Snit

36D
Circus “big tops”
Tents

37D
Hopelessly clumsy person
Klutz

40D
Start of the alphabet
ABC

41D
Russian writer Tolstoy
Leo

43D
Yoko who married John Lennon
Ono

44D
Text equivalent of a “wow” emoji
Omg

45D
By means of
Via

46D
Travelers in UFOs: Abbr.
ETS