8/7/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/7/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Young seal or dog
PUP

4A
“Fire Country” network
CBS

7A
Cloudy sky’s color
GRAY

11A
“I have the answer!”
AHA

12A
Take part in a crew race
ROW

13A
Auditioner’s hope
ROLE

14A
Place to purchase a martini
BAR

15A
“Freak ____” (1999 song by Korn)
ONA

16A
Audio equipment at an arena rock concert
AMPS

17A
Singer whose 2023 hit “Fast Car” spent 8 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 without hitting #1: 2 wds
LUKECOMBS

20A
Maker of Retinol24 Night Moisturizer
OLAY

21A
Personal part of an application to college
ESSAY

25A
John F. Kennedy’s sister-in-law
ETHEL

29A
Card that a deuce beats, in some games
ACE

30A
Rapper whose 2002 hit “Work It” spent 10 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 without hitting #1: 2 wds
MISSYELLIOTT

34A
Biblical vessel
ARK

35A
Fussy, dainty person
PRISS

36A
Kid around with
TEASE

38A
Border
EDGE

42A
Singer whose 2015 hit “Thinking Out Loud” spent 8 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 without hitting #1: 2 wds
EDSHEERAN

46A
What a croquet mallet hits
BALL

49A
Primary airport for an airline
HUB

50A
“Just ____ your imagination”
USE

51A
Watermelon’s shape, roughly
OVAL

52A
Auburn University’s state: Abbr.
ALA

53A
Staying silent
MUM

54A
Marries
WEDS

55A
“The Fall ____” (2024 movie)
GUY

56A
Agent who goes undercover
SPY

1D
Cubist painter Picasso
PABLO

2D
Rental truck company: Hyph.
UHAUL

3D
Winter coat that’s often lined with fur
PARKA

4D
Fierce reptile in a river, for short
CROC

5D
U2’s lead vocalist
BONO

6D
Moved through water
SWAM

7D
Lawn cover
GRASS

8D
____.com (movie like “Runaway Bride”)
ROM

9D
Mountain of northern Italy
ALP

10D
“Sure thing!”
YES

18D
Optometrists examine them
EYES

19D
Word after “Jingle” and “Silver” in Christmas songs
BELLS

22D
____ Paulo (city in Brazil)
SAO

23D
Pretend
ACT

24D
“____ again…” (“On the other hand…”)
YET

26D
Wrote on a keyboard
TYPED

27D
____ Majesty (title for a queen)
HER

28D
Pharmaceutical giant ____ Lilly
ELI

30D
What to wipe your muddy shoes on
MAT

31D
Infuriated feeling
IRE

32D
Music genre from 1950s Jamaica
SKA

33D
“When can ____ you again?”: 2 wds.
ISEE

37D
Puts on the market
SELLS

39D
Ringo Starr played them
DRUMS

40D
Get fuel for a road trip: 2 wds.
GASUP

41D
“____ of the State” (1998 Will Smith film)
ENEMY

43D
Rug with a deep pile
SHAG

44D
“Washington Black” streaming service
HULU

45D
Site for online auctions
EBAY

46D
Acknowledge applause
BOW

47D
“____ Maria” (“Hail Mary”)
AVE

48D
Boy from Dundee or Aberdeen
LAD