2/20/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/20/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Permanent denials of entry, as to the Baseball Hall of Fame
BANS

5A
River-flow stoppers
DAMS

9A
Cooking product such as Mazola or Wesson
OIL

12A
Bunches and bunches: 2 wds.
A LOT

13A
Opposite of entrance
EXIT

14A
___ shoes (ballerinas’ footwear)
TOE

15A
Period of 52 weeks, approximately
YEAR

16A
“Ghost” singer Henderson
ELLA

17A
Eleven minus nine
TWO

18A
Singer with the debut album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess”: 2 wds.
CHAPPELL ROAN

21A
Craven who directed the first four “Scream” movies
WES

22A
“I’ll believe it when I ___ it”
SEE

23A
Type of fish often used in fish and chips
COD

26A
Meth-seizing group: Abbr.
DEA

28A
___ Spring (group of protests in the 2010s)
ARAB

32A
“Drivers License” singer for whom 18-Across opened on tour: 2 wds.
OLIVIA RODRIGO

36A
Monetary unit equal to 100 Mexican centavos
PESO

37A
Mangy dog
CUR

38A
Mountain ___ (brand of soft drink)
DEW

39A
Ending for “surreal” or “secular”
ISM

42A
Clothing label
TAG

44A
2024 pop hit for 18-Across: 3 wds.
GOOD LUCK BABE

50A
One of Ned Flanders’s sons, on “The Simpsons”
ROD

51A
Location
AREA

52A
Last name of comedian Groucho
MARX

54A
Submachine gun from Israel
UZI

55A
Quesadillas are made in them
PANS

56A
Pennsylvania city that’s under 100 miles from Buffalo, New York
ERIE

57A
Jerry’s partner in ice cream
BEN

58A
Bed’s wooden support
SLAT

59A
Drop in a mail slot
SEND

1D
Buzzards ___ (body of water off of Massachusetts)
BAY

2D
Five-time Oscar nominee Guinness
ALEC

3D
Boat builder of Genesis
NOAH

4D
Filling for a scarecrow
STRAW

5D
___ diver (person who explores underwater): Hyph.
DEEP SEA

6D
Bar on a wheelbarrow
AXLE

7D
General ___ (company that owns Betty Crocker and Pillsbury)
MILLS

8D
Dry and hard to eat
STALE

9D
Sgt. Snorkel’s dog in Beetle Bailey
OTTO

10D
State that’s the largest producer of pork and corn
IOWA

11D
Ponce de ___
LEON

19D
Frequent manicure accompaniment, for short
PEDI

20D
___-view mirror
REAR

23D
Kindergarten ___ (Schwarzenegger movie)
COP

24D
“Great job, toreador!”
OLE

25D
Trash-talk
DIS

27D
Curved line segment
ARC

29D
“You can’t get ___ of me that easily!”
RID

30D
How many birthdays you’ve had
AGE

31D
Item in Minnie Mouse’s hair
BOW

33D
Empty space
VOID

34D
Music duo that consisted of André 3000 and Big Boi
OUTKAST

35D
Dull-colored
DRAB

40D
Hand smacks that can instigate duels
SLAPS

41D
Work of street art
MURAL

43D
Olympic ___ (Winter 2026 event in Italy)
GAMES

44D
Pub ___ (rhyming term for some casual food)
GRUB

45D
Move like sludge
OOZE

46D
Thor’s brother, in Marvel movies
ODIN

47D
The Suicide Squad actor John
CENA

48D
“When she got there, the cupboard was ___ …”
BARE

49D
Burnett of CNN
ERIN

53D
___ out (deleted)
XED