1/2/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/2/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
fail (magnificent disaster)
EPIC

5A
What Santa checks twice to see who’s naughty and nice
LIST

9A
Jordan (Green Lantern’s secret identity)
HAL

12A
Civil rights figure Parks
ROSA

13A
Friend who’ll always stand by you
ALLY

14A
Shout of approval at a Mexican sports event
OLE

15A
Corrosion from disuse
RUST

16A
Rapper with the 2022 breakout hit “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” with Hitkidd
GLORILLA

18A
Action film feat often performed by a body double
STUNT

20A
Nursery rhyme girl who’s “quite contrary”
MARY

21A
2024 hit about 16-Across’s luxurious life as a rapper: 2 wds.
YEAHGLO

24A
Rent-___ (private security guard): Hyph.
A COP

27A
Summer Olympics venue for Katie Ledecky
POOL

28A
“Saw wood” while asleep
SNORE

29A
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s ___”
END

32A
The USPS released one featuring Alex Trebek in July
STAMP

34A
Drained of color
WAN

35A
___ code (telecommunications system with dots and dashes)
MORSE

37A
“Blessed are the ___, for they shall inherit the earth”
MEEK

39A
Black-and-white cookie
OREO

40A
2024 hit by 16-Across with Megan Thee Stallion that inspired an Instagram twerking challenge: 2 wds.
WANNABE

43A
Major dog food brand
ALPO

45A
Trolley cars
TRAMS

47A
2022 hit by 16-Across with a popular remix featuring Cardi B
TOMORROW

51A
Prefix for “bishop” or “enemy”
ARCH

52A
Stunned amazement
AWE

53A
Nasty scent
ODOR

54A
Plant in an arboretum
TREE

55A
“___ my last email …”
PER

56A
Cable channel that aired “Farscape” and “Caprica”
SYFY

57A
“For your ___ only” (“This is confidential”)
EYES

1D
Drops the ball
ERRS

2D
Like a sulky face
POUTY

3D
Item on a magazine rack
ISSUE

4D
Light snooze a feline might enjoy
CATNAP

5D
Jet ___ (problem for international travelers)
LAG

6D
Not feeling well
ILL

7D
Sports replay speed: Hyph.
SLO-MO

8D
Supermodel and TV host Banks
TYRA

9D
“Good golly!”: 2 wds.
HOLY COW

10D
Each and every
ALL

11D
Actress Seydoux of “Dune: Part Two”
LEA

17D
Tehran’s country
IRAN

19D
“___ were the days!”
THOSE

22D
Obtained
GOT

23D
South American animal whose name begins with a double letter
LLAMA

25D
“Would you prefer chopsticks ___ fork?”: 2 wds.
OR A

26D
Implement for a confident sudoku solver
PEN

28D
Went on a shopping spree
SPENT

29D
Angst-laden music genre
EMO

30D
Neither this ___ that
NOR

31D
One who imagines better futures
DREAMER

33D
Separate the ___ from the boys
MEN

36D
Han of the “Star Wars” films
SOLO

38D
Martial art featured in “Cobra Kai”
KARATE

40D
Full of verbiage
WORDY

41D
2018-2023 HBO black comedy starring Bill Hader
BARRY

42D
Comedy club host
EMCEE

44D
Weigh the ___ and cons
PROS

46D
“___ Out of My Life” (1980 Michael Jackson song)
SHE’S

47D
Dance style with shuffle, brush, and scuff steps
TAP

48D
Have a debt to someone
OWE

49D
Reaction to a gut punch
OOF

50D
Homophone of “rye”
WRY