7/23/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/23/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Itemized sheet for a shopper
LIST

5A
Vessel for making soup
POT

8A
Extra fat
FLAB

12A
“This will ___ take a minute”
ONLY

13A
What attorneys practice
LAW

14A
Duolingo’s green owl, for one
LOGO

15A
Perched upon
ATOP

16A
R&B singer Lennox
ARI

17A
Very many: 2 wds.
ATON

18A
2025 Sabrina Carpenter song about moving on from an ex-boyfriend: 2 wds.
NOBODYSSON

21A
Low-spirited
SAD

22A
“It takes two to ___”
TANGO

25A
Jailbird
CON

28A
Gone but ___ forgotten
NOT

30A
2025 Sabrina Carpenter song about being attracted to a responsible partner
TEARS

32A
Cedric Diggory’s father, in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
AMOS

34A
Fedora, for one
HAT

36A
Moisten with the tongue
LICK

37A
2024 Sabrina Carpenter song about lingering feelings after a breakup
TASTE

39A
1988 movie starring Tom Hanks as a kid in an adult’s body
BIG

41A
Opposing vote
NAY

42A
Animal sound that’s a homophone of 41-Across
NEIGH

44A
Show up a day early, for example
ERR

46A
2024 Sabrina Carpenter song about expecting respect in a relationship: 2 wds.
Good graces

51A
2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Vinatieri
ADAM

54A
Place to snorkel
SEA

55A
Beauty mark
MOLE

56A
Brass instrument that can weigh up to 50 pounds
TUBA

57A
Tree that’s vulnerable to bark beetles
ELM

58A
Flag support
POLE

59A
Disorganized condition
MESS

60A
“Old habits ___ hard”
DIE

61A
Smack with a hand
SLAP

1D
Temporary help from a bank
LOAN

2D
“Lead us not ___ temptation …”
INTO

3D
Slovenly person
SLOB

4D
Keyboard blunders
TYPOS

5D
Modeling clay for kids: Hyph.
PLAY-DOH

6D
Items gripped by rowers
OARS

7D
Plot surprise
TWIST

8D
Material for winter pajamas
FLANNEL

9D
“You’ve got a ___ of nerve!”
LOT

10D
Back when
AGO

11D
___ Jovi (rock band)
BON

19D
Soft-rock singer Fogelberg
DAN

20D
Bit of grain in a feedbag
OAT

23D
Opposite of lose
FIND

24D
Large oceanic predator
ORCA

25D
Puss in Boots, for example
CAT

26D
Oldest independent country in the Arab world
OMAN

27D
Win by a ___ (barely be victorious)
NOSE

29D
Bill that could be “running”
TAB

31D
Where lightning flashes
SKY

33D
Marks of shame
STIGMAS

35D
Reason for extra innings: 2 wds.
TIE GAME

43D
Sprayed with water, as a firefighter would
HOSED

45D
Inclined surfaces
RAMPS

47D
Shop where you might order a turkey on rye
DELI

48D
___, calm, and collected
COOL

49D
“I Can’t Love You Anymore” singer Langley
K.D.

50D
Ooze out
SEEP

51D
Device that requires a PIN: Abbr.
ATM

52D
Expected to arrive
DUE

53D
“___ are made in the kitchen” (fitness adage)
ABS