7/3/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/3/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Fish commonly used in fish sticks
COD

4A
“That’s all ___ wrote”
SHE

7A
Worker brought in for a few days, perhaps
TEMP

11A
“The solution has come to me!”
AHA

12A
Spacecraft’s escape capsule
POD

13A
“You’re all ___ the map”
OVER

14A
Broadcast on television
AIR

15A
Piece of wood in a fireplace
LOG

16A
Hinge (on)
RELY

17A
2024 Kendrick Lamar diss track that debuted at #1 on the charts (3 wds.)
NOT LIKE US

20A
Make a wager on DraftKings, for example
BET

21A
Cook slowly in the oven
ROAST

25A
Pack away
STOW

27A
Insect
BUG

29A
Store with gear for outdoorsy people
REI

30A
2024 Post Malone song that debuted at #1 on the charts (4 wds.)
I HAD SOME HELP

33A
Commuter’s transportation, often
CAR

34A
“___ to it!” (“Get moving!”)
HOP

35A
Nocturnal birds
OWLS

36A
Affectionate term for a younger person
KIDDO

38A
Have debts
OWE

39A
2024 Taylor Swift electropop song featuring Post Malone (debuted at #1)
FORTNIGHT

44A
Cotton ___ (annual college football game)
BOWL

47A
What aesthetes appreciate
ART

48A
Boat propeller
OAR

49A
Song at the Metropolitan Opera House
ARIA

50A
“Hannah and Her Sisters” actress Farrow
MIA

51A
Flamenco performance cheer
OLE

52A
Monthly payment for an apartment
RENT

53A
Burst, as a balloon
POP

54A
Dennis’s sister on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”
DEE

1D
Actor James of 1990’s “Misery”
CAAN

2D
State where seven US presidents were born
OHIO

3D
Game item with a bull’s-eye
DARTBOARD

4D
Banana ___ (ice cream treat)
SPLIT

5D
Pointy item in a tackle box
HOOK

6D
Shape’s side
EDGE

7D
Trunk of the body
TORSO

8D
Christmas ___ (December 24)
EVE

9D
Singer Tormé
MEL

10D
Get too personal
PRY

18D
Crudely inappropriate
LEWD

19D
Intense impulse
URGE

22D
“Is there any issue between us?”: 3 wds.
AREWEGOOD

23D
Vend
SELL

24D
Helpful hints
TIPS

25D
Running a fever, perhaps
SICK

26D
Cuisine that includes tom yum soup
THAI

27D
Jeer from the bleachers
BOO

28D
Person who might yell “Safe!”, for short
UMP

31D
“Beat it!”
SHOO

32D
“That’s just ___ roll”: 2 wds.
HOW I

37D
Musical equivalent of C-sharp: Hyph.
D FLAT

38D
Ready to pour, in a pub: 2 wds.
ON TAP

40D
Highway exit
RAMP

41D
Group of three musicians
TRIO

42D
Tony who voiced Fear in “Inside Out 2”
HALE

43D
Barking up the wrong ___
TREE

44D
Space ___ (long keyboard key)
BAR

45D
Unrefined metal
ORE

46D
Outscore your opponents
WIN