6/26/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/26/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Tool used to punch holes in heavy fabric
AWL

4A
“___ Survivor” (Reba McEntire song): 2 wds.
IMA

7A
Female piglets
SOWS

11A
___ alai (sport that’s big in Florida)
JAI

12A
___ Van Winkle
RIP

13A
Anagram and synonym of “vile”
EVIL

14A
Japanese singer Yoko
ONO

15A
Electric guitarist’s sound booster
AMP

16A
Declare to be a lie
DENY

17A
“Zoolander” actor who played Greg Focker in “Meet the Parents”: 2 wds.
BEN STILLER

20A
Billiards stick
CUE

21A
What fills a bounce house
AIR

22A
Out-of-focus photograph
BLUR

24A
“The ___ of All Fears” (Tom Clancy-based film)
SUM

25A
Do work on a movie soundtrack
DUB

28A
“Raging Bull” actor who played Jack Byrnes in “Meet the Parents”: 3 wds.
ROBERT DE NIRO

31A
Covert ___ (unpublicized missions)
OPS

32A
Agency that conducts tax audits: Abbr.
IRS

33A
Start of a counting-out rhyme
EENY

34A
Place to go for a mud bath
SPA

35A
In good physical condition
FIT

36A
“Midnight in Paris” actor who played Kevin Rawley in “Meet the Parents”: 2 wds.
OWEN WILSON

40A
Baby-voiced Muppet
ELMO

42A
Somewhat dated term for a woman
GAL

43A
Old-fashioned type of poem
ODE

44A
Alcoholic beverage often advertised during football games
BEER

45A
Wife of Adam
EVE

46A
Get into, as a sweater
DON

47A
Tie up securely
BIND

48A
“Little ___ Corvette” (Prince song)
RED

49A
“___ you serious?”
ARE

1D
“This is ___ for Superman!”: 2 wds.
AJOB

2D
Opposite of “wax,” in terms of the moon
WANE

3D
Baby animals in a pride: 2 wds.
LION CUBS

4D
Really mad
IRATE

5D
Drew’s nemesis on “The Drew Carey Show,” played by Kathy Kinney
MIMI

6D
Shows appreciation by clapping
APPLAUDS

7D
Passover meal
SEDER

8D
Bend ___ backward (try very hard)
OVER

9D
Victory
WIN

10D
“___ Cooper” (video game series about a raccoon)
SLY

18D
Absolutely certain
SURE

19D
Green sherbet flavor
LIME

22D
Frat buddy
BRO

23D
Prune, as a dead limb on a tree
LOP

24D
“___ Things” (Netflix series)
STRANGER

25D
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, for one: 2 wds.
DIETSODA

26D
Large, decorative vase in a garden
URN

27D
Fall Out ___ (rock band)
BOY

29D
Live to a ___ old age
RIPE

30D
“Song Sung Blue” singer Diamond
NEIL

34D
Weapon carried in a scabbard
SWORD

35D
Submitted, as a tax form
FILED

36D
Foreboding sign
OMEN

37D
Tidal ___
WAVE

38D
Funky smell
ODOR

39D
Reality-TV celebrity Leakes
NENE

40D
Flow back
EBB

41D
Accessory at Hawaiian graduations
LEI