3/20/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/20/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
“I don’t know ___ to do!”
WHAT

5A
Actress Smart or Poehler
AMY

8A
Color on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ jerseys
TEAL

12A
Streaming service that airs “Shogun”
HULU

13A
Cock-a-doodle-___ (rooster’s cry)
DOO

14A
Geopolitical partner
ALLY

15A
Shaboozey hit, subtitled “Tipsy,” that spent 19 weeks at #1 in 2024: 3 wds.
A BAR SONG

17A
Element in a bright sign
NEON

18A
“All In With Chris Hayes” network
MSNBC

19A
Pilot light’s fuel
GAS

21A
Really irritate
VEX

22A
“This could be bad!”: 2 wds.
OH NO

24A
Reverential respect
AWE

26A
Tool for punching through heavy material
AWL

29A
Liquid in a deep fryer
OIL

30A
Like stiff muscles
TENSE

33A
Roddy Ricch hit that spent 11 weeks at #1 in 2020: 2 wds.
THE BOX

35A
BTS hit that spent 10 weeks at #1 in 2021
BUTTER

36A
Industry bigwig
MOGUL

37A
“It’s chilly out here!”
BRR

38A
“Diamonds on the Soles of ___ Shoes” (Paul Simon song)
HER

39A
Acting My ___ (2025 Kevin Hart comedy tour)
AGE

40A
Lightning-attracting items
RODS

42A
“Shop ___ you drop”
TIL

44A
Like brown grass
DRY

46A
Emotionally detached
ALOOF

50A
Item held by a circus’s lion tamer
WHIP

52A
Adele hit that spent 10 weeks at #1 in 2021-2022: 3 wds.
EASY ON ME

54A
Move slowly, like a blob
OOZE

55A
Genetic profile makeup: Abbr.
DNA

56A
Read through quickly
SCAN

57A
Manufacturer’s detail, for short
SPEC

58A
Place for hogs
STY

59A
Keep close together, like a flock of sheep
HERD

1D
Pop duo who sang “Careless Whisper”
WHAM

2D
Airlines’ primary departure points
HUBS

3D
Actor Arkin of “Argo”
ALAN

4D
Supercharged engine
TURBO

5D
“And so, with no further ___ …”
ADO

6D
Person in a 13th- and 14th-century Asian empire
MONGOL

7D
Class where participants do stretches
YOGA

8D
Bronzed by the sun
TAN

9D
At the ___ hour (at the last moment)
ELEVENTH

10D
Plant producing a soothing gel
ALOE

11D
Minnesota’s WNBA team
LYNX

16D
Taught some lessons to
SCHOOLED

20D
When most college football games are played
SATURDAY

23D
Reject
NIX

25D
Like a swimmer who hasn’t toweled off yet
WET

26D
Bank of America fixture: Abbr.
ATM

27D
“Which person was that?”
WHO

28D
Make permissible by law
LEGALIZE

31D
“Get my point?”
SEE

32D
Get things wrong
ERR

34D
Creepy-crawly animal
BUG

35D
“Dude!”
BRO

37D
Journalist and sportscaster Gumbel
BRYANT

41D
Trudge through puddles
SLOSH

42D
“___ company, three’s a crowd”
TWOS

43D
Blue-roofed restaurant chain known for breakfast food
IHOP

45D
Cincinnati’s baseball team
REDS

47D
“___ bitten, twice shy”
ONCE

48D
Singer Apollo who appears in the 2024 movie “Queer”
OMAR

49D
___ for yourself (go it alone)
FEND

51D
Chest muscle, for short
PEC

53D
Vocalize
SAY