5/22/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/22/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Sound of a bell at a hotel’s front desk
DING

5A
“My hands ___ tied”
ARE

8A
Blemish
FLAW

12A
Cookie with a Mega Stuf variety
OREO

13A
Highest possible amount, for short
MAX

14A
Large sphere in a geography classroom
GLOBE

15A
___ WALK (pedestrian crossing sign)
DONT

16A
Valuable material found underground
ORE

17A
___ beef (meat associated with Arby’s)
ROAST

18A
Group that performed “What Makes ‘U’ Useful” on “Sesame Street”: 2 wds.
ONE DIRECTION

21A
Card that always wins a no-trump trick, in bridge
ACE

22A
Funny, but not in a “ha-ha” way
ODD

23A
Army chaplain’s title
PADYE

26A
Blue-chip tech company
IBM

28A
“A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away …”
AGO

31A
Singer who performed “U Really Got a Hold on Me” on “Sesame Street”
SMOKEYROBINSON

35A
Orange vegetable produced in Nigeria
YAM

36A
Letters before a stage name
AKA

37A
“Eight ___ a-milking, seven swans a-swimming …”
MAIDS

38A
Bird representing wisdom
OWL

40A
November 11 honoree, for short
VET

41A
Singer who performed “That’s the Letter O” on “Sesame Street”
QUEENLATIFAH

47A
Hot room in a spa
SAUNA

49A
Burn the midnight ___ (work late into the night)
OIL

50A
Reprehensible
VILE

51A
Through ___ and thin
THINK

52A
Night before a big holiday
EVE

53A
Satanic
EVIL

54A
___ de foie gras (French food)
PATE

55A
“___ bygones be bygones”
LET

56A
“Kiss From a Rose” singer
SEAL

1D
Bygone flightless bird
DODO

2D
Hissing appliance in a laundry room
IRON

3D
Former “Real Housewife” Leakes
NENE

4D
Lost brightness, like the sky during an eclipse: 2 wds.
GOTDARK

5D
Love, in Milan
AMORE

6D
Having a red interior, at a steakhouse
RARE

7D
Person higher up than middle management, for short
EXEC

8D
Result of very heavy rainfall
FLOOD

9D
Financial help for a small business
LOAN

10D
Tummy muscles
ABS

11D
Soaking ___
WET

14D
Layout of city streets, often
GRID

19D
Frozen drink with a polar bear mascot
ICEE

20D
Mausoleum
TOMB

23D
Rapper with the hits “Gangnam Style” and “Gentleman”
PSY

24D
Reddit Q&A session that might involve a celebrity: Abbr.
AMA

25D
“Spaceballs” actor DeLuise
DOM

26D
Rub the wrong way
RUB

27D
Snake that squeezes its prey
BOA

28D
“Do ___ say!”: 2 wds.
ASI

29D
Deity
GOD

30D
Roll-___ (some deodorants)
ONS

32D
Connecticut Ivy League school
YALE

33D
“How ___ Your Mother”: 2 wds.
IMET

34D
Lifelong residents
NATIVES

38D
Fraction of a pound
OUNCE

39D
Lacking strength
WEAK

40D
Parking lot employee
VALET

41D
Leave a job
QUIT

42D
“The Great British Bake Off” cohost Fielding
NOEL

43D
___ beyond your means (spend too much)
LIVE

44D
Bill featuring Lincoln
FIVE

45D
“Blink Twice” actress Shawkat
ALIA

46D
Hades
HELL

47D
Brand of engine additive
STP

48D
Breakthrough cry
AHA