9/9/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/9/21
Top 40 Thursday

Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.

1A
Smart ___ (wise guy)
Aleck

6A
Purchases at a used music store: Abbr.
CDs

9A
Drops in the grass in the morning
Dew

12A
Burton who guest-hosted “Jeopardy!” in July
Levar

13A
“Your baby is so cute!”
Aww

14A
Have a debt to pay
Owe

15A
Actress Téa of “Madam Secretary”
Leoni

16A
2021 #1 hit whose title is fruit from Georgia
Peaches

18A
“I couldn’t care ___!”
Less

20A
Melodramatic music genre
Emo

21A
“Yummy” singer with the 2021 #1 song at 16-Across and the #1 album at 44-Across: 2 wds.
Justin Bieber

26A
Simple housing structure
Hut

27A
Plug-___ (application additions)
Ins

28A
Sound shown as Z’s in comic strips
Snore

29A
Actress Wong who voices a middle-schooler on Netflix’s “Big Mouth”
Ali

30A
Place with bench presses and squat racks
Gym

32A
Victoria’s Secret selection
Bra

33A
Civil disturbances
Riots

36A
What a trawler catches fish in
Net

38A
___ the floor with (defeat in a big way)
Mop

39A
“Best Part” singer who’s featured, along with Giveon, on 16-Across: 2 wds.
Daniel Caesar

42A
Argentine soccer superstar Messi’s nickname
Leo

43A
Lecherous look
Leer

44A
2021 #1 album that includes 16-Across
Justice

48A
Baby bird that hoots
Owlet

51A
Garten who hosts the Food Network’s “Barefoot Contessa”
Ina

52A
Persistently remind
Nag

53A
Serves supper to
Feeds

54A
Family member that sometimes follows “tiger” or “soccer”
Mom

55A
Day-___ (extremely bright)
Glo

56A
Cook eggs or a steak in a pan: 2 wds.
Fry Up

1D
Not just a percentage
All

2D
Harper who wrote “Go Set a Watchman”
Lee

3D
Charles Darwin’s theory
Evolution

4D
Candy ___ (Christmas sweets)
Canes

5D
Skater Yamaguchi who won an Olympic gold medal
Kristi

6D
Hat worn by a baseball player
Cap

7D
Geeky sort
Dweeb

8D
Wise Hindu teachers
Swamis

9D
Homer Simpson’s exclamation
Doh

10D
Female sheep
Ewe

11D
Actor Bentley of “American Horror Story”
Wes

17D
Director Ethan or Joel
Coen

19D
2016 animated film starring Matthew McConaughey as a koala and theater owner
Sing

21D
Child known for her cooking show
Julia

22D
Boy band with the hit “Bye Bye Bye”: 2 wds.
Nsync

23D
Reggae star known for “Redemption Song”: 2 wds.
Bob Marley

24D
Shortstop’s mistake
Error

25D
Do some fall crop gathering
Reap

26D
Far from easy
Hard

31D
Word that can follow “oat” or “piece”
Meal

34D
Word flashing on a pinball machine, sometimes
Tilt

35D
___ Eye dog
Seeing

37D
Make angry: 2 wds.
Tee Off

40D
Opposite of express, in term of trains
Local

41D
Manholes are used to access it
Sewer

44D
Weather Channel personality Cantore
Jim

45D
___ Pizzeria & Grill (restaurant chain)
Uno

46D
Yosemite ___ (Looney Tunes character)
Sam

47D
Inflated sense of self
Ego

49D
Academic suffix in an address bar
Edu

50D
1/48 of a cup, in a recipe: Abbr.
Tsp