9/25/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/25/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
“My guy!”
BRO

4A
Headwear that might blow off in a strong wind
HAT

7A
What a bird does to its wings
FLAP

11A
Alley-____ (basketball maneuver)
OOP

12A
Tenor’s tune at the Met
ARIA

14A
Opera involving an Ethiopian princess
AIDA

15A
2024 Shaboozey hit that spent a record 25 weeks at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100: 4 wds.
ABARSONGTIPSY

18A
“____ you!” (sneeze response, often)
BLESS

19A
Long fish without scales
EEL

20A
Foamy beverage at a tavern
ALE

21A
Homes for hawks
NESTS

24A
With 35-Across, 2017 Ed Sheeran hit that spent 16 weeks at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100
SHAPE

27A
Come up with a total
ADD

28A
Tiny orange spheres at a sushi place
ROE

30A
What keeps a ball bouncy
AIR

31A
Singer whose name sounds like “see ya”
SIA

32A
Like a faded newspaper
OLD

33A
What a prospector might find
ORE

34A
Place to sleep
BED

35A
See 24-Across: 2 wds.
OFYOU

37A
All fired up
EAGER

39A
Seasoned worker
PRO

40A
International Boxing Hall of Famer Laila
ALI

41A
Tightens up some prose
EDITS

44A
2009 Black Eyed Peas hit that spent 16 weeks at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100: 3 wds.
IGOTTAFEELINGS

49A
2022 sci-fi film directed by Jordan Peele
NOPE

50A
Deadly flow from Mount Vesuvius
LAVA

51A
Scooby-____ (cartoon dog with Shaggy and Velma)
DOO

52A
Felines
CATS

53A
____ Monte Foods
DEL

54D
Recede to the sea
EBB

1D
Snake of the Amazon
BOA

2D
Eldest Stark boy on “Game of Thrones”
ROBB

3D
Iridescent stone
OPAL

4D
Big pain in the neck
HASSLE

5D
Stood up
AROSE

6D
Metal can for balm or wax
TIN

7D
Receives a grade of F
FAILS

8D
Word before “service” or “gloss”
LIP

9D
Posters above bus seats, often
ADS

10D
Give money to
PAY

13D
List of items for a meeting
AGENDA

16D
“As ye sow, so shall ye ____”
REAP

17D
____ off (quite annoyed)
TEED

22D
2004 epic with Brad Pitt as Achilles
TROY

23D
Flight without a copilot
SOLO

24D
____ Paulo, Brazil
SAO

25D
Bring onto the staff
HIRE

26D
What square units measure
AREA

27D
Legal ____ society
AID

29D
www.berkeley.____
EDU

31D
Drama that lasts many episodes
SERIAL

34D
Pro wrestler’s trophy
BELT

35D
Grueling experience
ORDEAL

36D
Material wrapped around a food truck’s burrito
FOIL

38D
Microsoft cofounder Bill
GATES

39D
Pet ____ (personal gripe)
PEEVE

42D
Ocean’s rise and fall
TIDE

43D
Smugly superior person
SNOB

44D
Popular business magazine
INC

45D
____ long way (last for some time): 2 wds.
GOA

46D
Make a decision
OPT

47D
Fleetingly popular thing
FAD

48D
Eldest sibling on “Arrested Development”
GOB