9/3/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/3/26
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Large mountain range of central Europe
ALPS

5A
Item similar to a boat paddle
OAR

8A
Got out of bed
AROSE

13A
Color between blue and green
TEAL

14A
Strong chemical used in soap-making
LYE

15A
“Knowledge is ___”
POWER

16A
2025 #2 hit for Olivia Dean: 3 wds.
MANINEED

18A
Story-telling dances at luaus
HULAS

19A
With 57-Across, “Landman” actress
DEMI

20A
Fail to include
OMIT

22A
Word of active consent
YES

24A
Revised before publication
EDITED

28A
Make a pick
OPT

31A
Shoreline
COAST

34A
___-death experience
NEAR

35A
2021 #1 hit for Olivia Rodrigo: 2 wds.
DRIVERSLICENSE

38A
Place to order a Reuben
DELI

39A
What “yellow” and “fellow” do
RHYME

40A
Use a needle and thread
SEW

41A
Racer’s swimwear brand
SPEEDO

43A
“The ___ on the Shelf” (holiday book)
ELF

45A
Blows away
WOWS

47A
“Famous ___ words!”
LAST

50A
Throws in some chips to join a poker game
ANTES

53A
1981 #1 hit for Olivia Newton-John
PHYSICAL

57A
See 19-Across
MOORE

58A
“The Godfather” actor Vigoda
ABE

59A
Price, as for a hotel room
RATE

60A
___ charges against (sue)
PRESS

61A
President Reagan, for short
RON

62A
Kind of party with no women
STAG

1D
Cash dispenser: Abbr.
ATM

2D
Dull gray metal
LEAD

3D
Sheet of window glass
PANE

4D
Like a snail’s trail
SLIMY

5D
Supportive cry for Pelé or Diego Maradona
OLE

6D
What “those in favor” say
AYE

7D
Start over from the beginning
REDO

8D
Plant-sucking insect
APHID

9D
Stand-up comic’s act
ROUTINE

10D
Bird associated with wisdom
OWL

11D
Caribbean or Caspian, for example
SEA

12D
Hospital triage areas: Abbr.
ERS

17D
Daughter of a sibling
NIECE

21D
Self-indulgent period to recharge: 2 wds.
ME TIME

23D
“Parting is such sweet ___”
SORROW

25D
Change for a $20 bill, perhaps
TENS

26D
Simplicity
EASE

27D
Picked a card, like in Uno
DREW

28D
Gambler’s calculations
ODDS

29D
Meal ___ (cooking food for the week ahead)
PREP

30D
Mah-jongg piece
TILE

32D
Stuff at the bottom of a barbecue
ASH

33D
Sylvester Stallone’s nickname
SLY

36D
“This program was made possible by contributions from ___ like you” (PBS line)
VIEWERS

44D
County exhibitions
FAIRS

46D
Work on jabs and uppercuts
SPAR

48D
Sing sounds like “shoo-be-doo”
SCAT

49D
“Bye-bye!”: Hyph.
TATA

50D
Hookup for an electric guitar
AMP

51D
Word that often appears in a sentence two words after “neither”
NOR

52D
Body part treated in a pedicure
TOE

54D
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” cable channel
HBO

55D
Coin spent in Osaka
YEN

56D
Captain Ahab had one made out of ivory
LEG