9/4/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/4/25
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Formal treaty
PACT

5A
Eliminates
RIDS

9A
Calico or tabby, for example
CAT

12A
Sound return in a canyon
ECHO

13A
Highlight in an opera
ARIA

14A
Baseball hitter’s stat: Abbr.
RBI

15A
Canadian singer known for “Can’t Feel My Face”: 2 wds.
THEWEEKND

17A
Coin in Kyoto
YEN

18A
Did some hand-tailoring
SEWED

19A
High, as goals or expectations
LOFTY

21A
Jar topper
LID

23A
Keyboard goof
TYPO

24A
At the drop of a ___ (very quickly)
HAT

27A
Quesadilla alternative
TACO

29A
Strong inclination
URGE

32A
Fervently eager
AVID

34A
Firework that just fizzles out
DUD

35A
Self-congratulatory
SMUG

36A
Big rig on a highway
SEMI

37A
“It’s near and ___ to my heart”
DEAR

39A
Fidgety comedian Philips
EMO

40A
TV award for “Hacks” or “The Traitors”
EMMY

42A
“Delicious!”
YUM

44A
Condiment such as pico de gallo
SALSA

46A
Animated duck who calls Bugs Bunny “despicable”
DAFFY

50A
___ cream sandwich
ICE

51A
2025 hit by 15-Across with Playboi Carti about dishonesty: 2 wds.
RATHERLIE

55A
Helium or hydrogen, for example
GAS

56A
___ -jerk reaction
KNEE

57A
Phone also called a “mobile”
CELL

58A
“Every man has ___ price”
HIS

59A
“Don’t go away!”
STAY

60A
Beatles movie named for one of their songs
HELP

1D
Furry members of a household
PETS

2D
Word that can follow “tooth” or “heart”
ACHE

3D
“Don’t bite off more than you can ___”
CHEW

4D
Bath item to dry off with
TOWEL

5D
Pop singer Carly ___ Jepsen
RAE

6D
Annoy
IRK

7D
Cacophony
DIN

8D
“I’m afraid you are ___ mistaken!”
SADLY

9D
2025 hit by 15-Across lamenting his suffering and losses: 3 wds.
CRYFORME

10D
Aid in criminal wrongdoing
ABET

11D
Microscopic
TINY

16D
Work for a publishing house, perhaps
EDIT

20D
Classical composer’s “magnum” work
OPUS

22D
___ longlegs (cellar spider)
DADDY

23D
“___ Was a Fairytale” (Taylor Swift song)
TODAY

24D
Possesses
HAS

25D
Michigan ___ (Chicago thoroughfare): Abbr.
AVE

26D
2024 hit by 15-Across with Playboi Carti about having an eternal quality
TIMELESS

28D
Pool stick
CUE

30D
Wrigley’s or Trident, for example
GUM

31D
___ trip (pompous display)
EGO

33D
Loses some luster
DIMS

38D
Unlike Miss Manners
RUDE

41D
Question ___ (symbols that end this clue??)
MARKS

43D
When spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere
MARCH

44D
Sound of relief
SIGH

45D
Berry that’s high in antioxidants
ACAI

47D
Run to escape
FLEE

48D
Homophone of “Phil”
FILL

49D
App with crowdsourced reviews
YELP

52D
“The ___ and the Grasshopper” (fable by Aesop)
ANT

53D
Beverage that’s often brown
TEA

54D
“___ Joe” (Jimi Hendrix song)
HEY