8/18/16
Top 40 Thursday
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1C
____ Newtons (fruit-filled cookies)
Fig
4C
Places to get facials and massages
Spas
8C
Dual-power, as electrical adapters: Hyph.
ACDC
12C
“This is ___-or-die situation!”: 2 wds.
A Do
13C
Emotion that’s sometimes confused with lust
Love
14C
2010 Rihanna album featuring “Only Girl (In the World)”
Loud
15C
___ urchin (spiny marine animal)
Sea
16C
Iran’s continent
Asia
17C
Liquors made by beefeater and tanqueray
Gins
18C
2011 Rihanna album featuring “We Found Love”: 3 wds.
Talk that Talk
21C
Dutch apple ___
Pie
22C
One of the Three Stooges
Moe
23C
Part of the face that you might mop or furrow
Brow
25C
Snakes that crush their prey
Boas
27C
Computer’s “brain”: Abbr.
CPU
30C
2005 Rihanna album featuring “Pon de Replay”: 4 wds.
Music of the Sun
33C
Drenched
Wet
34C
“The Secret ___ of Pets”
Life
35C
Abominable Snowman
Yeti
36C
Actor Holbrook
Hal
37C
Curving path
Arc
38C
2012 Rihanna album featuring “Diamonds”
Unapologetic
44C
Kind of animal Sebastian is in “The Little Mermaid”
Crab
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45C
Smoke an e-cigarette
Vape
46C
“May ___ the honors?”: 2 wds.
I Do
47C
2016 Rihanna album featuring “Work”
Anti
48C
Not odd
Even
49C
“Hurray, toreador!”
Ole
50C
“Hey, check this out” sound
Psst
51C
___ and rave (compalin angrily)
Rant
52C
___ Stark (Arya, Bran, and Sansa’s father, on “Game of Thrones”)
Ned
1C
Quick
Fast
2D
Imaginative concept
Idea
3D
It’s also called “the uprights” in football
Goal Post
4D
Mr. ___ (Fred Flintstone’s boss)
Slate
5D
Victoria Beckham’s nickname when she was in the Spice Girls
Posh
6D
Athletic shoe brand
Avia
7D
Airplane passenger who’s right next to you
Seat Mate
8D
Green buildup in a fish tank
Algae
9D
Mattress spring
Coil
10D
Submerge in milk
Dunk
11D
1990s music holders: Abbr.
CDs
19D
Green fruit covered with brown fuzz
Kiwi
20D
Comedy Central’s “___.O”
Tosh
23D
Mercedes-Benz competitor
BMW
24D
Be regretful about
Rue
25D
Bubble out of a pot: 2 wds.
Boil Over
26D
On and ___ (sporadically)
Off
27D
Surgical option for childbirth, for short: Hyph.
C Section
28D
“To ___ it mildly!”
Put
29D
Prefix for “verse” or “brow”
Uni
31D
Show appreciation for the actors
Clap
32D
Charlotte Bronte heroine Jane
Eyre
36D
Behavior quirk such as nail-biting
Habit
37D
Real estate ___ (house seller)
Agent
38D
Large containers for coffee
Urns
39D
DC baseball team, for short
Nats
40D
Volcanic flow
Lava
41D
Not closed
Open
42D
Run in neutral
Idle
43D
Like dorms with men and women
Coed
44D
Soda bottle top
Cap