8/4/16
Top 40 Thursday
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1C
Interruptions in Spotify’s free version
Ads
4C
Sandwich that might be made with Peter Pan and Smucker’s: Abbr.
PBJ
7C
City where Pixar’s “Ratatouille” is set
Paris
12C
“Swing ___, Sweet Chariot” (American spiritual song)
Low
13C
Water, in French
Eau
14C
___ worse than death: 2 wds.
A Fate
15C
Maroon 5 hit on Billboard’s 2015 year-end Hot 100 or zoo occupants
Animals
17C
Taylor Swift hit on Billboard’s 2015 year-end Hot 100 … or fashion sense
Style
18C
Is worthy of
Merits
20C
Fish such as morays
Eels
21C
Silver, gold, or platinum
Metal
23C
Number on a miniature golf course
Par
25C
Yoked farm beasts
Oxen
26C
Shawn Mendes hit on Billboard’s 2015 year-end Hot 100 … or surgical threads
Stitches
31C
Place where you get rid of stress
Spa
32C
Bit of dandruff
Flake
33C
Item that was “lost” in a 1981 Harrison Ford movie
Ark
34C
Natallie La Rose hit on Billboard’s 2015 year-end Hot 100 … or an unnamed person
Somebody
36C
Start to wear away at the edges, like a cord
Fray
37C
Hissy ___ (tantrum)
Fit
38C
Full of soap bubbles
Sudsy
39C
Iced ___ Latte (Starbucks tea drink with cinnamon and clove)
Chai
42C
Container for dirty laundry
Hamper
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45C
Adele hit on Billboard’s 2015 year-end Hot 100 … or a greeting
Hello
47C
Nick Jonas hit on Billboard’s 2015 year-end Hot 100 … or envious
Jealous
50C
Cosmetics company founder Elizabeth
Arden
51C
Singer/songwriter DiFranco
Ani
52C
Forensic series whose “Cyber” spin-off aired from 2015 to 2016
CSI
53C
Enjoys a book
Reads
54C
____-of-the-mill (typical)
Run
55C
“The Vampire Diaries” actress Graham
Kat
1D
Chicken ___ king: 2 wds.
Ala
2D
CNN host Lemon
Don
3D
Squad of athletes who compete in a pool: 2 wds.
Swim Team
4D
Gem from an oyster
Pearl
5D
Indonesian island known for yoga
Bali
6D
“That was ___ what the doctor ordered”
Just
7D
Fathers
Pas
8D
“I before E except ____”: 2 wds.
After C
9D
1990s country singer Collin ___
Raye
10D
“___ have to do”
Itll
11D
Observes
Sees
16D
Not nice
Mean
19D
Like a Mohawk hairstyle
Spiky
21D
Fuzzy, green growth on a log
Moss
22D
Industry fair, for short
Expo
24D
Grabbed a bite
Ate
26D
Slow-moving DMV employee in “Zootopia”
Sloth
27D
“Win a Date With ___ Hamilton” (2004 romantic comedy)
Tad
28D
AC/DC’s genre: 2 wds.
Hard Rock
29D
Political periods
Eras
30D
Brand of vodka sold in blue bottles
Skyy
32D
Government agency on “White Collar”: Abbr.
FBI
35D
Submitted a tax return online: Hyph.
E-Filed
36D
Coal or natural gas, for example
Fuel
38D
Country between Portugal and France
Spain
39D
Blacken on a grill
Char
40D
In this very spot
Here
41D
“Bridge of Spies” actor Alan
Alda
43D
Not quite closed
Ajar
44D
It might be posted in a restaurant’s window
Menu
46D
Walk-___ (small roles in movies)
Ons
48D
Main Street, ___ (Disneyland section)
USA
49D
Get off your feet
Sit