9/15/16
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
“___ It” (Michael Jackson hit)
Beat
5A
Scrap of cloth
Rag
8A
Read quickly, like a bar code
Scan
12A
Shaft connecting a pair of wheels
Axle
13A
___ Dhabi (wealthy city in the Middle East)
Abu
14A
___ browns (potato dish served at breakfast)
Hash
15A
Country star known for singin’ “Beachin” : 2 wds.
Jake Owen
17A
Milky-colored gem
Opal
18A
Appliance brand owned by Whirlpool
Amana
19A
“Gosh!”
Gee
20A
Scoundrel
Knave
24A
“Low” rapper ___ Rida
Flo
27A
Country star known for singin’ “Burnin’ It Down”: 2 wds.
Jason Aldean
30A
“That was ___, this is now”
Then
32A
“Sense and Sensibility” director ___ Lee
Ang
33A
Consumes
Eats
34A
Country star known for singin’ “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight”: 2 wds.
Randy Houser
37A
___ Arbor, Michigan
Ann
38A
So far: 2 wds.
As Yet
39A
Suffix for “human” or hero”
Ism
41A
Cairo is its capital
Egypt
46A
Place to buy a cappuccino
Café
48A
Country star known for singin’ “Something’ ‘Bout a Truck”: 2 wds.
Kip Moore
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Ready for customers
Open
52A
Peron who was First Lady of Argentina
Eva
53A
“Rock of ___” (musical featuring 1980s rock songs)
Ages
54A
Unhip high-schooler, maybe
Nerd
55A
Exercise venue
Gym
56A
Potato chip brand
Lays
1D
___ Fresh (chain of Tex-Mex restaurants)
Baja
2D
Eye ___ (optometrist’s offering)
Exam
3D
___-Seltzer (antacid brand)
Alka
4D
First-time driver, often
Teen
5D
Uncooked
Raw
6D
President depicted on the penny, for short
Abe
7D
“Son of a ___!”
Gun
8D
What a cobbler might fix
Shoe
9D
1962 thriller remade by Martin Scorsese in 1991: 2 wds.
Cape Fear
10D
Slick ___ whistle: 2 wds.
As A
11D
Group for Penguins and Ducks: Abbr.
NHL
16D
Twelve ____ (Ashley Wilkes’s estate in “Gone With the Wind”)
Oaks
19D
Dishwasher detergent alternative to powder
Gel
21D
___ Ark (boat in the Bible)
Noahs
22D
Irritate
Annoy
23D
Lacking in detail like a description
Vague
25D
Opposite of longitude: Abbr.
Lat
26D
Roll-___ (some deodorants)
Ons
27D
“Friends” actress Aniston
Jennifer
28D
Hot ___ bothered
And
29D
Billy ___ Williams
Dee
30D
___-la-la (musical sounds)
Tra
31D
“Star Wars” character ___ Solo
Han
35D
Sweet Thanksgiving vegetable
Yam
36D
Skinny part of a wineglass
Stem
40D
Texting button
Send
42D
Objective
Goal
43D
System of exercise that originated in India
Yoga
44D
Bird of ___ (raptor)
Prey
45D
Julia’s role in “Ocean’s Eleven”
Tess
46D
Swindle
Con
47D
Primate without a tail
Ape
48D
Barrel-shaped beer dispenser
Keg
49D
Wrigley Field vine
Ivy
50D
Actress Grier who starred in “Foxy Brown” and “Jackie Brown”
Pam