4/5/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
“Who Wants to ___ Millionaire”: 2 wds.
Be A
4A
Fathers
Dads
8A
Line of seats in a stadium
Row
11A
Grain in Cheerios
Oat
12A
“Law & Order: Special Victims ____”
Unit
13A
The devil’s work
Evil
15A
Rock trio with the 2004 single “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”: 2 wds.
Green Day
17A
Weather ____ (barn topper)
Vane
18A
Discarded part of a banana
Peel
19A
Fuses together, as metal
Welds
20A
Estimate the value of
Assess
23A
Deep-___ fishing
Sea
24A
Itchy and Jerry, in cartoons
Mice
25A
Rock trio with the 1996 single “What I Got”
Sublime
29A
Statistic for a relief pitcher: Abbr.
Era
30A
“It ____ one to know one!”
Takes
32A
Fresno’s state: Abbr.
Cal
33A
Rock trio with the 1991 single “Smells like Teen Spirit”
Nirvana
35A
Ship captain’s post
Helm
36A
_____ McGuffin
Egg
37A
Pokes fun at
Teases
39A
Layered haircuts
Shags
42A
Contented cat’s sound
Purr
43A
Ambience
Aura
44A
Rock trio with the 2014 single “Ain’t It Fun”
Paramore
48A
“Wichita Lineman” singer Campbell
Glen
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Does a marathon
Runs
50A
Word that can follow “express” or “gate”
Way
51A
___ Vegas (city with the NHL’s Golden Knights)
Las
52A
“So what ___ is new?”
Else
53A
Caustic ingredient found in Drano
Lye
1D
Place to harvest cranberries
Bog
2D
“While I have your ____ …” (“Before you hang up …”:)
Ear
3D
Had dinner
Ate
4D
Desert mounds
Dunes
5D
Mountain range that passes through seven South American countries
Andes
6D
Feature of a rotary phone
Dial
7D
Pig’s pen
Sty
8D
Bring to light
Reveal
9D
Elliptical shape
Oval
10D
Weather condition that’s needed to fly a kite
Wind
14D
“____ Miz” (Broadway musical, for short)
Les
16D
Olympics sword with a blunted tip
Epee
19D
Spiders’ creations
Webs
20D
Prayer ender
Amen
21D
The “voice” of the iPhone
Siri
22D
Conniving villain in “The Lion King”
Scar
23D
Seek damages from, in court
Sue
25D
Caribbean music style
Ska
26D
Tops with frosting
Ices
27D
Stallion, bull, or ram
Male
28D
Shade-providing trees
Elms
30D
Price stickers
Tags
31D
___ Lee, winner of two Oscars for directing
Ang
34D
Those whose diet includes no animal products
Vegans
35D
Hurt
Harm
37D
Goes left or right
Turns
38D
Wipe from the board
Erase
39D
Sink in the middle, like a mattress
Sag
40D
Ship’s body
Hull
41D
Zone
Area
42D
Singer Simon who announced in February that he’s retiring
Paul
44D
Opposite of post-
Pre
45D
Hooting bird
Owl
46D
Bit of sunlight
Ray
47D
What a cyclops has just one of
Eye