9/26/24
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Homophone of ore
Oar
4A
Sleepless in Seattle star Ryan
Meg
7A
Feeling depressed
Sad
10A
Soup from Vietnam
Pho
11A
French assent
Oui
12A
Group headquartered in the West Bank: Abbr.
Plo
13A
Singer whose Eras Tour is the highest-grossing concert tour of all time: 2 wds.
Taylor Swift
16A
Word after hearing or legal
Aid
17A
Color similar to khaki
Tan
18A
Stop and ___ the roses
Smell
21A
High-maintenance
Needy
25A
Lois’ husband on Malcolm in the Middle
Hal
26A
Fancy boat for the uber-rich
Yacht
30A
Amount ___ (invoice phrase)
Due
31A
Suitable
Apt
32A
Atlas actor Simu
Liu
33A
Place that might have an infrared sauna
Spa
34A
Day-___ paint
Glo
35A
Florida city that’s home to Little Havana
Miami
37A
Ramona and ____ Father (Beverly Cleary book)
Her
38A
Finishes
Ends
40A
Storage place for hoses and shovels
Shed
42A
Month when Midsummer celebrations occur
June
44A
What a fun slide
Whee
45A
Cowardly friend of Dorothy
Lion
47A
What ____ going to do now?: 2 wds.
Ami
49A
____ Republic of Egypt (full name of an African country)
Arab
52A
Nagging pain
Ache
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53A
Grass sold in rolls
Sod
54A
Home for freshwater fish
Lake
55A
Groups of Cub Scouts
Dens
56A
Prop used during a kickoff
Tee
57A
Unforeseen problem
Snag
1D
___ in (agree to a subscription to an email list)
Opt
2D
Band weith the 1985 hit Take On Me: Hyph.
Aha
3D
___ flush (very rare poker hand)
Royal
4D
In a bad ____ (grouchy)
Mood
5D
Where Latvia and Lithuania are: Abbr.
Eur
6D
Basic point
Gist
7D
Body part made up of 33 vertebrae
Spine
8D
1980s sitcom about an alien
Alf
9D
Bottom part of an exclamation point
Dot
14D
Tiger ____ (character in Peter Pan)
Lily
15D
What do you ___ me to say?
Want
18D
Cushy rug style
Shag
19D
Type of leaf in Air Canada’s logo
Maple
20D
Singer whose Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is the third highest-grossing concert tour of all time, after Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres: 2 wds.
Elton John
22D
Singer whose / Tour is the fourth highest-grossing concert tour of all time: 2 wds.
Ed Sheeran
23D
Played a trick on
Duped
24D
Number on a class ring
Year
27D
Beef Emmy winner Wong
Ali
28D
US agency with the podcast The Langley Files: Abbr.
Cia
29D
Sing with closed lips
Hum
35D
Web portal with a 2014 relaunch
Msn
36D
Suffix meaning somewhat
Ish
39D
Sandboarding hills
Dunes
41D
Recovers from a wound
Heals
43D
Direction from Colorado to Kansas
East
44D
Caution: ____ Load (sign on a truck)
Wide
45D
Scottish boy
Lad
46D
Surface for skater
Ice
48D
Kool ____ Dee (early rapper)
Moe
50D
Kris Kringle, ____ Santa Claus: Abbr.
Aka
51D
Implore
Beg