10/31/24
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Famous ____ (cookie brand)
Amos
5A
Pen for pigs
Sty
8A
Saloon or tavern
Bar
11A
DEA informant
Narc
12A
Rotten to the ____
Core
13A
Large bird with gray-brown plumage
Emu
14A
Hurt Somebody rock singer who was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammys: 2 wds.
Noah Kahan
16A
Horrendous
Bad
17A
Notes from the boss
Memos
18A
Seep out, as through a crack
Ooze
19A
Idiot
Moron
22A
Lee who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper
24A
Is ____ Vigoda Dead (actual website that answers yes)
Abe
25A
Government treaties
Pacts
27A
On My Mama R&B singer who won Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammys: 2 wds.
Victoria Monet
33A
Snack for a squirrel
Acorn
34A
Go to and ___
Fro
35A
Clothing with board and cycling varieties
Shorts
38A
Muslim’s religion
Islam
40A
Eartha who sang Santa Baby
Kitt
41A
Doggie
Pooch
44A
Creative product
Art
45A
Need a Favor country singer who was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammys: 2 wds.
Jelly Roll
49A
Prop for a golfer’s first shot
Tee
50A
Dry as a desert
Arid
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
___ Brickell & New Bohemians (music group)
Edie
52A
Make a boo-boo
Err
53A
Alternative to AOL
Msn
54A
Didn’t toss out
Kept
1D
Clue actress Lesley ___ Warren
Ann
2D
Chairman of China, once
Mao
3D
Is this real ___ dream?: 2 wds.
Or A
4D
The Joe ___ Show (former hoax show on Spike)
Schmo
5D
Manhattan neighborhood with much shopping
Soho
6D
Object that Oscar the Grouch lives in: 2 wds.
Trash Can
7D
Craving
Yen
8D
Jazz genre for Miles Davis
Bebop
9D
Astonish
Amaze
10D
Less courteous
Ruder
12D
Twin-____ engine
Cam
15D
Documentary filmmaker Burns
Ken
18D
Approximately: 2 wds.
Or So
19D
Dallas NBA player, for short
Mav
20D
____-Wan Kenobi
Obi
21D
___ center (building for community activities)
Rec
23D
Device outside a bank: Abbr.
Atm
25D
Does well, financially
Prospers
26D
What you breathe in
Air
28D
Mouth-puckering
Tart
29D
When Halloween is: Abbr.
Oct
30D
Organization for the Commanders: Abbr.
NFL
31D
Memorable period studied by historians
Era
32D
British actor Holland
Tom
35D
Travel on Rollberblades
Skate
36D
Person who adds to the staff
Hirer
37D
River animal related to the mink
Otter
38D
Extremely cold, like the Arctic Ocean
Icy
39D
Animated ogre with a donkey friend
Shrek
42D
Actress Lena of Alias and Hunters
Olin
43D
A chip of the ___ block
Old
45D
Traffic tie-up
Jam
46D
Praiseful poem
Ode
47D
Part of the face that sometimes gets pierced
Lip
48D
Don’t ___ it get you down
Let