3/19/26
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Place in London with pints and darts
PUB
4A
Having many years under your belt
OLD
7A
Piece worth one point, in chess
PAWN
11A
Word yelled during a colorful card game
UNO
12A
“___ favor” (“please,” in Spanish)
POR
13A
Soreness after a workout
ACHE
14A
Organization overseeing medication trials: Abbr.
FDA
15A
Nest egg option: Abbr.
IRA
16A
Put your belongings into a boat’s storage area
STOW
17A
Taylor Swift song that was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Record
FORTNIGHT
20A
Cube that’s rolled in board games
DIE
21A
Dahl who wrote “Matilda”
ROALD
24A
Unit of measurement of area on a farm
ACRE
26A
Cylindrical container stored in a pantry
CAN
27A
Fish that gets jellied in Britain
EEL
29A
Chappell Roan song that was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Record: 3 wds.
GOODLUCKBABE
32A
Prefix used for some environmentally friendly products
ECO
33A
It’s mined in Minecraft
ORE
34A
Selects (for)
OPTS
35A
Watch brand that’s a Greek letter
OMEGA
37A
Claire of “The Crown”
FOY
38A
Kendrick Lamar track that won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Record: 3 wds.
NOTLIKEUS
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42A
Up to the task at hand
ABLE
45A
Sound made when getting socked
OOF
46A
“So that’s it!”: Hyph.
AHA
47A
The Warriors or the Seahawks, for example
TEAM
48A
Groove in a country road
RUT
49A
Go bad, as a piece of fruit
ROT
50A
Swirl in the water
EDDY
51A
Room that’s a complete mess
STY
52A
Pronoun used by some females
HER
1D
Name of a famed “magic dragon”
PUFF
2D
Command that reverses an action, in a program
UNDO
3D
Where corporate directors meet
BOARDROOM
4D
Grandly give out your thoughts
OPINE
5D
Greiner of “Shark Tank”
LORI
6D
Contest between two hot rods: 2 wds.
DRAGRACE
7D
Spaghetti or penne
PASTA
8D
Play a role in a production
ACT
9D
“Which person were you talking about?”
WHO
10D
Right out of the box
NEW
18D
Made a knot
TIED
19D
Alert another driver
HONK
22D
2024 and 2028: 2 wds.
LEAPYEARS
23D
Money that you owe
DEBT
24D
Sit in a cellar, like fine wine
AGE
25D
Chanel of fashion
COCO
26D
People in charge of museum collections
CURATORS
28D
“___ Misérables”
LES
30D
Image that represents a company
LOGO
31D
Novel or novella
BOOK
36D
Hostile opponent
ENEMY
37D
Number of stars on the American flag
FIFTY
39D
No-goodnik
LOUT
40D
“Well, this ain’t good”: Hyph.
UHOH
41D
Quench fully
SATE
42D
Had a little snack
ATE
43D
Piece of furniture that might be queen-sized
BED
44D
Scottish boy
LAD