11/3/16
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
“Surely you ____!” (“You’re kidding, right?”)
Jest
5A
“Casey at the ____” (classic poem about baseball)
Bat
8A
“Six-pack” on muscle magazine cover
Abs
11A
Alternative to Eukanuba or lams
Alpo
12A
Country legend Johnny
Cash
13A
“How’s it hanging’?”
Sup
14A
Lobster’s pincher
Claw
15A
Tooth or ear problem
Ache
16A
Sauce used in Asian cooking
Soy
17A
Country star with the 2010 hit single “Somewhere With You”: 2 wds.
Kenny Chesney
20A
Took an unoccupied chair
Sat
21A
“Things are not always as they ____”
Seem
22A
Christmas tree type
Fir
25A
Teacher at a Catholic school, sometimes
Nun
27A
Swedish band whose songs were adapted into the musical “Mamma Mia!”
Abba
30A
Country star with the 2016 hit single “Somewhere on a Beach”: 2 wds.
Dierks Bentley
34A
Teeming (with)
Rife
35A
“You ___ My Sunshine”
Are
36A
“___-haw!” (cry at a rodeo)
Yee
37A
Women’s British Open group: Abbr.
LPGA
40A
Tool for chopping down a tree
Axe
42A
Country start with the 2005 platinum album “Somewhere Down in Texus”: 2 wds.
George Strait
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47A
It’s used to coat a surfboard
Wax
48A
Teacher’s assistant
Aide
49A
Currency accepted at the Louvre gift shop
Euro
50A
Word Cup cheer
Ole
51A
Vehicle used in Iditarod
Sled
52A
Stick in one’s ____ (be irritating)
Craw
53A
“How ___ I to know?”
Was
54A
What you use to write a check
Pen
55A
Lays out in the sun for a while
Tans
1D
Second-lowest card in a royal flush
Jack
2D
Fashion magazine that was founded in France in 1945
Elle
3D
Length of a bridge
Span
4D
Small cities
Towns
5D
Johann Sebastian ___ (composer)
Bach
6D
Remains of a campfire
Ashes
7D
“____ are a few of my favorite things …”
These
8D
Schoolwide gathering often held in the gymnasium
Assembly
9D
Floating marker in a harbor
Buoy
10D
Secret agent
Spy
12D
Plant that doesn’t need a lot of water
Cactus
18D
Pull sharply
Yank
19D
Opposite of messy
Neat
22D
New Deal president’s initials
FDR
23D
King George ____ (British ruler in “Hamilton”)
III
24D
Automatic responses, like knee jerks
Reflexes
26D
Its 2016 champs are the Cleveland Cavaliers: Abbr.
NBA
28D
Insect that’s the mascot for Honey Nut Cheerios
Bee
29D
“Yes,” to a sailor
Aye
31D
“____ Man” (1984 Emilio Estevez movie)
Repo
32D
Cleared, as a whiteboard
Erased
33D
“Star Trek: The ____ Generation”
Next
38D
Clutch tightly, or understand
Grasp
39D
Spry and limber
Agile
41D
Put up, as a building
Erect
42D
Elaborate party
Gala
43D
“I dream of Jeannie” star Barbara
Eden
44D
Mystical glow
Aura
45D
Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf
Iran
46D
Drags to the nearest mechanic perhaps
Tows
47D
“That’s amazing!”
Wow