4/11/19
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Fish whose name is another word for complain
Carp
5A
Droop
Sag
8A
Like someone who tells people what to do
Bossy
13A
iPhone or Android operator
User
14A
Herb gardeners who work extra get thyme and a half for example
Pun
15A
Dog breed from Japan
Akita
16A
1995 movie based on the novel The Sheep-Pig
Babe
17A
When a plane is anticipated to reach its destination: Abbr.
ETA
18A
Accumulated as a bar tab: 2 wds.
Ran Up
19A
Single from the album Golden Hour that won Best Country Song at the 2019 Grammys: 2 wds.
Space Cowboy
22A
___ a trap!
Its
23A
Question’s opposite
Answer
27A
___ Army knife
Swiss
30A
Former US vice president Quayle
Dan
32A
Eddy Grant had a 1983 hit about the Electric one: Abbr.
Ave
33A
Artist whose album Golden Hour won Album of the Year at the 2019 Grammys: 2 wds.
Kacey Musgraves
37A
State that’s west of Montana: Abbr.
Ida
38A
Cry from one scared by a mouse
Eek
39A
Unmoving
Inert
40A
Dennis the ___ (1993 movie)
Menace
43A
The chance ___ lifetime: 2 wds.
Of A
44A
Single from the album Golden Hour that won Best Country Solo Performance at the 2019 Grammys
Butterflies
50A
Person who offers their blood for example
Donor
53A
Billboards for example
Ads
54A
Jedi master who said Do. Or do not. There is no try
Yoda
55A
Moving truck company: Hyph.
Uhaul
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
___ de Janeiro
Rio
57A
Big drink from a bottle
Swig
58A
Somewhat eccentric
Dotty
59A
What’s said to be mightier than the sword
Pen
60A
Talk to you later!: Hyph.
Tata
1D
Chicago baseball team that plays at Wrigley Field
Cubs
2D
Right now!: Abbr.
ASAP
3D
Country singer McEntire with the 1984 hit How Blue
Reba
4D
Exact
Precise
5D
Eyeglasses in slang
Specs
6D
___-Tune (vocal effect that became popular with Cher’s Believe)
Auto
7D
Chew like a rodent
Gnaw
8D
The Bloody ___ (Harry Potter ghost with a noble title)
Baron
9D
Gives the seal of approval to
Okays
10D
Greed sloth or pride
Sin
11D
Dentist played by Ed Helms in the Hangover movies
Stu
12D
Puppy’s high-pitched bark
Yap
20D
Website where you might find custom bracelets
Etsy
21D
The Big ___ Theory (Kaley Cuoco sitcom)
Bang
24D
What a surfer catches
Wave
25D
That’s the worst thing I’ve ___ heard
Ever
26D
Take a nap
Rest
27D
Fat-free kind of milk
Skim
28D
Walk in the shallow end of the swimming pool
Wade
29D
Let me know if ___ help: 2 wds.
I Can
30D
Needing to be returned like library books
Due
31D
Pop the question
Ask
34D
Gather together
Meet
35D
Repeated guitar phrase
Riff
36D
Person who’s an expert on the stock market
Analyst
41D
In reference to
About
42D
The opposite of straight in terms of hair
Curly
43D
___ Scott Card (Ender’s Game author)
Orson
45D
Infield covering during a rain delay
Tarp
46D
Pop singer Brickell
Edie
47D
Cedar Rapids’s state
Iowa
48D
Revise as a novel
Edit
49D
The Twilight ___: Breaking Dawn
Saga
50D
Defective firecracker
Dud
51D
So that’s your game!
Oho
52D
___ King Cole (jazz singer)
Nat