4/20/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Foursome who sang the 1975 hit SOS
Abba
5A
Love on ___ (Beyoncé hit)
Top
8A
Item to boil water in
Pot
11A
___ me in (I’ll join your poker game)
Deal
12A
Whitney who invented the cotton gin
Eli
13A
Campus in Baton Rouge: Abbr.
Lsu
14A
Type of store that might be kosher
Deli
15A
___ Jose California
San
16A
Secondary account on Twitter
Alt
17A
Song from Judas and the Black Messiah that won H.E.R. the 2021 Oscar for Best Original Song: 3 wds.
Fight For You
20A
He loves me he loves me ___ …
Not
21A
Kennedy who served in the US Senate from 1962 to 2009
Ted
22A
It’s on the ___ of my tongue
Tip
25A
How goes it?
Sup
27A
Lively party
Bash
30A
Protest song by H.E.R. that won the 2021 Grammy for Song of the Year: 3 wds.
I Cant Breathe
33A
Fictional detective Wolfe
Nero
34A
Conger ___ (long scaleless fish)
Eel
35A
Sensory organ whose iris might be brown
Eye
36A
The ___ Heel State (North Carolina’s nickname)
Tar
38A
Stop sharing already!: Abbr.
Tmi
40A
Animated Netflix show for which H.E.R. won the 2022 Children’s and Family Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Program: 3 wds.
We The People
45A
Actress Nicole ___ Parker
Ari
46A
What perjurers do under oath
Lie
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47A
Automaker whose cars include the A8 and TT
Audi
49A
Pacific ___ (the lands around the Pacific Ocean)
Rim
50A
Actress Dowd
Ann
51A
Place for a pimple or a mole
Skin
52A
Common shirt type in a PE uniform
Tee
53A
Two of the letters in Xerxes
Xes
54A
Backgrounds for actors
Sets
1D
Tally up as a restaurant bill
Add
2D
Sloppy Joe meat
Beef
3D
Indonesian resort island known for its coral reefs
Bali
4D
Put in a row
Align
5D
Small glass container in a laboratory: 2 wds.
Test Tube
6D
Animated snowman voiced by Josh Gad
Olaf
7D
___ Noir (variety of red wine)
Pinot
8D
Prearranged get-together for little kids
Play Date
9D
World capital where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded
Oslo
10D
Skirt worn during Swan Lake
Tutu
18D
Jimmy Kimmel for this year’s Oscars
Host
19D
Country artist McEntire
Reba
22D
Cat on a Hot ___ Roof
Tin
23D
Cubes for cooling a drink
Ice
24D
Like jobs that don’t typically include benefits: Hyph.
Part Time
26D
11- and 12-year-olds
Preteens
28D
___ Guy (character in the Mario games who has a rhyming name)
Shy
29D
___-haw (donkey’s noise)
Hee
31D
Actor Wyle of ER
Noah
32D
Furry red monster who’s friends with Abby Cadabby
Elmo
37D
Just chill
Relax
39D
No bid in the game of bridge: 2 wds.
I Pass
40D
Blemish on a witch’s nose
Wart
41D
First of the Great Lakes alphabetically
Erie
42D
___ nuts (ingredient in many pesto recipes)
Pine
43D
Macfarlane who starred in Bros and Brothers & Sisters
Luke
44D
Rearrange the order of paragraphs for example
Edit
48D
Sit-___ (some protests)
Ins