4/27/17
Top 40 Thursday
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Baseball Hall of Famer ____ Ripken, Jr. | Cal |
1A
Sleeping ___ (camper’s item)
Bag
4A
Pass off as authentic
Foist
9A
Piece of lawn
Sod
12A
Find a function for
Use
13A
Concave belly button
Innie
14A
Cotton gin inventor ___ Whitney
Eli
15A
Singer who collaborated with Ariana Grande on their 2014 top 10 song “Love Me Harder”: 2 wds.
The Weeknd
17A
Gender ___ (difference in pay between men and women)
Gap
18A
“Is it a boy ___ girl?”: 2 wds.
Or A
19A
1,440-minute periods
Days
20A
Rapper featured on Ariana Grande’s 2016 top 10 song “Side to Side”: 2 wds.
Nicki Minaj
26A
City that’s home to Iowa State University
Ames
27A
Touched nothing but net on the way through the hoop
Swished
31A
Grown-up boy
Man
32A
Tooth used for grinding
Molar
34A
Drivers’ organization with a TripTip travel Planner: Abbr.
AAA
35A
What the “X” in “X Games” represents
Extreme
37A
Go over 21, in blackjack
Bust
38A
Rapper featured on Ariana Grande’s 2014 top 10 song “Problem”: 2 wds.
Iggy Azalea
41A
Duo that had the hit “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
Wham
44A
Baseball Hall of Famer ____ Ripken, Jr.
Cal
45A
Harrison’s role in “Star Wars”
Han
46A
Rapper featured on Ariana Grande’s 2013 top 10 song “The Way”: 2 wds.
MacMiller
52A
Rite ___ (drugstore chain)
Aid
53A
“For sale by ____” (Craigslist phrase)
Owner
54A
Vine that can climb walls
Ivy
55A
Taste a sample of
Try
56A
Thick, like heavy fog
Dense
57A
Peg for Tiger Woods
Tee
1A
“Anything ___ that!”
But
2A
___ Wednesday (the start of Lent)
Ash
3D
“Aw, shucks”
Gee
4D
“Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” host Guy
Fieri
5D
An hour past midnight: 2 wds.
One AM
6D
Liquid used by a printer
Ink
7D
Biblical misdeed
Sin
8D
2012 movie about a stuffed bear
Ted
9D
Company that made the Genesis and Saturn game consoles
Sega
10D
Maker of Definity skin care products
Olay
11D
What potato chips are sometimes lowered into
Dips
16D
Chinese restaurant cooking vessels
Woks
19D
Plays music at a wedding reception, say: Abbr.
DJs
20D
Donald or Melania, for example
Name
21D
“The World’s Most Immersive Movie Experience”
IMAX
22D
1/100 of a dollar
Cent
23D
The ___ Brothers (“Shout” group)
Isley
24D
Rap group chronicled in “Straight Outta Compton”
NWA
25D
It feels an inner tube
Air
28D
In it for the long ___
Haul
29D
Make less difficult
Ease
30D
Computer info
Data
32D
“Sleepless in Seattle” actress ___ Ryan
Meg
33D
“Holy moly!” in a tweet
OMG
36D
Outer part of a wheel
Rim
37D
Have a ____ (really enjoy oneself)
Ball
39D
Peaks
Acmes
40D
Democratic Republic of the Congo, prior to 1997
Zaire
41D
“Could you repeat that?”
What
42D
It might be styled into a ponytail
Hair
43D
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor Samberg
Andy
46D
Stylish, in 1960s slang
Mod
42D
Sense of astonishment
Awe
48D
Anderson Cooper’s employer
CNN
49D
Kiddie ___ (children’s books, for short)
Lit
50D
All Hallows’ ___ (October 31)
Eve
51D
Kind of whiskey
Rye
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