4/27/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Programs downloaded to a smartphone
Apps
5A
Texter’s Oh yeah one other thing …
Btw
8A
Really bug
Irk
11A
Borscht vegetable
Beet
12A
May I have your attention please …
Ahem
14A
___ and cry (hubbub)
Hue
15A
Mental concept
Idea
16A
Flash of light from deep space
Nova
17A
___ foo yong
Egg
18A
I’m Good (Blue) French DJ with top 10 hits in the 2000s 2010s and 2020s: 2 wds.
David Guetta
21A
Supreme Court Justice Kagan
Elena
22A
In a way in slang
Sorta
25A
Guess ___?
What
29A
Saving Private ___
Ryan
30A
Hold Me Closer pop singer with top 10 hits in the 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s: 2 wds.
Britney Spears
35A
Per person
Each
36A
Scruff of the neck
Nape
37A
Total dork
Dweeb
39A
Whitewater river transports
Rafts
44A
I Ain’t Worried pop band with top 10 hits in the 2000s 2010s and 2020s
One Republic
48A
Channel that airs Ridiculousness Deliciousness and Messyness
MTV
50A
Have a deep affection for
Love
51A
March ___ (Lewis Carroll character)
Hare
52A
___ out a win (barely take first place)
Eke
53A
They’re exposed in sandals
Toes
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Sign of things to come
Omen
55A
That’s neither here ___ there
Nor
56A
Swing to and ___
Fro
57A
Take a break from exertion
Rest
1D
Tolerate
Abide
2D
Put the ___ to the metal!
Pedal
3D
Personal source of annoyance
Peeve
4D
Splotch
Stain
5D
Slammed door’s sound
Bang
6D
O Brother Where Art ___? (2000 movie)
Thou
7D
Yeah ___ all been there
Weve
8D
Amen to that less formally: 3 wds.
I Hear Ya
9D
Snug as a bug in a ___
Rug
10D
Party’s communal beer dispenser
Keg
13D
They protect car-floor carpets from wet shoes
Mats
19D
First morning light
Dawn
20D
___ into (verbally attacked)
Tore
23D
Sticky stuff also known as pitch
Tar
24D
Question’s opposite: Abbr.
Ans
26D
Rooster’s mate
Hen
27D
Actress Cash of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys
Aya
28D
Vanilla extract amount: Abbr.
Tsp
30D
Piece of furniture that has a room named for it
Bed
31D
___ recruit (totally inexperienced newcomer)
Raw
32D
Freeze up as winter roads: 2 wds.
Ice Over
33D
___ and there (on the spot)
Then
34D
Country where Machu Picchu is
Peru
38D
Alternative to suspenders
Belt
40D
Truly despise
Abhor
41D
Fire in a cauldron at the Olympics
Flame
42D
Bridgestone and BFGoodrich products
Tires
43D
Pleasant aroma
Scent
45D
Building’s top
Roof
46D
Even just once
Ever
47D
Currency in Cuba or Mexico
Peso
48D
All the President’s ___ (Robert Redford movie)
Men
49D
Outcome when a referee stops an MMA bout: Abbr.
Tko