4/19/25
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Prepare for a selfie
POSE
5A
Give a nudge to
PROD
9A
Actor Linden or Holbrook
HAL
12A
Eric of Monty Python fame
IDLE
13A
What nomads do
ROVE
14A
“Star Wars” character ___-Wan Kenobi
OBI
15A
Person committing perjury
LIAR
16A
“___ what you mean”: 2 wds.
I SEE
17A
Fictional soccer coach Lasso
TED
18A
Pen name of Charles Dodgson who wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”: 2 wds.
LEWIS CARROLL
21A
Cartoonish yelp
EEK
22A
Prefix for “center” or “dermis”
EPI
23A
___ moment (when things suddenly click)
AHA
26A
Microbrewery creation sometimes
ALE
28A
Second-best-selling music artist from Ireland (after U2)
ENYA
31A
Pen name of Daniel Handler who wrote “A Series of Unfortunate Events”: 2 wds.
LEMONY SNICKET
35A
Jacob’s wife before Rachel
LEAH
36A
Small stone in a cherry
PIT
37A
“The White Lotus” actor Nivola
SAM
38A
Genetic molecule with one strand: Abbr.
RNA
40A
Massachusetts cape with a “fishy” name
COD
42A
Pen name of Eric Blair who wrote “Animal Farm”: 2 wds.
GEORGE ORWELL
48A
Large industrial tub
VAT
49A
“___ M for Murder” (Hitchcock movie)
DIAL
50A
Song for an opera tenor
ARIA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Appropriate
APT
52A
Anna’s sister in two Disney movies
ELSA
53A
Rings that hold basketball nets
RIMS
54A
Zodiac sign that covers July 23 to August 22
LEO
55A
Opposition votes in Congress
NAYS
56A
Difficult achievement
FEAT
1D
Medicine gulped down with water
PILL
2D
Slobbery dog in “Garfield”
ODIE
3D
Cole ___ (popular side dish)
SLAW
4D
Supernatural-seeming
EERIE
5D
___ pear (fruit from a cactus)
PRICKLY
6D
“First Lady of Civil Rights” Parks
ROSA
7D
Make money hand ___ fist
OVER
8D
John ___ (tractor maker)
DEERE
9D
Websites’ embedded files from other sites: 2 wds.
HOTLINKS
10D
Cain’s brother in the Old Testament
ABEL
11D
Tupperware top
LID
19D
“Anora” filmmaker Baker who won four Oscars on March 2
SEAN
20D
Big cartel of oil producers: Abbr.
OPEC
23D
“It’s ___ in your mind”
ALL
24D
“Tee-___!” (soft giggle)
HEE
25D
Italian liqueur with an almond flavor
AMARETTO
27D
Unexplainable mental ability: Abbr.
ESP
29D
Affirmative vote that sounds like “Yay!”
YEA
30D
Wells Fargo device: Abbr.
ATM
32D
“That’s awful!”: 2 wds.
OH NO
33D
“Adaptation.” star Cage
NICOLAS
34D
“Do ___ else!” (threatening order): 2 wds.
IT OR
39D
Cosmetics pioneer Elizabeth
ARDEN
41D
___ planet (celestial body such as Pluto)
DWARF
42D
Be slack-jawed
GAPE
43D
___ monster (large lizard)
GILA
44D
Unchallenging
EASY
45D
Buffalo’s lake
ERIE
46D
Peru’s capital
LIMA
47D
Down to the ___ detail
LAST
48D
Actor Kilmer whose first movie was 1984’s “Top Secret!”
VAL