4/4/24
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Writing implement that can stain fingertips
Pen
4A
Sleeveless part of a man’s suit
Vest
8A
Chop ___ (where stolen cars often end up)
Shop
12A
Team’s highest-paid pitcher, often
Ace
13A
Hotel chain that competes with Hilton and Marriott
Omni
14A
Medicinal tablet
Pill
15A
#1 2002 country hit for Toby Keith (1961-2024) about a young woman’s rich lover: 3 wds.
Whos Your Daddy
18A
Justice Sotomayor
Sonia
19A
There’s ___ a slight change of plans
Been
20A
In the past
Ago
22A
Six-time Oscar nominee Amy
Adams
26A
What’s at the tip of a lit cigarette
Ash
29A
Singer Brickell whose biggest hit was What I Am
Edie
32A
Word over a door, sometimes
Exit
33A
#3 2004 country hit for Toby Keith about an affair south of the border: 3 wds.
Stays In Mexico
36A
Actress Sedgiwick who’s married to Kevin Bacon
Kyra
37A
Hair-removal brand
Nair
38A
Fix a hem, perhaps
Sew
39A
Paris main river
Seine
41A
Touch, as a phone’s screen
Tap
43A
German-born supermodel Heidi
Klum
46A
Dish that may be Waldorf or Caesar
Salad
50A
#1 2011 country hit for Toby Keith about not wanting to buy foreign goods: 3 wds.
Made In America
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Plant used in many skin-care products
Aloe
55A
Russian composer Stravinsky
Igor
56A
Sound thats similar to woof
Arf
57A
Animals collectively known as swine
Pigs
58A
Fastens, like shoelaces
Ties
59A
Hes ___ his match!
Met
1D
Cats feet
Paws
2D
Reverb effect
Echo
3D
____ Lights (Demi Lovato song)
Neon
4D
Long journeys
Voyages
5D
Music genre that some consider mopey
Emo
6D
Rudely exclude
Snub
7D
Become exhausted
Tire
8D
Lycras material
Spandex
9D
Stuck somewhere out of sight
Hid
10D
___ as the hills
Old
11D
Tissue layer
Ply
16D
Singer of Chandelier
Sia
17D
Anti-narcotics organizations: Abbr.
Dea
21D
Lokis father
Odin
23D
Graph line
Axis
24D
Animals similar to rats
Mice
25D
Put in the cargo hold, say
Stow
26D
Seeks answers
Asks
27D
Eyelid ailment
Stye
28D
Mata ____ (famous spy)
Hari
30D
Celebrity chef Garten
Ina
31D
Release, as radiation
Emit
34D
Team that has won the World Series a record 27 times
Yankees
35D
Items that clear away chalk marks
Erasers
40D
Country musics ___ Young Band
Eli
42D
On a ___ with (comparable to)
Par
44D
Kilometer or mile, for example
Unit
45D
Wise men of the New Testament
Magi
47D
Neeson who plays Qui-Gon Jinn
Liam
48D
Property measure
Acre
49D
___ Punk (electronic music duo)
Daft
50D
It can help a driver plot a route
Map
51D
___ Baba
Ali
52D
Downward ___ (yoga pose)
Dog
53D
___, Larry, and Curly (the Three Stooges)
Moe