8/2/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Baseball great ___ Ruth
Babe
5A
Low-calorie in product names
Lite
9A
“Game of Thrones” actor Max ___ Sydow
Von
12A
Frosts as a cake
Ices
13A
“Famous” cookie maker Wally ___
Amos
14A
Monkey in Disney’s “Aladdin”
Abu
15A
“Good Vibrations” band that featured brothers Brian Carl and Dennis Wilson: 2 wds.
Beach Boys
17A
“___ by a long shot!”
Not
18A
Lackluster
Drab
19A
Strips of fabric that display Girl Scout badges
Sashes
21A
___ stick (springy plaything)
Pogo
24A
Opposite of “nay” that rhymes with it
Yea
25A
Item worn by Dracula or Zorro
Cape
28A
Cloth that may be ready to be thrown out
Rag
30A
Drain obstruction
Clog
33A
Country that borders the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans: Abbr.
USA
34A
“My other car ___ Porsche” (bumper sticker): 2 wds.
Is A
35A
www.tulane.___
Edu
36A
Willow’s girlfriend on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Tara
38A
Search like an archaeologist
Dig
39A
“Watch What Happens Live” host Cohen
Andy
40A
What Renoir and Rembrandt created
Art
42A
Set ___ (go to sea)
Sail
44A
Punctuation marks that indicate pauses
Commas
47A
College freshman’s housing
Dorm
50A
Turmoil
Ado
51A
“Creep” band featuring brothers Jonny and Colin Greenwood
Radio Head
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Title of respect for a gentleman
Sir
56A
Turkey ___ (old-fashioned dance)
Trot
57A
___-Defamation League (civil rights group)
Anti
58A
Golfer’s prop
Tee
59D
Loses firmness
Sags
60D
Appear to be
Seem
1D
Covering that might have stains from strained peas on it
Bib
2D
Scored 100% on
Aced
3D
Kodiak or grizzly for example
Bear
4D
Feat by Houdini often
Escape
5D
Facility with test tubes and Bunsen burners
Lab
6D
“I think” in Internet lingo
IMO
7D
Santa’s sackful
Toys
8D
Personal part of a college application
Essay
9D
“Jump” band named for brothers Alex and Eddie: 2 wds.
Van Halen
10D
Double-reed instrument in an orchestra
Oboe
11D
Brownies sometimes contain them
Nuts
16D
Channel that airs “Westworld”
HBO
20D
1/86400 of a day: Abbr.
Sec
22D
Electric power network
Grid
23D
“Wonderwall” band that featured brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher
Oasis
25D
___ class (play hooky)
Cut
26D
Sharp ___ tack: 2 wds.
As A
27D
“Ain’t It Fun” band that has featured brothers Zac and Josh Farro
Paramore
29D
“Applause” singer Lady ___
Gaga
31D
Quirky
Odd
32D
“No more Mr. Nice ___!”
Guy
37D
Supply weapons to
Arm
39D
Hawaiian greetings
Alohas
41D
Small fruity pastries
Tarts
43D
Response to “Who wants cake?”: 2 wds.
I Do
44D
Plaster item that friends might autograph
Cast
45D
Garfield’s drooling pal
Odie
46D
2018 Tony Awards cohost Bareilles
Sara
48D
Actress Russo of “Thor”
Rene
49D
Buddy in Melbourne or Sydney
Mate
52D
Snoopy for one
Dog
53D
“For what ___ worth …”
Its
54D
Like romantic lighting
Dim