8/22/19
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Poke with a sharp needle
Jab
4A
Start-___ (tech entrepreneurs’ businesses)
Ups
7A
Body part covered by a goatee
Chin
11A
“___ been expecting you”
Ive
12A
Spoiled little kid
Brat
14A
City in western Nevada
Reno
15A
Humor magazine that will be ending newsstand distribution this year
Mad
16A
Grease-coated
Oily
17A
Academy of Television ___ & Sciences (Emmys organization)
Arts
18A
Kacey Musgraves single that won the 2019 Grammy for Best Country Song: 2 wds.
Space Cowboy
21A
GPS suggestion: Abbr.
Rte
22A
Bird that sleeps during the day
Owl
23A
High-end shoe designer Jimmy ___
Choo
26A
Hand tool for clearing soil
Hoe
27A
“___ ’em!” (command to a guard dog)
Sic
30A
Tim McGraw single that won the 2017 Grammy for Best Country Song: 3 wds.
Humble and Kind
34A
___ McMuffin
Egg
35A
Trellis-climbing vine
Ivy
36A
Really annoys
Irks
37A
Hour after midnight
One
38A
Betty’s father, on “Riverdale”
Hal
40A
Chris Stapleton single that won the 2018 Grammy for Best Country Song: 2 wds.
Broken Halos
45A
Emmy-winning TV host Kelly
Ripa
46A
What a student studies for
Test
47A
“My ___ Private Idaho” (River Phoenix movie)
Own
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
___-bitty
Itty
51A
Stuff to the gills
Sate
52A
Person who fights against you
Foe
53A
Neatnik’s nightmare
Mess
54A
Paving material
Tar
55A
Ski ___ (a way for skiers to get back up a mountain)
Tow
1D
Sportscaster Nantz
Jim
2D
Third-most popular baby girls’ name in the US in 2018, after Emma and Olivia
Ava
3D
Places to sleep
Beds
4D
German submarine in World War II: Hyph.
Uboat
5D
Amount charged for a product
Price
6D
Bargain shopper’s opportunity
Sale
7D
Pub ___ (tour that goes from bar to bar)
Crawl
8D
Mint or basil, for example
Herb
9D
“___ the Wild” (2007 Emile Hirsch film)
Into
10D
Overly curious
Nosy
13D
Rich and powerful business mogul
Tycoon
19D
“No ___!” (“Can do!”)
Prob
20D
Came up short, money-wise
Owed
23D
“Saturday Night Live” regular Michael
Che
24D
Bear ___ (strong embrace)
Hug
25D
“Unbelievable!,” in a text
OMG
26D
Horse food that’s bundled in bales
Hay
27D
Title bestowed upon Ringo Starr
Sir
28D
Slang term for newspaper coverage
Ink
29D
Music recordings that can be stored in racks and towers: Abbr.
CDs
31D
What you often have to wait in at Disneyland
Line
32D
Birthdays and weddings, for example
Events
33D
Metric prefix that means “1,000”
Kilo
37D
Gives the go-ahead
Okays
38D
“___ la vista, baby!”
Hasta
39D
Make modifications to, as a garment
Alter
40D
Wide part of a sombrero
Brim
41D
Church ceremony
Rite
42D
Decides
Opts
43D
Prickly ___ (skin disorder)
Heat
44D
Not firm, like a mattress
Soft
48D
Chase romantically
Woo
49D
Never-before-seen
New