8/31/17
Top 40 Thursday
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Earth Day's month: Abbr. | APR |
1A
Agency with a launch site at Cape Canaveral: Abbr.
NASA
5A
Sidekick of the Green Hornet
Kato
9A
Alternative to a PC
Mac
12A
Academic subject involving finance and business: Abbr.
Econ
13A
“On the double!”: Abbr.
ASAP
14A
___ Grande (river that borders El Paso)
Rio
15A
With 52-Across, 2015 #1 mixtape by 32-Across and Drake: 3 wds.
What a Time
17A
Lost religious object in the first Indiana Jones movie
Ark
18A
Rug rats
Tykes
19A
Earth Day’s month: Abbr.
APR
20A
Bill who’s “the Science Guy”
Nye
21A
Hit a ____ (run into a problem)
Snag
23A
Throw into the mix
Add
25A
_____ and downs
Ups
28A
Sense of self-worth
Ego
29A
Big-screen format for movies
IMAX
32A
Rap artist, and the name of the #1 album he released on 2/17/17
Future
34A
32-Across’s #1 album (which sounds like rocker Jimi’s last name) released on 2/24/17
HNDRXX
36A
US ___ (tennis tournament going on now)
Open
37A
Story of a person’s life, for short
Bio
38A
1992 photo book by Madonna
Sex
39A
Mayor or senator, for short
Pol
42A
Inquires
Asks
43A
___ Def (rapper with the upcoming album “As Promised”)
Mos
45A
Suffix for “Shinto” or “social”
Ism
47A
Person from Ames or Davenport
Iowan
51A
“So that’s it!”
Oho
52A
See 15-Across: 3 wds.
To Be Alive
54A
“Hamilton” creator ____-Manuel Miranda
Lin
55A
PayPal cofounder ___ Musk
Elon
56A
India’s continent
Asia
57A
___ and don’ts (list of recommendations)
Dos
58A
Underground part of a plant
Root
59A
“Step to the ___” (bus driver’s request)
Rear
1D
Former speaker of the House Gingrich
Newt
2D
“____ Breaky Heart” (Billy Ray Cyrus song)
Achy
3D
Make sopping wet
Soak
4D
Throws some initial chips in the pot
Antes
5D
“2 Broke Girls” actress Dennings
Kat
6D
Hard Italian cheese similar to Parmesan
Asiago
7D
Push down, as tobacco in a pipe
Tamp
8D
“Carmen” or “The Marriage of Figaro,” for example
Opera
9D
Titles on an envelope to a married couple, sometimes: 3 wds.
Mr and Mrs
10D
Well-ventilated
Airy
11D
Pepsi’s main rival
Coke
16D
Actor Ed who has 20 Emmy nominations
Asner
22D
Get older
Age
24D
“Little ___ we know ..”
Did
25D
Unexplained sighting in the sky: Abbr.
UFO
26D
Young animal at a pet shop
Pup
27D
Eric and Don, Jr., to Melania Trump
Stepsons
30D
Tool whose name can also mean “fire from a job”
Axe
31D
“Rating” for a very smutty movie
XXX
33D
Game where you don’t want a Wild Draw 4 card played on you
Uno
34D
“To each ___ own”
His
35D
Finnish mobile phone giant
Nokia
37D
Pandas’ favorite plant
Bamboo
40D
Metric measure that’s a little larger than a quart
Liter
42D
Type of energy or eclipse
Solar
43D
It might grow on old bread
Mold
44D
The Buckeye State
Ohio
46D
Brand of red plastic cups
Solo
48D
Three ___ Men (characters in the Nativity)
Wise
49D
American footwear company founded in 1979
Avia
50D
Close to
Near
53D
Ending for “exist” or “consist”
Ent
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