8/5/21
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Mattress ___ (piece of bedding beneath the sheets)
Pad
4A
“Washington Week” network
PBS
7A
Eagles’ bills
Beaks
12A
Young marsupial friend of Eeyore
Roo
13A
Story ___ (plot line)
Arc
14A
Wooden stand in an artist’s loft
Easel
15A
Former Disney Channel star with the 2021 #1 hits “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U”: 2 wds.
Olivia Rodrigo
18A
Word that can go before “strength” or “ear”
Inner
19A
Final
Last
20A
Chef Paula who has the YouTube series “Love & Best Dishes”
Deen
23A
___ list (academic honor roll)
Deans
25A
Corporate VIP, for short
Exec
26A
“If ___ I’d listened!”
Only
27A
Intimate apparel item whose label includes band and cup size
Bra
30A
With 32-Across, former Disney Channel star with the 2013 #1 hit “Wrecking Ball”
Miley
32A
See 30-Across
Cyrus
34A
“___ just a matter of time”
Its
35A
Quaint expression of regret
Alas
39A
Sound from a happy pig
Oink
40A
“Just Shoot Me!” actor David
Spade
41A
Employs
Uses
42A
“Right this second!”: Abbr.
ASAP
45A
Claude who painted water lilies
Monet
47A
Trio of former Disney Channel stars with the 2019 #1 hit “Sucker”: 2 wds.
Jonas Brothers
52A
Prefix with “naut” or “turf”
Astro
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Hospital areas for urgent cases: Abbr.
Ers
54A
“A.P. ___” (sitcom starring Glenn Howerton)
Bio
55A
Ten Commandments recipient
Moses
56A
Doja Cat song “___ So”
Say
57A
Carton
Box
1A
Turn ___ (lose one’s amateur status)
Pro
2D
Early ISP
AOL
3D
“Where ___ sign up?”: 2 wds.
Do I
4D
What a sadist enjoys inflicting
Pain
5D
He refused his Best Actor Oscar for “The Godfather”
Brando
6D
Focal point of a movie theater
Screen
7D
___ Bath & Beyond
Bed
8D
British noblemen who are married to countesses
Earls
9D
Cambodia’s continent
Asia
10D
Beer barrels with taps
Kegs
11D
Hole for a coin
Slot
16D
“Hacksaw Ridge” actor Vaughn
Vince
17D
Mouth-related
Oral
20D
Actress Moore who played Linda on Peacock’s “Brave New World”
Demi
21D
Leave a room
Exit
22D
Slithery fishes
Eels
24D
Where the shows “Friends” and “30 Rock” were set: Abbr.
NYC
27D
Jewish circumcision ceremony
Bris
28D
Ancient symbol carved in stone by the Vikings
Rune
29D
Queries
Asks
31D
Little dog’s sound
Yap
33D
Period before adulthood
Youth
36D
Baby ram
Lamb
37D
Loves to bits
Adores
38D
Mexican “Mrs.”
Senora
40D
Next-best result to a strike, in bowling
Spare
42D
In ___ (in a tough spot): 2 wds.
A Jam
43D
Not great, but not terrible: Hyph.
Soso
44D
Bugs in “A Bug’s Life”
Ants
46D
Website for selling homemade goods
Etsy
48D
“Help us!,” at sea
Sos
49D
Flow back
Ebb
50D
___ Grande (river that Albuquerque is on)
Rio
51D
Red ___ Nation (fans of a Boston team)
Sox