12/27/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Honey I Shrunk the ___ (1989 comedy film)
Kids
5A
Roman garment similar to a sheet
Toga
9A
___ fly (runner-advancing play in baseball for short)
Sac
12A
Singapore’s continent
Asia
13A
Surprise attack
Raid
14A
Ben-___ (2016 Jack Huston movie or 1959 Charlton Heston movie)
Hur
15A
Starboy pop singer who had 18 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 during a week in 2016: 2 wds.
The Weeknd
17A
Turmoil
Ado
18A
It can’t hurt to ___!
Try
19A
1-800-273-8255 rapper who had 10 songs on the Hot 100 during a week in 2018
Logic
21A
Homophone of manner
Manor
24A
Heckler’s remark
Jeer
26A
I ___ Rock (Simon & Garfunkel hit): 2 wds.
Am A
27A
Stretched-out circle
Oval
29A
Part of a runner’s body that is susceptible to cramping
Calf
33A
Humble rapper who had 14 songs on the Hot 100 during a week in 2017: 2 wds.
Kendrick Lamar
36A
Ozark actor Morales
Esai
37A
Not great but not awful: Hyph.
Soso
38A
Six minus five
One
39A
Sea animal with fiddler and hermit varieties
Crab
41A
Cleared as leaves from a lawn
Raked
43A
God’s Plan rapper who had 24 songs on the Hot 100 during a week in 2017
Drake
46A
Atypical
Odd
47A
Ron Weasley’s pet Scabbers for example
Rat
48A
Shape of You pop singer who had 13 songs on the Hot 100 during a week in 2017: 2 wds.
Ed Sheeran
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Back in time
Ago
55A
Minnesota’s state bird with a crazy name
Loon
56A
The ___ Batman Movie
Lego
57A
Hobo
Bum
58A
Cylindrical structure that holds a missile
Silo
59A
We need you now more than ___
Ever
1D
Kit ___ (candy bar)
Kat
2D
Suffix for cartoon or hell
Ish
3D
Cube rolled in a casino
Die
4D
___ it (took care of a problem): 2 wds.
Saw To
5D
Card just above a deuce
Trey
6D
Black ___ Arkansas (1970s band)
Oak
7D
Clear liquor
Gin
8D
Confuse
Addle
9D
Layered hairstyle or plush carpet
Shag
10D
Luxury car company that owns Lamborghini
Audi
11D
Killer ___ (reptilian Batman villain)
Croc
16D
What E means on a baseball scorecard
Error
20D
Jaws boat named for a dangerous sea animal
Orca
21D
Let’s ___ a Deal (game show)
Make
22D
Central Iowa city
Ames
23D
Nickname for a grandmother
Nana
24D
Esau’s twin brother in the Bible
Jacob
25D
Fraternal group whose logo features a large type of deer
Elks
28D
Credit card option
Visa
30D
Ran ___ (went nuts)
Amok
31D
Bowling alley assignment
Lane
32D
Classic Hollywood dancer Astaire
Fred
34D
Cheney who’s the focus of the new movie Vice
Dick
35D
Royals Grammy winner
Lorde
40D
Spools of fishing line
Reels
42D
Send My Love (To Your New Lover) singer
Adele
43D
Dull like a color
Drab
44D
Maker of Homestyle Thick & Hearty sauces
Ragu
45D
Fragment of a molecule
Atom
46D
Say it isn’t so!: 2 wds.
Oh No
49D
How ___ look?: 2 wds.
Do I
50D
Do re mi fa ___ …
Sol
51D
Accelerate like a sports car’s motor
Rev
52D
Store in a cellar as wine
Age
53D
Conjunction used with neither
Nor