12/8/16
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
iPhone or Galaxy purchase
App
4A
“I’ve ___ enough of this!”
Had
7A
Male parents
Dads
11A
Shopper’s tote
Bag
12A
Tax-sheltered savings plan: Abbr.
IRA
13A
Flawless
Ideal
15A
Ritz snack
Cracker
17A
___-3 fatty acids (nutrients found in fish oil)
Omega
18A
Singer whose “How Do I Live” spent 32 weeks in Billboard Top 10 in 1997 and 1998: 2 wds.
LeAnn Rimes
20A
Typographical ____ (printing mistakes)
Errors
23A
___ bran muffins
Oat
24A
Non vegetarian food
Meat
25A
____ card (plastic item in a smartphone)
Sim
26A
Business magazine that names an Entrepreneur of the Year
Inc
29A
Singer whose “All About that Bass” spent 25 weeks in the Billboard Top 10 in 2014 and 2015: 2 wds.
Meghan Trainor
33A
Sierra Nevada beverage
Ale
34A
“Independence ___: Resurgence” (2016 movie)
Day
35A
Traffic marker that is typically orange
Cone
36A
Heavy drinker
Sot
37A
Smoothed the wrinkles out of
Ironed
39A
Musician whose “Uptown Funk” spent 31 weeks in the Billboard Top 10 in 2014 and 2015: 2 wds.
Mark Ronson
43A
From Thailand or Cambodia, maybe
Asian
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
44A
Smash Mouth hit with the lyric “Get your game on, go play”: 2 wds.
All Star
48A
Sticky adhesive
Paste
49A
___ Paulo (city in Brazil)
Sao
50A
Thurman of “Pulp Fiction”
Uma
51A
Must have
Need
52A
morning hours: Abbr.
Ams
53A
Tampa ___ Lightning (NHL team)
Bay
1D
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” network
ABC
2D
___ for the course (usual)
Par
3D
Sports group that awards the FedEx Cup: Abbr.
PGA
4D
Person who walks along nature trails
Hiker
5D
General vicinities
Areas
6D
“Gosh ___ it!”
Darn
7D
Miniature scene sometimes presented in a shoebox
Diorama
8D
Allow to enter
Admit
9D
___ worthy (consider to be deserving)
Deem
10D
“Parsley, ____, Rosemary and Thyme” (Simon & Garfunkel album)
Sage
14D
“Welcome to Fabulous ___ Vegas Nevada” (greeting on a famous sign)
Las
16D
Fabric
Cloth
19D
Pinot ____ (wine variety)
Noir
20D
Watson who played Hermione Granger
Emma
21D
Blooper ____ (collection of actors’ slip-ups)
Reel
22D
Intense anger
Rage
25D
Where pigs live, on a farm
Sty
26D
Barge ___ (interrupt): 2 wds.
In On
27D
Not any
None
28D
Street ____ (reputation of a sort)
Cred
30D
Added decorations to
Adorned
31D
International peacekeeping alliance: Abbr.
NATO
32D
Tappable images on a smartphone screen
Icons
36D
Glide around an ice rink
Skate
37D
Malcolm X’s religion
Islam
38D
Chocolate-and-caramel candies
Rolos
39D
Subway rider’s guide
Map
40D
Strong ___ ox: 2 wds.
As An
41D
Go up, like a balloon
Rise
42D
Organization that launched the Mars Pathfinder: Abbr.
NASA
45D
Large container for popcorn
Tub
46D
Doctors’ group: Abbr.
AMA
47D
Beam of light
Ray