12/28/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Car for hire in a big city
Cab
4A
Children’s sleepwear for short
PJs
7A
What a spiderweb is for a fly
Trap
11A
12-year-old ally of Katniss in The Hunger Games
Rue
12A
Constant Craving singer k.d. ___
Lang
14A
Throw the dice
Roll
15A
One of the music-composing Gershwin brothers
Ira
16A
Love to Italians
Amore
18A
2014 Nicki Minaj hit featuring Drake Lil Wayne and Chris Brown
Only
19A
2023 Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice hit with the lyric I’m a doll but I still wanna party: 2 wds.
Barbie World
22A
Old TV hosts Sullivan and McMahon
Eds
23A
So ___ me!
Sue
24A
Faux ___ (minor mistake)
Pas
27A
Piece of furniture that could be a sleeper
Sofa
30A
Where cucumber slices may be placed over your eyes
Spa
31A
___-Wan Kenobi
Obi
32A
2018 Nicki Minaj hit whose title is a Street Fighter character: Hyph.
Chunli
35A
2020 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj hit that targets online troublemakers
Trollz
37A
Masters of the ___ (upcoming Austin Butler miniseries)
Air
38A
Recreational Equipment ___ (what the store name REI stands for)
Inc
40A
Great delight
Glee
41A
Rubik’s Cube for one
Toy
42A
Long wormlike fish
Eel
43A
Blade that goes through water
Oar
45A
With 50-Across 2022 Nicki Minaj hit that broke Spotify’s record for a solo female rapper’s biggest debut: 2 wds.
Super Freaky
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
See 45-Across
Girl
53A
Dog biscuit for example
Treat
54A
Australian singer with the 2023 single Gimme Love
Sia
55A
57914 square miles for Illinois
Area
56A
Barrels of ale
Kegs
57A
Hole puncher used by a carpenter
Awl
58A
Group of quail
Bevy
59A
What can open a locked diary
Key
60A
Dessert that might cool on a windowsill
Pie
1D
Sleeping place for a six-month-old
Crib
2D
Ambience
Aura
3D
Large animal that’s a symbol of Russia
Bear
4D
Pattern that a bagpiper might wear
Plaid
5D
Actor Marsden who earned an Emmy nomination for Jury Duty
James
6D
What’s plowed in the winter
Snow
7D
Walked heavily
Trod
8D
Wisconsin senator Johnson
Ron
9D
___-inclusive resort
All
10D
Single-___ toilet paper
Ply
13D
Yucky
Gross
17D
Explode like a volcano
Erupt
20D
Garbanzo ___ (chickpea)
Bean
21D
King ___ (Shakespeare play)
Lear
24D
Sampling of public opinion
Poll
25D
___-bodied worker
Able
26D
What S M L or XL indicates on a clothing tag
Size
27D
Shoo kitty!
Scat
28D
State whose capital is Columbus
Ohio
29D
The Sound and the ___ (William Faulkner novel)
Fury
33D
In ___ of (instead of)
Lieu
34D
Not remotely competent
Inept
36D
Monster of folklore
Ogre
39D
City’s recordkeeper
Clerk
43D
Coming-___ story: Hyph.
Of Age
44D
___-craftsy
Artsy
45D
Perform very well to a drag queen
Slay
46D
Smell like rotten eggs perhaps
Reek
47D
Pronto!: Abbr.
ASAP
48D
Chinese fruit often found in fruit salad
Kiwi
49D
Ivy League school where Meryl Streep earned an MFA
Yale
50D
Talk talk talk
Gab
51D
Where Dublin is: Abbr.
Ire
52D
Gun like a car’s engine
Rev