2/25/21
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Boxer who in 1999 was voted the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Century
Ali
4A
Country singer McGraw with the 2020 album “Here on Earth”
Tim
7A
Low-___ (appropriate for dieters)
Cal
10A
Futon, for example
Bed
11A
Gentle ___ lamb: 2 wds.
As A
12A
“Hollywood ___ Night” (NBC series)
Game
13A
Featured artist on Rihanna’s “We Found Love,” the #6 song of the 2010s: 2 wds.
Calvin Harris
16A
“The Bold Type” actress Aisha
Dee
17A
Sticky stuff applied when wrapping gifts
Tape
18A
Featured artist on Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” the #5 song of the 2010s: 2 wds.
Cardi B
21A
___ to conclusions (decided something prematurely)
Leapt
24A
Shakespeare title word meaning “fuss”
Ado
25A
Worn-out horse
Nag
27A
___ Cruise (Katie Holmes’s daughter)
Suri
29A
Featured artist on Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” the #7 song of the 2010s: 3 wds.
Billy Ray Cyrus
33A
“I ___ bad moon rising” (Creedence Clearwater Revival lyric): 2 wds.
See A
34A
Bleat from a sheep
Baa
35A
Fish such as a moray
Eel
36A
Availing oneself of
Using
39A
Featured artist on Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” the #8 song of the 2010s
Kimbra
41A
What a trick-or-treater knocks on
Door
43A
“That’s neither here ___ there”
Nor
44A
Featured artist (along with Daddy Yankee) on Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” the #9 song of the 2010s: 2 wds.
Justin Bieber
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Frizzy hairstyle
Afro
50A
Tiny bug to pick
Nit
51A
“___ solemnly swear …” (words in an oath of office): 2 wds.
I Do
52A
French pronoun Miss Piggy uses a lot
Moi
53A
Donkey
Ass
54A
1960s hallucinogenic drug: Abbr.
LSD
1D
Network that airs “Big Sky”
ABC
2D
Main characters in a movie: 2 wds.
Lead Roles
3D
Ran in neutral
Idled
4D
Word after “mai” or before “chi”
Tai
5D
“Say it ___ so!”
Isnt
6D
Taj ___ (building in Agra, India)
Mahal
7D
A new one now often comes with keyless entry
Car
8D
Bon ___ (cleanser whose name is French for “good friend”)
Ami
9D
“___ Poissons” (“The Little Mermaid” song that’s sung by the chef)
Les
12D
Oily
Greasy
14D
Showing prominent blood vessels, like a bodybuilder’s arms
Veiny
15D
Animal depicted on a package of Gorilla Glue
Ape
18D
Taxis
Cabs
19D
Farewell that you might “bid” someone
Adieu
20D
Place to buy a martini
Bar
22D
Dogs that aren’t mutts
Pure Breds
23D
“___ words were never spoken”
Truer
26D
Talk a lot
Gab
28D
Actress Fisher of the Disney movie “Godmothered”
Isla
30D
___ rest (buried): 2 wds.
Laid To
31D
Cow cousin in Mongolia
Yak
32D
“Tenet” actor Michael
Caine
37D
“There’s ___ in ‘team’!”: 2 wds.
No I
38D
“We’re Not ___ Take It” (Twisted Sister song)
Gonna
40D
Company that merged with Exxon in 1999
Mobil
42D
Baseball sluggers’ stats: Abbr.
RBIs
44D
Paper ___ (problem for a printer)
Jam
45D
Vehicle that might be involved in a close encounter: Abbr.
UFO
46D
___ Lanka (nation near India)
Sri
47D
“___ party time!”
Its
48D
Item to hang towels from
Rod