2/28/19
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Bird with barn and screech varieties
Owl
4A
Ho-___ (kind of boring)
Hum
7A
Slight setback
Snag
11A
Code cracker’s cry
Aha
12A
Large animal studied by a primatologist
Ape
13A
Section of a movie
Scene
14A
Bruno Mars and Cardi B hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or graceful skill
Finesse
16A
Main artery of the heart
Aorta
17A
Didn’t save one’s money
Spent
18A
Imagine Dragons hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or lightning’s partner
Thunder
20A
Turn one’s hair pink perhaps
Dye
22A
Hardware store chain
Ace
23A
Kendrick Lamar and Zacari hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or deep affection
Love
26A
Second to ___ (the best)
None
28A
Don’t ___ the cart before the horse
Put
31A
Knocked the socks off
Awed
32A
XXXTentacion hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or unhappy
Sad
33A
___ loser (bad sport)
Sore
34A
Thus far
Yet
35A
Roll up as a flag
Furl
36A
Bazzi hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or not yours
Mine
37A
___ the knot (get married)
Tie
38A
www.auburn.___
Edu
40A
Marshmello and Anne-Marie hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or buddies
Friends
44A
Locales
Areas
48A
Showed on TV
Aired
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Ed Sheeran hit on Billboard’s 2018 year-end Hot 100 … or ideal
Perfect
51A
Smartphone images to tap on
Icons
52A
___ always wanted to try this
Ive
53A
Gun group founded in 1871: Abbr.
NRA
54A
Front part of a camera
Lens
55D
Royals manager Yost
Ned
56D
Asian currency whose symbol is ¥
Yen
1D
Bumbling people
Oafs
2D
Crack the ___ (be stern)
Whip
3D
A trucker might drive in the rightmost one
Lane
4D
Not well-considered like a decision
Hasty
5D
Life has its ___ and downs
Ups
6D
Make the acquaintance of
Meet
7D
Teatime biscuit
Scone
8D
Straight-A student stereotypically
Nerd
9D
Cardplayer’s starting bet
Ante
10D
Transmission setting
Gear
13D
Alfredo or marinara for example
Sauce
15D
Concluded
Ended
19D
Part of a briefcase that you hold
Handle
21D
Occurred as a result
Ensued
23D
Frito-___ (snack company)
Lay
24D
You ___ it to yourself …
Owe
25D
Horse doctor for short
Vet
27D
Boat mover that’s sometimes called a scull
Oar
28D
Hawaiian food that many tourists feel obligated to try
Poi
29D
Vote holder on Survivor
Urn
30D
It’s used for the first stroke of a golf hole
Tee
33D
Blue cartoon character whose main enemy is Gargamel
Smurf
35D
Discovers
Finds
37D
Typical college applicants age-wise
Teens
39D
Gave a challenge to
Dared
40D
Opposite of succeed
Fail
41D
Grain used in jambalaya
Rice
42D
The most common element on Earth by mass
Iron
43D
Turn around and around
Spin
45D
___ meeny miney moe catch a tiger by the toe …
Eeny
46D
Unit of measure for a farmer’s field
Acre
47D
Late comic book legend ___ Lee
Stan
50D
New Year’s ___ (2011 movie)
Eve