2/3/22
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Animals that provide ham
Pigs
5A
Blue-ribbon ___ (group of experts)
Panel
10A
___ Juan, Puerto Rico
San
13A
Not very many: 2 wds.
A Few
14A
Sweet smell
Aroma
15A
___ your trade (do your work)
Ply
16A
“Wrecking Ball” singer who performs on the remix of 49-Across: 2 wds.
Miley Cyrus
18A
___ change (car maintenance task)
Oil
19A
Sleeper’s vision
Dream
20A
Powerful dragster engine
Turbo
22A
Tension that a massage might reduce
Stress
25A
With 39-Across, “Peaches” singer who performs on 31-Across
Justin
26A
“I’m in ___!” (“This is so incredible!”)
Awe
27A
Looks for things to buy
Shops
29A
Religious leader who lives in Vatican City
Pope
31A
2021 song that was the Kid Laroi’s first #1 hit
Stay
32A
Eliminates
Rids
36A
Radar screen signals
Blips
38A
Murmur romantically
Coo
39A
See 25-Across
Leno
42A
Air rifles: 2 wds.
BB Guns
45A
Rub out, as a mistake
Erase
46A
Burglarized
Stole
48A
“Jumping Jack Flash, it’s a ___”
Gas
49A
2020 song by the Kid Laroi whose remix was a top 10 hit in 2021: 2 wds.
Without You
54A
“The Best Thing I Ever ___” (Cooking Channel show)
Ate
55A
Sneak ___ (glance quickly): 2 wds.
A Peek
56A
Bronzes at the beach
Tans
57A
___ Dickerson (Nancy’s ex-boyfriend, on the CW’s “Nancy Drew”)
Ned
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58A
They may escape from a bored person’s mouth
Yawns
59A
Keep an ___ mind
Open
1D
Jim’s wife on “The Office”
Pam
2D
“Mind ___ join you?”: 2 wds.
Ifi
3D
Shower ___ (alternative to soap)
Gel
4D
Alexander Skarsgård, by birth
Swede
5D
Walks back and forth, back and forth
Paces
6D
Sansa’s sister on “Game of Thrones”
Arya
7D
George Wendt’s role on “Cheers”
Norm
8D
Bird in Liberty Mutual commercials, and phonetically found in “Liberty Mutual”
Emu
9D
Ninth in the batting order: 2 wds.
Last Up
10D
Tennis or volleyball, for example
Sport
11D
Excuse given to police investigators
Alibi
12D
Sleeping bag material
Nylon
17D
Units that ages are typically expressed in: Abbr.
Yrs
21D
Superpower that broke up in 1991: Abbr.
USSR
22D
Gullible person
Sap
23D
Goody ___-shoes
Two
24D
Sales agent, for short
Rep
25D
“The ___ Luck Club”
Joy
27D
Brand seen on Indy 500 signs
STP
28D
“Elvis ___ left the building”
Has
30D
Rolls back into the sea
Ebbs
31D
Title Paul McCartney received in 1997
Sir
33D
Hospital area with defibrillators: Abbr.
ICU
34D
Rock musician Henley
Don
35D
“Mayday!”
Sos
37D
Wiggle room
Leeway
39D
Started
Began
40D
Full of anger
Irate
41D
Reduced the pressure of
Eased
42D
Library collection
Books
43D
___-ray (video format)
Blu
44D
“___ the point!”: 2 wds.
Getto
46D
Dish made with cubes of beef
Stew
47D
“That was ___, this is now”
Then
50D
Bitter beer type: Abbr.
Ipa
51D
Puppy’s excited sound
Yap
52D
___ of a kind (unique)
One
53D
American military branch with admirals: Abbr.
USN