2/8/18 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

2/8/18
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Like a sock with no match
Odd

4A
PC’s archrival
Mac

7A
Crosswords With Friends and Others
Apps

11A
Opposite of near
Far

12A
Volcanic powder
Ash

13A
Stuff at the bottom of a juice carton
Pulp

14A
Common winter virus
Flu

15A
US espionage group: Abbr.
CIA

16A
Mouse, for a snake
Prey

17A
Female rapper with the 2014 hit “Fancy”: 2 wds.
Iggy Azalea

20A
Clear the tables, in a restaurant
Bus

21A
Animal like Nana in the 2016 movie “Sing”
Ewe

22A
Feeling down in the dumps
Glum

24A
____-pitch softball
Slo

25A
“Split” soup vegetable
Pea

28A
Female rapper with the 2002 hit “Work It”: 2 wds.
Missy Elliott

31A
Computer command that often precedes “paste”
Cut

32A
Versatile card in blackjack
Ace

33A
Happy as a ___
Clam

34A
Crumb-carrying insect
Ant

35A
Pan for fried rice
Wok

36A
Female rapper with the 2017 hit “No Frauds”: 2 wds.
Nicki Minaj

40A
2017 Pixar movie
Coco

41A
Grain in hot cereals that may be “rolled” or “steel-cut”
Oat

42A
Small amount of lipstick
Dab

44A
Software developer’s client
User

45A
Pistachio or pecan, for example
Nut

46A
Put ___ happy face: 2 wds.
On A

47A
“Where have you ___ all my life?”
Been

48A
Devious
Sly

49A
Senator Cruz from Texas
Ted

1D
Word that can precede “limits” or “Broadway”
Off

2D
Surrealist painter Salvador
Dali

3D
Narcs’ raid: 2 wds.
Drug Bust

4D
Department store whose logo is a red star
Macys

5D
Himalayas’ continent
Asia

6D
“La La Land” director Damien
Chazelle

7D
Fruit with a core
Apple

8D
Like 24-karat gold
Pure

9D
“Not guilty,” for one
Plea

10D
Enemy agent
Spy

18D
Mouth parts that periodontists treat
Gums

19D
Military truant: Abbr.
AWOL

22D
Automaker with Yukon and Sierra models
GMC

23D
Actress Lucy who voices Master Viper in the “Kung Fu Panda” movies
Liu

24D
Cesarean ____ (surgical childbirths)
Sections

25D
Small spot in a decorative pattern: 2 wds.
Polka dot

26D
Expectation for when a plane should land: Abbr.
ETA

27D
___ Inside (sign that someone who’s low on cash would be happy to see)
ATM

29D
Pull sharply
Yank

30D
Phone screen symbol
Icon

34D
A squirrel might hide one
Acorn

35D
Clever and funny
Witty

36D
___ cone (front part of a rocket)
Nose

37D
Slushy treat with a polar bear mascot
Icee

38D
Darth ____ (“Star Wars” villain with red skin)
Maul

39D
TV journalist Pauley
Jane

40D
Pro baseball player from Chicago
Cub

43D
Nasty
Bad