1/11/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Game show host Sajak
Pat
4A
“The Office” character whose original last name was Beesly
Pam
7A
Heat ___ (stretch of hot weather)
Wave
11A
Undergarment with a hook
Bra
12A
Abbreviation before a criminal’s fake name
Aka
13A
Coopola who won Best Director at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Sofia
14A
Age for a kid in kindergarten or first grade, often
Six
15A
Particle with a + or – charge
Ion
16A
News media
Press
17A
2011 Lady Gaga album that contains “The Edge of Glory”: 3 wds.
Born This Way
20A
Law businesses
Firms
22A
Took the subway, perhaps
Rode
23A
“Oh, ___ how it is”: 2 wds.
I See
24A
Peel, as a rind
Pare
25A
Singer formerly married to Marc Anthony, for short: 2 wds.
J Lo
28A
2016 Lady Gaga album that contains “Million Reasons”
Joanne
30A
2013 Lady Gaga album that contains “Applause”
Art Pop
32A
Colored stuff in a stamp pad
Ink
33A
Channel for many sporting events
ESPN
35A
Village People hit whose letters are spelled out
YMCA
36A
Unable to speak
Mute
37A
Cylinder in a sewing kit
Spool
38A
2009 Lady Gaga album that contains “Bad Romance,” with “The”: 2 wds.
Fame Monster
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
42A
South American mammal that produces wool
Llama
43A
Black-eyed ____ (kind of legume)
Pea
44A
Mitch McConnell’s group: Abbr.
GOP
47A
Visitor from Venus
Alien
48A
Rock singer ___ Rose
Axl
49A
“Holy cow!” feeling
Awe
50A
Personal trainers’ workplaces
Gyms
51A
Caustic chemical used in oven cleaners
Lye
52A
“___ Moon” (second “Twilight” novel)
New
1D
“Frontline” channel
PBS
2D
MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent, ___ Melber
Ari
3D
Concession from the IRS: 2 wds.
Tax Break
4D
Two-person groups
Pairs
5D
“Smack That” singer
Akon
6D
Yoga chant such as “om”
Mantra
7D
Like a B+, compared to an A-
Worse
8D
“___ Good Men” (Kevin Bacon movie): 2 wds.
A Few
9D
Immigrant’s permit
Visa
10D
Take it ____ (relax)
Easy
13D
Black widow, for instance
Spider
18D
Superstitious sign
Omen
19D
“Slow Hands” singer Niall ___
Horan
20D
Competitor of Aquafina and Arrowhead
Fiji
21D
“The show ___ the other foot”: 2 wds.
Is On
24D
Sauce made with pine nuts
Pesto
25D
Bank that merged with Chase in 2000: 2 wds.
JP Morgan
26D
Spanish for “crazy”
Loco
27D
Milky-colored gem
Opal
29D
Mad magazine’s Alfred E. ____
Neuman
31D
Pound a keyboard
Type
34D
Friend you write letters to: 2 wds.
Pen Pal
36D
Internet sensations
Memes
37D
Well past the freshness date, in terms of bread
Stale
38D
“I pledge allegiance to the _____ …”
Flag
39D
Friend in battle
Ally
40D
Seriously injure
Maim
41D
Like a love scene
Sexy
45D
Need to repay
Owe
46D
Seat where you might find a collection plate
Pew