1/17/19
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Had hot dogs or hamburgers
Ate
4A
Opposite of subtract
Add
7A
Metal tool that grips things tightly
Vise
11A
What you make an omelet in
Pan
12A
Author Grafton who wrote books from A Is for Alibi to Y Is for Yesterday
Sue
13A
It turns litmus paper red
Acid
14A
Sandwich with two spreads for short
PBJ
15A
___ be back (line from The Terminator)
Ill
16A
Zoom ___ (part of a camera)
Lens
17A
2018 song where Drake collaborated with BlocBoy JB: 2 wds.
Look Alive
20A
Toy that’s tied to a finger: Hyph.
Yoyo
21A
Single things
Items
25A
Earliest phase as of an illness
Onset
29A
Easy as falling off a ___
Log
30A
2018 song where Drake collaborated with Migos: 4 wds.
Walk It Talk It
34A
Praise can boost it
Ego
35A
Compete in the Tour de France for example
Cycle
36A
Three feet for many wading pools
Depth
38A
Palo ___ (city near Stanford)
Alto
42A
2018 song where Drake collaborated with Lil Baby: 2 wds.
Yes Indeed
46A
Exchange
Swap
49A
It wasn’t too long ___ that …
Ago
50A
What & means
And
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Vegetable made into crispy green chips
Kale
52A
Winnie the Pooh once rescued him from a river
Roo
53A
Pine-___ (cleaning brand)
Sol
54A
Mental flash
Idea
55A
Noah’s ___
Ark
56A
Put in effort
Try
1A
Terms and conditions ___
Apply
2A
Culturally prohibited
Taboo
3D
Take pleasure in
Enjoy
4D
Taiwan’s continent
Asia
5D
Like a pencil that needs sharpening
Dull
6D
Shop that sells salami
Deli
7D
___ parking (service at some upscale shops)
Valet
8D
___-cold (freezing)
Ice
9D
Greed lust or wrath
Sin
10D
Sheeran and Helms
Eds
18D
Word meaning zany person that reads the same forward and backward
Kook
19D
Absolutely essential
Vital
22D
Large animal with Rocky Mountain and Manitoban varieties
Elk
23D
Me in French
Moi
24D
Corporal’s superior: Abbr.
SGT
26D
Recessed area in a wall
Niche
27D
Muddy pen on a farm
Sty
28D
Abbreviation that means and others
ETC
30D
Middle column on a calendar often: Abbr.
Wed
31D
56 for Tom Cruise
Age
32D
Cut off like a dead branch
Lop
33D
Mechanical pencil filler
Lead
37D
Control freak’s personality: 2 wds.
Type A
39D
Fewest
Least
40D
Michael Jackson’s vocal range
Tenor
41D
___ satisfying (weird but pleasurable)
Oddly
43D
Haines who cohosts GMA Day with Michael Strahan
Sara
44D
Name of the assistant in some horror movies
Igor
45D
Search every ___ and cranny
Nook
46D
Navigate a snowy trail
Ski
47D
Fistful of cash
Wad
48D
Pub drink
Ale