1/23/20
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Smartphone programs
Apps
5A
___ Nellie! (Slow down there!)
Whoa
9A
Greenish growth on old bread
Mold
13A
Sheep shearer’s bagful
Wool
14A
Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were ___
Here
15A
Solo for an opera star
Aria
16A
Singer of the 2019 country hit Beer Never Broke My Heart: 2 wds.
Luke Combs
18A
Plant a ___ of doubt (create uncertainty)
Seed
19A
Units of progress in Alcoholics Anonymous
Steps
20A
Weeps inconsolably
Sobs
22A
Celestial Seasonings or Lipton varieties
Teas
25A
Push to activate as a button
Press
28A
Suitable or fitting
Apt
31A
Give a round of applause
Clap
33A
Left ___ the cold: 2 wds.
Out In
35A
2018 hit from the reissue of 16-Across’s debut album This One’s For You: 2 wds.
Beautiful Crazy
38A
US soccer champion ___ Lloyd
Carli
39A
Awe-inspiringly magnificent
Epic
40A
Gosh!
Gee
41A
Synthetic fabric often used as imitation silk
Rayon
43A
___-check (do a random scan for errors)
Spot
45A
Hoity-toity sort of person
Snob
47A
___ confidence (is filled with self-doubt)
Lacks
51A
Prejudiced perspective
Bias
54A
2016 hit single from This One’s for You
Hurricane
57A
Let’s settle this ___ and for all!
Once
58A
Strike while the ___ is hot
Iron
59A
Tying the ___ (getting married)
Knot
60A
Crumb-carrying insects
Ants
61D
Three in Spanish
Tres
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
62D
Evergreen trees with lethally toxic leaves and berries
Yews
1D
Sewing tools used to stitch heavy materials
Awls
2D
Resentful or disappointed facial expression
Pout
3D
Slo ___ (brand of caramel candy)
Poke
4D
Got forty winks
Slept
5D
___ asked you?
Who
6D
What a tailor takes up to shorten a garment
Hem
7D
Globelike objects
Orbs
8D
Ancient author of fables like The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Aesop
9D
Man who gives back rubs at a spa
Masseur
10D
Raw metal before it’s smelted
Ore
11D
If you ___ down with dogs you get up with fleas
Lie
12D
___ jeans (casual pants that are stereotypically worn by middle-aged guys)
Dad
17D
Surgical delivery of a baby: Hyph.
C Section
21D
Green vegetable often served as steamed florets
Broccoli
23D
Last name of the boxer whose original name was Cassius Clay
Ali
24D
___ haven (place that’s free from danger)
Safe
26D
Deer with antlers unlike a doe
Stag
27D
10-inch or 12-inch for some pizzas
Size
28D
The Conners network
ABC
29D
Juicy fruit
Pear
30D
Sharknado actress Reid
Tara
32D
Terrier or corgi babies
Pups
34D
Bill ___ Saves the World (2017-2018 Netflix series)
Nye
36D
___ S. Grant (Union general who became president)
Ulysses
37D
___ Sync Battle (celebrity competition show hosted by LL Cool J)
Lip
42D
Like a baseball pitcher’s perfect game: Hyph.
No Hit
44D
Tasteless and cheap
Tacky
46D
Hamilton’s opponent in an 1804 duel
Burr
48D
Stalklike plant grown for molasses rum and sugar
Cane
49D
I ___ what you’re thinking …
Know
50D
Goes down like the sun over the horizon
Sets
51D
Long fluffy neckwear
Boa
52D
Family-run motel alternative perhaps
Inn
53D
Random ___ of kindness (good deed)
Act
55D
___ v. Wade (historic court case)
Roe
56D
Doctors’ colleagues in hospitals: Abbr.
RNs