1/25/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Part of a flower below the petals
Stem
5A
Pull a fast one on
Con
8A
Speedy plane
Jet
11A
Emotion symbolized by a heart
Love
12A
Captain in “Moby-Dick”
Ahab
14A
Have an outstanding bill
Owe
15A
“____ go bragh!” (Irish slogan)
Erin
16A
Mention, as in a scholarly paper
Cite
17A
Played the opening card
Led
18A
Latin-inspired DJ Khaled song that hit the top 10 in 2017: 2 wds.
Wild Thoughts
21A
All Allows’ ____ (autumn holiday)
Eve
22A
2011 animated film set mostly in Brazil
Rio
23A
___ knuckles (weapons worn on the fingers)
Brass
26A
Band whose 1999 hit “Maria Maria” is heavily sampled in 18-Across
Santana
30A
“Six-pack” muscles
Abs
31A
Snakelike fish
Eel
32A
___ of gold (what’s supposedly at the end of the rainbow)
Pot
33A
“Work” singer featured on 18-Across
Rihanna
36A
“Home is ___ the heart is”
Where
38A
Apple computer
Mac
39A
Single-named “Chandelier” singer
Sia
40A
“Don’t” singer featured on 18-Across: 2 wds.
Bryson Tiller
46A
Small, to a Scotsman
Wee
47A
Group of three musicians
Trio
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48A
Loathsome
Vile
49A
Lady in a coop
Hen
50A
Hoot or holler
Yell
51A
Actress Roberts who starred on “Scream Queens”
Emma
52A
___ in (voluntarily participate)
Opt
53A
“The doctor will ___ you now”
See
54A
Building entrance
Door
1D
Killed, like a dragon
Slew
2D
Actress Spelling or singer Amos
Tori
3D
Synonym and anagram of 48-Across
Evil
4D
“Spectre” director Sam
Mendes
5D
Secret stash
Cache
6D
Cleveland’s state
Ohio
7D
Whiz, despite a lack of training
Natural
8D
Sudden shock of electricity
Jolt
9D
Lambs that aren’t rams
Ewes
10D
Narrator on “How I Met Your Mother”
Ted
13D
Get things started
Begin
19D
Living room entertainment devices
TVs
20D
Scorching
Hot
23D
Place to order a gin and tonic
Bar
24D
Stat for driving home a player on base: Abbr.
RBI
25D
Grill residue
Ash
26D
___ of Galilee
Sea
27D
Type of animal Dian Fossey studied
Ape
28D
“That’s neither here ___ there”
Nor
29D
Scarfed down
Ate
31D
Bonus songs at concerts
Encores
34D
Poehler who voiced Joy in “Inside Out”
Amy
35D
Quite unpleasant
Nasty
36D
Nintendo game system with motion controls
Wii
37D
Sliced into two equal parts
Halved
39D
Took without paying for
Stole
40D
Sound from the Road Runner
Beep
41D
What a landlord collects each month
Rent
42D
Shade of green named for an African river
Nile
43D
Long car driven by a chauffeur
Limo
44D
Red “Sesame Street” muppet
Elmo
45D
Bring up the ___ (be in last place)
Rear
46D
“____ Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988 movie)
Who