1/5/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Sesame Street character who often gets frustrated with Ernie
Bert
5A
Weapons covered with whipped cream in a slapstick fight
Pies
9A
Two-time Oscar nominee Jude
Law
12A
Jurassic World Dominion actor ___ Sy
Omar
13A
This is the best film of the year! for example
Rave
14A
What can ___ to make this better?: 2 wds.
I Do
15A
2018 Dierks Bentley hit about being grateful for his wife: 2 wds.
Woman Amen
17A
Something used to steer a boat
Oar
18A
___ of Our Lives (soap opera that moved from NBC to Peacock)
Days
19A
Takes part in glee club
Sings
21A
Baby chicks’ sounds
Cheeps
24A
Dusk
Sunset
25A
Chum
Pal
26A
Rocky ___ ice cream
Road
27A
2011 Dierks Bentley hit about wanting to have fun with his friends: 5 wds.
Am I The Only One
34A
The ___ U Give (Amandla Stenberg movie)
Hate
35A
Provide help to
Aid
36A
Tennis champion Williams who retired in 2022
Serena
39A
Robberies
Thefts
42A
Sobbed
Cried
43A
Mickelson who plays for LIV Golf
Phil
44A
Old washcloth say
Rag
45A
2021 hit by Dierks Bentley Breland and Hardy about buying friends drinks: 3 wds.
Beers On Me
50A
___ see it … (From my perspective …): 2 wds.
As I
51A
Sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë
Anne
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Word that can follow wading or dating
Pool
53A
Club ___ (chain of all-inclusive resorts)
Med
54A
Siskel of Siskel & Ebert
Gene
55A
Good Omens actress Mireille
Enos
1D
Archer’s tool
Bow
2D
Rock genre with confessional lyrics
Emo
3D
Battering ___
Ram
4D
Exchange
Trade
5D
Recites a rosary for example
Prays
6D
Pet food brand that competes with Alpo
Iams
7D
Biblical figure who’s featured alongside Adam in Milton’s Paradise Lost
Eve
8D
Pleasurable to the touch like some massages
Sensual
9D
Large animals that roar
Lions
10D
Saying such as Practice makes perfect
Adage
11D
___-case scenario
Worst
16D
Toddler’s rest time
Nap
20D
___ 500 (event won by Marcus Ericsson in 2022)
Indy
21D
Professional who might audit a corporation’s finances: Abbr.
CPA
22D
___ and cheese sandwich
Ham
23D
Gossip Girl actor Brown
Eli
24D
___ of a gun!
Son
26D
Sturgeon eggs
Roe
28D
Megan ___ Stallion
Thee
29D
Tote or clutch for example
Hand Bag
30D
Airport landing guess: Abbr.
ETA
31D
Bumbling lunkhead
Oaf
32D
Small thing for a fussy person to pick
Nit
33D
Actors O’Neill and Asner
Eds
36D
Beat it!
Scram
37D
Expunge from the page
Erase
38D
Unbending
Rigid
39D
Number that’s supposedly a crowd
Three
40D
Belonging to that fellow
His
41D
Get married without a big ceremony
Elope
43D
___ & Teller: Fool Us (magic-based TV show)
Penn
46D
It’s opposite WSW on a compass: Abbr.
Ene
47D
Negative response in Marseilles or Montreal
Non
48D
Bovine animal sound in Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Moo
49D
Golfer Ernie
Els