1/23/25
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Shared the same opinions
AGREED
7A
Grain that’s used to make pumpernickel bread
RYE
10A
Beaver’s dam-building piece
LOG
13A
Shiny white, as teeth
PEARLY
14A
“___ to Go!” (Chappell Roan hit)
HOT
15A
Pre-holiday observance
EVE
16A
With 33- and 53-Across, 2024 Sabrina Carpenter song…
PLEASE
17A
“Well, you’re ___ good mood!”: 2 wds.
IN A
18A
Short-sleeved shirt, often
TEE
19A
Four-door car
SEDAN
21A
Holders for recyclables
BINS
22A
French cheese with an edible rind
BRIE
25A
2022 Sabrina Carpenter song with the lyric…
NONSENSE
28A
Corporate event at a mountain lodge, say
RETREAT
31A
Chest-beating primate
APE
32A
Do sums
ADD
33A
See 16-Across
PLEASE
35A
Group for healers: Abbr.
AMA
38A
Group that pursues narcotics dealers: Abbr.
DEA
39A
Buffet with shells, meat, cheese, and salsa: 2 wds.
TACO BAR
41A
2024 Sabrina Carpenter song with the lyric…
ESPRESSO
45A
Meat often found in stroganoff
BEEF
46A
Actress ___-Louise Parker
MARY
47A
Heroic stories
EPICS
50A
Lennon’s bride in 1969
ONO
51A
___ Appétit (food magazine)
BON
53A
See 16-Across
PLEASE
57A
President Bartlet on “The West Wing”
JED
58A
Otherworldly vessel that might be spotted overhead: Abbr.
UFO
59A
Capital of Texas
AUSTIN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
60A
Federal agency that’s very busy in mid-April: Abbr.
IRS
61A
Damage the surface of
MAR
62A
Region where you might travel by camel
DESERT
1D
Smartphone download
APP
2D
Material in massaging insoles
GEL
3D
Issa of “American Fiction”
RAE
4D
Pencil mark remover
ERASER
5D
“What ___ can I say?”
ELSE
6D
Like purple hair
DYED
7D
Large, gray animal of the Serengeti
RHINO
8D
Go hither and ___
YON
9D
Uber prediction for when the driver will get there: Abbr.
ETA
10D
Allow entry to: 2 wds.
LET IN
11D
Appliances in a cookie factory
OVENS
12D
Honking birds
GEESE
20D
___ meridiem (Latin for “before noon” and what “a.m.” stands for)
ANTE
21D
Hive buzzer
BEE
22D
Garment with an underwire, sometimes
BRA
23D
One color of licorice
RED
24D
“___ be my honor!”
IT’D
26D
Jet Propulsion Laboratory overseer: Abbr.
NASA
27D
Blueprint detail, for short
SPEC
29D
Olympic fencing weapon
EPEE
30D
“I wish the news were better”
ALAS
34D
Perched upon
ATOP
35D
Gettysburg Address speaker’s nickname
ABE
36D
1930s actress West
MAE
37D
Barking noise
ARF
38D
Canada ___ ginger ale
DRY
40D
Think persistently (about)
OBSESS
41D
Nonverbal response in a text
EMOJI
42D
More rational
SANER
43D
Pushes forward
PRODS
44D
Mister, in Spanish
SENOR
48D
Apple’s tablet
IPAD
49D
What you’re reading right now
CLUE
51D
Beach ___ (person who loves the shore)
BUM
52D
“Scent ___ Woman” (Al Pacino movie): 2 wds.
OF A
54D
Homophone of “eight”
ATE
55D
Knight’s title
SIR
56D
Ending for “respond” or “differ”
ENT