7/11/24
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Keep a ___ profile
Low
4A
Letters on a tube of sunscreen
Spf
7A
Place where you might shop at Spencer’s or Claire’s
Mall
11A
Pledge at the altar: 2 wds.
I Do
12A
Implement in a rowboat
Oar
13A
Locality
Area
14A
www.merriam-webster.____
Com
15A
Thought you should know …: Abbr.
FYI
16A
Type of pollution associated with Los Angeles
Smog
17A
German electronic band with the 1981 album Computer World
Kraft Werk
20A
Bowen Yang’s show: Abbr.
Snl
21A
Without further ____…
Ado
22A
Square feature of Dick Tracy’s face
Jaw
25A
___-gotten gains (stolen money)
Ill
27A
___ All Ye Faithful (Christmas carol): 2 wds.
Ocome
29A
American R&B singer with the 2018 album Dirty Computer: 2 wds.
Janelle Monae
33A
Carmen or Tosca, for example
Opera
34A
School about seven miles from Columbia’s campus: Abbr.
Nyu
35A
Evergreen with poisonous berries
Yew
36A
Floor pad outside a shower
Mat
38A
Rite Aid competitor
CVS
41A
English rock band with the 1997 album OK computer
Radiohead
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
44A
____ of Wonders (place in Aladdin)
Cave
47A
Gross
Ick
48A
Mary Queen of Scots actor Pearce
Guy
49A
Continent with the two most populous countries
Asia
50A
Slippery as an __
Eel
51A
Get 100% on
Ace
52A
Item waved by Hermione Granger
Wand
53A
Country to the north of Mexico: Abbr.
USA
54A
Neighbor of the Simpsons
Ned
1D
___ your chops (show eagerness)
Lick
2D
Really bad smells
Odors
3D
Pretty ___ (1990 rom-com)
Woman
4D
Like the g in gin or the c in cent
Soft
5D
What online articles may be behind
Paywall
6D
Cooked in hot oil
Fried
7D
Facial covering on Halloween
Mask
8D
Twist my ___!
Arm
9D
Oscar and Emmy winner Melissa
Leo
10D
Hang back
Lag
18D
Passenger on a plane
Flier
19D
Not cramped
Roomy
22D
singer-songwriter Batiste
Jon
23D
Twll-all session on Reddit: Abbr.
Ama
24D
___ Willie Winkie
Wee
26D
Relative of an alpaca
Llama
28D
Piece of furniture that often faces a TV
Couch
29D
Yellow-colored emotion in Inside Out 2
Joy
30D
Bonobo, for one
Ape
31D
___ Delhi (capital of India)
New
32D
Lures
Entices
37D
French farewell
Adieu
39D
Like almond milk, but not cow’s milk
Vegan
40D
Cranberry ___ (part of a Thanksgiving meal)
Sauce
41D
___ bewteen the lines
Read
42D
Where Tulsa is: Abbr.
Okla
43D
Artificially colored
Dyed
44D
Crow’s comment
Caw
45D
Hugo star Butterfield
As A
46D
Fast X star Diesel
Vin