7/18/19
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
What a landlord rents out often: Abbr.
Apt
4A
Prepare as a dinner table
Set
7A
Fast-food pork sandwich available only periodically
McRib
12A
Play-stopping noise from a referee
Whistle
14A
Primary airport of Chicago
Ohare
15A
Singer/rapper with the #1 Billboard hit Old Town Road: 3 wds.
Lil Nas X
16A
Word meaning long stories that reads the same forward and backward
Sagas
17A
What ___ you suggesting?
Are
18A
Protection for an inventor’s brainchild
Patent
19A
Animal’s den
Lair
21A
___ back and relax
Sit
22A
Achy Breaky Heart singer featured in the remix of Old Town Road: 3 wds.
Billy Ray Cyrus
28A
___ carte menu: 2 wds.
A La
29A
Evil brute of Middle-earth
Orc
30A
Pop singer Grande’s nickname
Ari
31A
Industrial rock band whose instrumental 34 Ghosts IV is sampled in Old Town Road: 3 wds.
Nine Inch Nails
36A
___ Jam (sport-based video game)
NBA
37A
Discontinued make of GM cars for short
Olds
38A
Long Shot actress Charlize
Theron
41A
End of the school week typically: Abbr.
Fri
42A
The A in A.V. Club
Audio
43A
Musical genre that Billboard controversially decided Old Town Road does not fit into
Country
47A
Select with a mouse
Click
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48A
Hall who hosted a 1990s talk show
Arsenio
49A
Pledges recited in courtrooms
Oaths
50A
To the ___ degree
Nth
51A
Chicken Won ___ (Campbell’s soup variety)
Ton
1A
Sewing tool used on canvas or leather
Awl
2A
___ Beta Kappa
Phi
3A
___ Tuesday (1980s band)
Til
4A
Sparkly like the night sky
Starry
5D
Will there be anything ___?
Else
6D
State south of Oklahoma: Abbr.
Tex
7D
Image made up of small tiles
Mosaic
8D
Gabby
Chatty
9D
___ Against the Machine (rock band)
Rage
10D
Middle Eastern nation that’s home to Shiraz and Tabriz
Iran
11D
Most exceptional
Best
13D
Slow-moving creature with a shell
Snail
18D
___: The Movie (2017 TV movie based on a USA series)
Psych
19D
Actress Taylor of Six Feet Under
Lili
20D
Instinct actor Cumming
Alan
22D
Prohibit by law
Ban
23D
Three-time Oscar nominee Saoirse
Ronan
24D
Joan of ___ (French heroine)
Arc
25D
Bug spray brand
Raid
26D
www.google.com and www.apple.com for example: Abbr.
URLs
27D
Female sibling for short
Sis
32D
Add vitamins to as bread
Enrich
33D
Apple laptops discontinued in 2006
iBooks
34D
Take your time: 2 wds.
No Rush
35D
Drop me ___ sometime: 2 wds.
Aline
38D
Crunchy entrée at Chipotle
Taco
39D
___ Hoop (round toy)
Hula
40D
Fix bad grammar and misspellings
Edit
41D
___ Lauderdale Florida
Fort
43D
Campbell’s container
Can
44D
Demolition compound: Abbr.
TNT
45D
Subcompact from Kia
Rio
46D
Round ___ virgin mother and child (Silent Night lyric)
Yon