7/6/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Top of a toothpaste tube
Cap
4A
Faux ____ (blunder)
Pas
7A
NBC sketch comedy show: Abbr.
SNL
10A
Number that goes up with each birthday
Age
11A
Genre or type
Ilk
12A
Make a knot or bow
Tie
13A
Coal Miner’s Daugher singer who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988: 2 wds.
Loretta Lynn
16A
British actor and writer Stephen
Fry
17A
Firefighter’s chopping tools
Axes
18A
Knight in shining ___
Armor
21A
Boy who lives next door to Andy, in Toy Story
Sid
23A
Look at lasciviously
Leer
24A
I’m ___ loss for words: 2 wds.
At A
25A
___ gray (dull color)
Ash
28A
D-I-V-O-R-C-E singer who was inducted into the Country Music Hall Fame in 1998: 2 wds.
Tammy Wynette
31A
Cry from a bullfight spector
Ole
32A
What a miner digs up
Ore
33A
___ out (chastise harshly)
Ream
34A
Free ____ (Ryan Reynolds movie)
Guy
35A
Desensitizes, as with novocaine
Numbs
36A
Falco who stars on Peacock’s Bupkis
Edie
39A
Tool produced by Swiffer
Mop
40A
Jolene singer who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999: 2 wds.
Dolly Parton
45A
Civil Rights ___ (period in the 1950s and 1960s)
Era
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
Need medical care
Ail
47A
Sheep that might wear a pink ribbon around its neck
Ewe
48A
Frormal no vote
Nay
49A
Made the acquaintance of
Met
50A
Stuff in a chromosome: Abbr.
DNA
1D
Nickname of President Coolidge
Cal
2D
All Those Years ____ (1981 George Harrison song)
Ago
3D
Sing or dance for an audience, say
Perform
4D
Feel sorry for
Pity
5D
___-rock (Twenty One Pilot’s grenre)
Alt
6D
It’s similar to reggae
Ska
7D
Rock band known for Babe and Lady
Styx
8D
One less than ten
Nine
9D
Monocle, essentially
Lens
14D
Verb that can sound either like air or Ur
Err
15D
Lightning ___ (electricity-generating superhero)
Lad
18D
Adele’s vocal range
Alto
19D
Bona fide
Real
20D
Viral image on the Internet
Meme
21D
Painful bump on an eyelid
Stye
22D
Cameron Monaghan’s character on Shameless
Ian
24D
A bit ou of whack
Awry
25D
Up and ____! Rise and shine): 2 wds.
At Em
26D
____ in the back (double-cross)
Stab
27D
Alters the length of a skirt, say
Hems
29D
___ can say that again!
You
30D
Spewed lava
Erupted
34D
Gooey product used in hair
Gel
35D
This is neither the time ___ the place
Nor
36D
Biblical garden of paradise
Eden
37D
___ and Friends: Into the Ciity! (former animated TV series)
Dora
38D
Now ___ me down to sleep: 2 wds.
I Lay
39D
Ingredient in Whoppers candy
Malt
41D
Tuber often served at Thanksgiving
Yam
42D
Dessert often served at Thanksgiving
Pie
43D
To thine ___ self be true
Own
44D
Museum-funding group in the US: Abbr.
Nea