6/21/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Clean Air ____ (federal law)
Act
4A
Neckwear that might get stained with baby food
Bib
7A
Making money hand over ____
Fist
11A
Group that was a Voting Rights Project: Abbr.
ACLU
12A
Back to square ___
One
13A
Length times width, for rectangles
Area
14A
76-year-old singer who is still doing “The Twist”: 2 wds.
Chubby Checker
17A
Oscar-winning actress Witherspoon
Reese
18A
Computer command that shares a key with “option” on a Mac keyboard
Alt
19A
Ending for “host” or “prophet”
Ess
20A
7-Eleven worker
Clerk
23A
Hound’s hand
Paw
26A
Having similar properties (to)
Akin
27A
Sometimes everyone is suddenly referring to online
Meme
28A
82-year-old singer who is still leaving his fans “Breathless”: 3 wds.
Jerry Lee Lewis
33A
Fail to include
Omit
34A
Vegetarians don’t consume it
Meat
35A
Insect
Bug
36A
In a sneaky, furtive manner
Slyly
38A
Mouse spotter’s cry
Eek
41A
Opposite of sell
Buy
42A
Country singer Steve who acted on “The Wire”
Earle
44A
76-year old singer who is stilled a “Band on the Run”: 2 wds.
Paul McCartney
49A
Man-eating beast of fairy tales
Ogre
50A
Monotonous routine in life
Rut
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
What stand-up comedians hold in their hands, for short
Mics
52A
____ bar (prepare drinks)
Tend
53A
“Honest” president Lincoln
Abe
54A
Stage backdrop
Set
1A
Needs some liniment, perhaps
Aches
2A
Hints for Sherlock Holmes
Clues
3D
Large fixtures in bathrooms
Tubs
4D
___ Scouts of America (group whose name will change in 2019)
Boy
5D
Business-oriented magazine
Inc
6D
“The View” cohost Joy
Behar
7D
“As a matter of ___ …”
Fact
8D
Vex
Irk
9D
Get a glimpse of
See
10D
The ___ Heel State (North Carolina)
Tar
11D
4,047 square meters
Acre
15D
Oldest child on “Roseanne”
Becky
16D
Cousin of a caribou or moose
Elk
21D
Rapper ___ Jon
Lil
22D
Opponent in war
Enemy
23D
Bench that faces the pastor
Pew
24D
“___ hearing you correctly?”: 2 wds.
Am I
25D
Cherokee actor Studi
Wes
26D
What’s displayed at the Louvre
Art
27D
Was introduced to
Met
28D
Patient man in the Old Testament
Job
29D
Flightless bird of the Australian outback
Emu
30D
Tamper with, as roulette wheel
Rig
31D
Fish often found at a sushi bar
Eel
32D
“___ Cake” (2004 Daniel Craig movie)
Layer
36D
Result of adding numbers
Sum
37D
Stretchy material in bicycle shorts
Lycra
38D
Bert’s “Sesame Street” buddy
Ernie
39D
President-____ (term for an incoming president prior to inauguration)
Elect
40D
R&B singer Alicia
Keys
41D
Ran, like colors in the laundry
Bled
43D
Devices that dispenses currency: Abbr.
ATMs
44D
Something to brew coffee in
Pot
45D
In this day and ____ (nowadays)
Age
46D
Ceremonial receptacle for ashes
Urn
47D
Baby panda
Cub
48D
Stopped fasting
Ate