6/3/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/3/21
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Paddles for a rowboat
Oars

5A
Vehicles that often pick up people at airports
Cabs

9A
Receptacle for tips at a takeout counter
Jar

12A
Child who stomps and pouts a lot
Brat

13A
___ 51 (restricted region in Nevada with purported UFO activity)
Area

14A
“___ your noodle!” (“Think!”)
Use

15A
Frozen waffle brand
Eggo

16A
Lasting mark on the skin
Scar

17A
Organization for the Detroit Red Wings: Abbr.
NHL

18A
“Bad Boy” rapper who cowrote the top 10 hit “Go Crazy” with Chris Brown: 2 wds.
Young Thug

20A
Peele’s former partner in comedy
Key

21A
Slippery as an ___
Eel

22A
“You don’t ___ to be enjoying yourself”
Seem

24A
Rhyming synonym of “grab”
Nab

27A
“Chemtrails Over the Country Club” singer Lana Del ___
Rey

29A
Picnic-spoiling weather
Rain

32A
2018 Childish Gambino song, cowritten by 18-Across, that won four Grammys: 3 wds.
This is America

36A
“___! The Herald Angels Sing” (Christmas song)
Hark

37A
What an emcee holds onstage
Mic

38A
“Break a ___!” (pre-performance encouragement)
Leg

39A
The “D” in “CD-ROM”
Disc

42A
“Nevertheless, ___ persisted”
She

44A
“___ So Shy” (Pointer Sisters hit)
Hes

46A
2019 song written and performed by 18-Across and featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott: 2 wds.
The London

51A
Old-timey poem
Ode

52A
Wander or roam
Rove

53A
British title for Emma Thompson
Dame

54A
Billy ___ Williams
Dee

55A
Soprano’s featured solo
Aria

56A
The Napoleonic and Victorian periods of history, for example
Eras

57A
Stop-___-go traffic
And

58D
Fuse metals with intense heat
Weld

59D
Result of a low-speed collision, perhaps
Dent

1D
Heed, as an order
Obey

2D
Best Picture Oscar winner after “The Artist”
Argo

3D
Pasta sauce with the slogan “Simmered in Tradition”
Ragu

4D
“La La Land” actress Emma
Stone

5D
Buildings with turrets and parapets
Castles

6D
Gateway ___ National Park (St. Louis tourist site)
Arch

7D
Regular boyfriends
Beaus

8D
Boot camp boss, informally
Sarge

9D
Spam messages: 2 wds.
Junk Mail

10D
Arthur ___ Courage Award (ESPY whose 2020 honoree is Kevin Love)
Ashe

11D
___ on (put trust in)
Rely

19D
Singer Halliwell who also went by “Ginger Spice”
Geri

23D
Misjudge
Err

24D
To the ___ degree (maximally)
Nth

25D
___ moment (time of sudden insight)
Aha

26D
Food for a finch or parrot
Bird Seed

28D
Tuber that’s eaten at Thanksgiving feasts
Yam

30D
Cool cubes that clink in a drink
Ice

31D
Constantly pester with reminders
Nag

33D
Enjoy Aspen or Jackson Hole
Ski

34D
Hoodwink
Mislead

35D
Reverberating sound
Echo

40D
Sipping tube
Straw

41D
Household work assignment
Chore

43D
Came to a close
Ended

44D
Morning show host ___ Kotb
Hoda

45D
1960s TV star Barbara who played a genie
Eden

47D
Malevolent, like Thanos or Voldemort
Evil

48D
“Madonna: Truth or ___” (documentary)
Dare

49D
Country next to Yemen
Oman

50D
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s ___”
Nest