6/4/26
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Jump ____ joy
FOR
4.A
50%
HALF
8A
Chocolate-coated caramel candy with an unusual shape
ROLO
12A
Tax-deferred investment plan: Abbr.
IRA
13A
Second-to-last word in many fairy tales
EVER
14A
“Moulin Rouge!” star McGregor
EWAN
15A
Block, as a river’s flow
DAM
16A
Punch ____ (end of a joke)
LINE
17A
Band with the 1987 hit “New Sensation”
INXS
18A
British singer who won the 2026 Best New Artist Grammy: 2 wds.
OLIVIADEAN
21A
Streaming service HBO ____
MAX
22A
Gracefully flexible
LITHE
26A
Large, close-knit family
CLAN
28A
Pop hit by 18-Across that was her first UK #1 song: 3 wds.
MANINEED
31A
Feel unwell
AIL
32A
Large animal studied by Dian Fossey
APE
33A
Scottish boy
LAD
34A
With 40-Across, bossa nova hit by 18-Across about new relationships: 3 wds.
SOEASYTO
37A
Exceptionally
VERY
38A
Joint covered by a high-top sneaker
ANKLE
39A
Gullible fool
SAP
40A
See 34-Across: 3 wds.
FALLINLOVE
46A
Whiskey ____ (cocktail)
SOUR
49A
Currency used in Dublin and Vienna
EURO
50A
Rock band from Athens, Georgia
REM
51A
Move slowly, like the Blob
OOZE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Typical Gulf State resident
ARAB
53A
Minnesota governor Walz
TIM
54A
“____ have thunk it?”
WHO’D
55A
Paper Mate products
PENS
56A
Guileful
SLY
1D
Generic dog name, similar to Spot or Rover
FIDO
2D
Exam with verbal answers
ORAL
3D
Oscar winner for “Bohemian Rhapsody”: 2 wds.
RAMI MALEK
4D
Corkscrew’s shape
HELIX
5D
Rival of Puma and Reebok
AVIA
6D
Let someone borrow from you
LEND
7D
Costing zero
FREE
8D
Get under control, as spending: 2 wds.
REIN IN
9D
“Mind your ____ business!”
OWN
10D
Not at all strict
LAX
11D
Come-____ (inducements)
ONS
19D
Moving truck
VAN
20D
Comedian Wong who starred in season 1 of Netflix’s “Beef”
ALI
23D
Transmits instantaneously, in sci-fi
TELEPORTS
24D
Catch word of
HEAR
25D
Small whirlpool
EDDY
26D
House, in Mexico
CASA
27D
Animal that travels in a pride
LION
28D
“Your mileage ____ vary”
MAY
29D
Relevant to the situation
APT
30D
“The Matrix” protagonist
NEO
35D
Legendary film director Hitchcock
ALFRED
36D
Poseidon’s realm
SEA
37D
“Tombstone” actor Kilmer
VAL
39D
Cultural elitists
SNOBS
41D
Jump
LEAP
42D
It entices a fish to “take the bait”
LURE
43D
Country with the longest border on the Persian Gulf
IRAN
44D
Delicate facial covering
VEIL
45D
Any of 11 awards for Julia Louis-Dreyfus
EMMY
46D
Piglets’ mother
SOW
47D
“____-la-la!” (“How stylish!”)
OOH
48D
Actress Aduba
UZO