6/7/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Hollywood Walk of Fame symbols
Stars
6A
Employer
Boss
10A
Protude, like someone’s chin
Jut
13A
Excite, as a crowd: 2 wds.
Amp Up
14A
Tool that can make a pile of leaves
Rake
15A
March to the beat ____ different dummer: 2 wds.
Of A
16A
With 29-Across, 2018 Drake track that debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100
Diplomatic
18A
“Pleased to meet ____”
You
19A
Usher in a whole new _____ (change history)
Era
20A
“Hey, I’ve got a secret …”
Psst
21A
Section of new grass
Sod
24A
Carrot-____ (redhead)
Top
26A
English person
Brit
28A
Th ___ (“My Generation” rock band)
Who
29A
See 16-Across
Immunity
33A
Place to stay the night
Inn
34A
“___ Funk!” (2014 Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars hit)
Uptown
36A
____ Chang (Harry Potter’s first love interest)
Cho
37A
2018 Drake track that debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds.
Gods Plan
39A
It often holds 15.5 gallons of beer
Keg
40A
Pink, like some cheeks
Rosy
41A
President on the $5 bill, for short
Abe
44A
Go to ____ (head out on a boat)
Sea
45A
Material that helps make up adobe
Clay
47A
“… and so forth”: Abbr.
ETC
49A
___ check (defensive maneuver in hockey)
Hip
50A
2018 two-song Drake EP featuring the two tracks in this puzzle: 2 wds.
SCary Hours
57A
Smallest whole number
One
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58A
State where Steven Spielberg and John Legend were born
Ohio
59A
Ford Motor Company’s most famous failure
Edsel
60A
Miles ___ gallon
Per
61A
Fish featured in 2003 and 2016 Pixar movies
Nemo
62A
Cowboy’s rope
Lasso
1D
Feeling melancholy
Sad
2D
“please stop oversharing!”: Abbr.
TMI
3D
Crosswords With Friends, for one
App
4D
The Golden ____ (Do unto others …”)
Rule
5D
Tennis or softball, for example
Sport
6D
Supportive undergarment for a woman
Bra
7D
Quaker ___ (Bran (brand of hot cereal)
Oat
8D
Word before “slope” or “lodge”
Ski
9D
Fraction of a minute: Abbr.
Sec
10D
Arcade game controllers
Joysticks
11D
Sci-fi saucers: Abbr.
UFOs
12D
Lacking slack, like a rope
Taut
17D
Former Chinese chairman
Mao
20D
Sharp fastener used by a tailor
Pin
21D
Big gulp from a flask
Swig
22D
“We’re in trouble now!”: 2 wds.
Oh No
23D
Jon Hamm’s role on “Mad Men”: 2 wds.
Don Draper
25D
___ chips (snacks often dipped in hummus)
Pita
26D
Mercedes-Benz rival
BMW
27D
“We’re giving them a ___ for their money”
Run
30D
“____ Lisa” (painting in the Louvre)
Mona
31D
“With this ring I ___ wed”
Thee
32D
Form of exercise that includes a cobra pose
Yoga
34D
Major package delivery company
UPS
35D
Toilet tissue layer
Ply
38D
Kind of sauce for Chinese food
Soy
42D
Queen ____ (nickname for the singer of “Drunk in Love”)
Bey
43D
Broadway legend Merman
Ethel
45D
Cut with an axe
Chop
46D
International Date ___
Line
48D
Last part of a song
Coda
50D
Mother’s boy
Son
51D
Marxist revolutionary Guevara
Che
52D
Objective
Aim
53D
Mammal that’s a symbol of Australia, for short
Roo
54D
Letters on a naval vessel
USS
55D
Hi-___ monitor
Res
56D
___-mo replay
Slo