3/1/18 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

3/1/18
Top 40 Thursday

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1A
Hornet or yellow jacket, for example
Wasp

5A
Chicken ____ (contagious disease)
Pox

8A
Cultivated, like crops
Grew

12A
“___ the matter at hand …”: 2 wds.
As To

13A
“____ never been so insulted in my entire life!”
Ive

14A
Amazing review
Rave

15A
2011 Megadeth album whose title is an unlucky number
Thirteen

17A
Easy on the ____ (good-looking)
Eyes

18A
Not very wordy
Terse

19A
Contest for runners
Race

21A
Animal that might be Persian or Abyssinian
Cat

23A
Like beer that comes out of a spout: 2 wds.
On Tap

27A
“Nope”: Hyph.
Uh Uh

30A
____-ran (election loser)
Also

33A
___ bad mood (cranky): 2 wds.
In A

34A
2013 Megadeth album whose cover features a particle physics experiment: 2 wds.
Super Collider

37A
Alter ___ (second identity)
Ego

38A
State whose eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River
Iowa

39A
Small salamander
Newt

40A
Bumps repaired in a body shop
Dents

42A
“Definitely!”
Yes

44A
Red as a ___
Beet

47A
Small units of matter
Atoms

51A
Bullets and cannonballs, for example
Ammo

54A
2016 Megadeth album whose title track won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance
Dystopia

56A
Tuition assistance
Loan

57A
Retirement plan that could be “SEP” or “SIMPLE”: Abbr.
IRA

58A
An amoeba consists of just one
Cell

59A
___ wolf (independent person)
Lone

60A
Money deducted from a paycheck
Tax

61A
Joint in the middle of the leg
Knee

1D
100-___ light bulb
Watt

2D
Arthur ____ Courage Award (annual honor at the Espys)
Ashe

3D
Mix, like a cocktail
Stir

4D
Luxury automaker with 911 and Boxster models
Porsche

5D
Key lime ____
Pie

6D
Not under
Over

7D
Warrior princess of 1990s TV
Xena

8D
Kermit the Frog’s color
Green

9D
“___ of Light” (Madonna song)
Ray

10D
First woman in the Bible
Eve

11D
Horror movie director Craven
Wes

16D
Afternoon meal in England
Tea

20D
____ as a cucumber
Cool

22D
Alternative to a burrito
Taco

24D
Motion of the ocean
Tide

25D
“Star Wars Episode IV: ____ Hope”: 2 wds.
A New

26D
Fraction
Part

27D
Previously owned
Used

28D
Enormous
Huge

29D
Fairy tale’s second word, often
Upon

31D
What “L” stands for on a gearshift
Low

32D
Vanquish, as a dragon
Slay

35D
Get up for the day
Rise

36D
Available at a store: 2 wds.
In Stock

41D
Large steak cut: Hyph.
T Bone

43D
Have a sandwich, maybe
Eat

45D
Polish the rough draft of a term paper
Edit

46D
“The ___ Banks Show” (2005-2010 talk show)
Tyra

48D
Like a relationship where you can date other people
Open

49D
Roger Bannister was the first to run it in under four minutes
Mile

50D
Discount event
Sale

51D
One size fits ____
All

52D
Sound at a dairy farm
Moo

53D
End of many superhero names
Man

55D
Single-reed woodwind instrument, for short
Sax