3/17/22
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
___ ring (foot jewelry)
Toe
4A
Get ___ of (remove)
Rid
7A
“___-Hulk” (upcoming Disney series starring Tatiana Maslany)
She
10A
“Well, let’s see now …”
Hmm
11A
Hospital area with patients in critical condition
ICU
12A
Like soldiers who don’t report for duty: Abbr.
Awol
13A
Small battery size
AAA
14A
Implement with blue or black ink, often
Pen
15A
Coral structure
Reef
16A
Band with the 1987 hit “Is This Love”
White Snake
19A
Mahershala of “Moonlight”
Ali
20A
Greedy person
Hog
21A
Possible boxing result: Abbr.
TKO
24A
Write-up on a book jacket
Bio
26A
Chinese or Japanese, perhaps
Asian
28A
Band with the 2007 hit “Hey There Delilah”: 3 wds.
Plain Whitets
32A
TV host O’Brien
Conan
33A
Number between zero and two
One
34A
Muddy corral
Sty
35A
___ your words (display some humility)
Eat
37A
Faux ___ (social slip-up)
Pas
40A
Singer with the 1974 hit “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”: 2 wds.
Barry White
44A
Type of lens for close-ups
Zoom
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
“Whoop-de-___!”
Doo
47A
Mate of a ewe
Ram
48A
1970s singer Gibb
Andy
49A
Arrogance
Ego
50A
State tree of Massachusetts
Elm
51A
Cutely shy
Coy
52D
2021 Grammy winner for the album “King’s Disease”
Nas
53D
Poseidon’s domain
Sea
1D
Warming of relations
Thaw
2D
Nebraska city
Omaha
3D
Microsoft Outlook communication
Email
4D
Like fruit ready for harvesting
Ripe
5D
Skating extravaganza: 2 wds.
Ice Show
6D
“Beats me”
Dunno
7D
Term that means much the same as “honeybunch”
Sweetie
8D
Tool with a long handle and a blade
Hoe
9D
What Hermey was, on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
Elf
12D
Wooden vessel in Genesis
Ark
17D
Bone below the knee
Tibia
18D
Once more
Again
22D
“Call Me ___” (Fox sitcom starring Mayim Bialik)
Kat
23D
Iron-___ (some decals)
Ons
25D
Toward the center
Inner
27D
Two-time NBA MVP Curry
Steph
28D
Mac alternatives: Abbr.
PCs
29D
Mall parking area
Lot
30D
“Can ___ hear me?”
Any Body
31D
Meditative exercises in a steamy room: 2 wds.
Hot Yoga
36D
Cosmetics mogul Elizabeth
Arden
38D
Buenos ___ (capital of Argentina)
Aires
39D
Like old bagels
Stale
41D
2022 Oscars cohost Schumer
Amy
42D
Pursues romantically
Woos
43D
Watson who played Hermione Granger
Emma
44D
“Down to Earth With ___ Efron” (Netflix documentary series)
Zac
45D
89-year-old singer Yoko
Ono