3/29/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Peter ____ (character from Neverland)
Pan
4A
_____ Martin (British luxury sports car)
Aston
9A
Light-switch position
Off
12A
“Talk to you later”
Bye
13A
Glass plate that’s put into a microscope
Slide
14A
Business head: Abbr.
CEO
15A
___ the record straight (explain fully)
Set
16A
2016 Major Lazer song that peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds.
Cold Water
18A
Body part covered by a shoe
Foot
20A
Relinquish, as territory
Cede
21A
2017 DJ Khaled song that peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds.
Wild Thoughts
26A
Great Lake with the shortest name
Erie
27A
Motley ____ (“Girls, Girls, Girls” band)
Crue
28A
Kenny G’s instrument, for short
Sax
29A
Vanilla or lavender, for a candle
Scent
31A
Very young child
Tot
34A
1998 National League MVP Sammy
Sosa
35A
Its capital is Des Moines
Iowa
36A
2015 Drake song that peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds.
Hot Line Bling
40A
“For ___ strange reason …”
Some
41A
Item in a bread basket
Roll
42A
2014 Fetty Wap song that peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100: 2 wds.
Trap Queen
46A
Miss the mark
Err
49A
Shade of blonde
Ash
50A
Plunging shirt collar: Hyph.
V Neck
51A
Fasten, like shoelaces
Tie
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
“Don’t ___ stranger!”: 2 wds.
Be A
53A
NFL team based in Indianapolis
Colts
54A
Strip of turf
Sod
1A
“Austin City Limits” network
PBS
2A
Affirmative vote similar to “yea”
Aye
3A
Streaming service that produces “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Netflix
4A
Accessory worn by Fred in “Scooby-Doo” cartoons
Ascot
5D
Slow-moving animal that lives in trees
Sloth
6D
“Don’t open ___ Xmas”
Til
7D
Unusual
Odd
8D
Like cars with odometers that read “000000”
New
9D
Band with eight people
Octet
10D
Gives dinner to
Feeds
11D
Warning that’s yelled on a golf course
Fore
17D
Muscle soreness
Ache
19D
“___ to the West Wind” (Shelley poem)
Ode
21D
Writer/director Anderson who’s had six Oscar nominations
Wes
22D
Investment plant that could be “Roth” or “Rollover”: Abbr.
IRA
23D
Atlantic or Indian
Ocean
24D
Self-serve coffee container
Urn
25D
Stomach, informally
Gut
29D
Scale note after “fa”
Sol
30D
CBS procedural that ran for 15 seasons
CSI
31D
Restroom fixtures
Toilets
32D
Rent-to-____
Own
33D
Kids’ game where one player is “it”
Tag
34D
Single dance move
Step
35D
“___ be darned!”
Ill
36D
Cowboy’s animal companion
Horse
37D
Nebraska city where Berkshire Hathaway is headquartered
Omaha
38D
Put up, as a skyscraper
Erect
39D
Knocks on the noggin
Bonks
40D
Take a ___ at (try)
Stab
43D
Shopping channel founded in 1986
QVC
44D
___, dos, tres …
Uno
45D
Fish that resembles a snake
Eel
47D
___ Grande (river in the southwestern US)
Rio
48D
One of the five colors in the Olympic rings logo
Red