3/5/20
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Establishment selling scones and lattes
Café
5A
Pecan or almond for example
Nut
8A
___ up (support as a bike’s kickstand does)
Prop
12A
Like thrift store merchandise typically
Used
13A
California’s Santa ___ winds
Ana
14A
Top-notch: Hyph.
A One
15A
Blanco Brown song that spent 12 weeks atop the Hot Country charts in 2019: 3 wds.
The Git Up
17A
Where’d You Go Bernadette star Blanchett
Cate
18A
What the person on the Emmy statuette is holding
Atom
19A
Ohio city known as the Rubber Capital of the World
Akron
20A
Prolonged gaze
Stare
23A
Word for a star baseball pitcher
Ace
24A
I’m speechless!
Wow
25A
Bebe Rexha song that spent 50 weeks atop the Hot Country charts in 2017-2018: 3 wds.
Meant To Be
31A
Birthday card numbers
Ages
33A
Actor who frequently said I pity the fool!: 2 wds.
Mr T
34A
Metallic jingler on a cowboy boot
Spur
35A
With 48-Across Sam Hunt song that spent 34 weeks atop the Hot Country charts in 2017: 3 wds.
Body Like A
38A
Giants quarterback Manning who retired in January
Eli
39A
Small rug in a bathroom
Mat
40A
Morning Joe cable channel
MSNBC
42A
Cheery
Happy
45A
Violent uprising
Riot
47A
Door marked with a lit red sign
Exit
48A
See 35-Across: 2 wds.
Back Road
52A
And another thing …
Also
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
In the past
Ago
54A
The second A of NASCAR
Auto
55A
Red Sox or Red Wings for example
Team
56A
Five times two
Ten
57D
Small brown songbird
Wren
1D
Stop filming we got it!
Cut
2D
Residue after a volcanic eruption
Ash
3D
Payment to an architect or an engineer
Fee
4D
Ant-Man and Baby Driver director Wright
Edgar
5D
International defense group that started after World War II: Abbr.
NATO
6D
E pluribus ___ (phrase on US currency)
Unum
7D
Zombieland: Double ___
Tap
8D
Individual containers of artificial sweetener
Packets
9D
Lion’s loud noise
Roar
10D
Stumble ___ (discover by accident)
Onto
11D
Ball-___ hammer
Peen
16D
Part of a meeting agenda
Item
19D
Putting on an ___ (pretending)
Act
20D
Q-tip’s tip
Swab
21D
Like a take-out order at a restaurant: 2 wds.
Togo
22D
I’m ___ by your accomplishments
Awed
23D
Penny-___ (two-bit)
Ante
26D
Radiate as light
Emit
27D
Huge boat in Genesis
Ark
28D
Not fastened as a shirt collar
Open
29D
Bottom of a plant such as a tulip or an onion
Bulb
30D
Idle who was a member of Monty Python
Eric
32D
Indication of sickness such as sneezing or a runny nose
Symptom
36D
Get the ___ of the land
Lay
37D
Running ___ (going crazy)
Amok
41D
Scarecrow’s stuffing
Straw
42D
Warmth
Heat
43D
Wagon wheels’ connector
Axle
44D
Italian city with a famous tower
Pisa
45D
Air ___ (plane passenger’s fury)
Rage
46D
Desktop graphic
Icon
48D
Louisville Slugger for example
Bat
49D
This could be ___ only chance
Our
50D
The dog ___ my homework
Ate
51D
___ Quixote (classic Spanish novel)
Don