3/13/25
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
1975 movie about a killer shark
JAWS
5A
What’s displayed in the National Gallery
ART
8A
Formula 1 vehicles
CARS
12A
Animals that pull plows
OXEN
13A
Store whose website includes Climb, Cycle, and Snow sections
REI
14A
Egg-shaped
OVAL
15A
Phi ___ Kappa (honor society)
BETA
16A
“Princess Diana” rapper with a rhyming name: 2 wds.
ICE SPICE
18A
Cow’s mouthful
CUD
20A
Helped out
AIDED
21A
Pointy parts of a walrus
TUSKS
24A
“It’s time to ___ facts”
FACE
26A
Past-tense verb that sounds like a single-digit number
ATE
27A
Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew rapper with a rhyming name: 2 wds.
SLICK RICK
32A
Baby sheep
LAMB
34A
The long ___ of the law
ARM
35A
Digitize, as a document
SCAN
36A
Chicago-born “I Don’t Like” rapper with a rhyming name: 2 wds.
CHIEF KEEF
39A
Lofty-sounding poem
ODE
40A
Some beers
ALES
41A
Remove suds from
RINSE
43A
“It Ends With Us” actress Jenny
SLATE
46A
Place for a workout
GYM
47A
Rapper and “Grillz” featured artist with a rhyming name: 2 wds.
PAUL WALL
50A
Funko ___ (certain bobbleheads)
POPS
54A
Unit of wilderness
ACRE
55A
Korean automaker
KIA
56A
Fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania
ERIE
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57A
Drinks made from leaves
TEAS
58A
“Romeo ___ Juliet”
AND
59A
Christian holy period lasting 40 days
LENT
1D
Teacher, barista, or accountant
JOB
2D
Jack swings one in “The Shining”
AXE
3D
Like freshly applied paint
WET
4D
The ___ that smiles back (tagline for Goldfish crackers)
SNACK
5D
Like much of the Southwest, in terms of climate
ARID
6D
___ hall (place for fun activities, for short)
REC
7D
Reason for overtime in football
TIE
8D
Office machines for making duplicates
COPIERS
9D
Fervent
AVID
10D
“RuPaul’s Drag ___”
RACE
11D
Coaster used in cold weather
SLED
17D
Container for potatoes
SACK
19D
___ Constitution (historic American ship): Abbr.
USS
21D
Softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale
TALC
22D
State that’s home to the NHL’s newest team
UTAH
23D
Game in a tournament round after the quarters
SEMI
24D
Removes from the payroll
FIRES
25D
Corporation often seen in Wile E. Coyote cartoons
ACME
28D
Maracaibo or Titicaca, in South America
LAKE
29D
Symbol on a phone screen
ICON
30D
Dishonorable men
CADS
31D
Body part that may be skinned
KNEE
33D
“Meet the ___!” (album with the song “I Want to Hold Your Hand”)
BEATLES
37D
Took wing
FLEW
38D
Cook in hot grease
FRY
42D
Urge to proceed
IMPEL
43D
Petty little quarrel
SPAT
44D
Shoestring
LACE
45D
Surrounding glow
AURA
46D
Rhyme, and opposite, of “sad”
GLAD
48D
Collins Chibueze, ___ Shaboozey: Abbr.
AKA
49D
“Hamilton” songwriter ___-Manuel Miranda
LIN
51D
Stuff put into a refinery
ORE
52D
Rolling ___ (item used by a baker)
PIN
53D
Dead ___ against (totally opposed to)
SET