3/28/24
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Skateboarder’s knee protector
Pad
4A
Superlative suffix
Est
7A
Marvel superhero whose father is Odin
Thor
11A
Flexible card in blackjack
Ace
12A
The D in DJ
Disc
14A
Roof overhang
Eave
15A
Post Malone hit on Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 … or a substance in a reaction
Chemical
17A
Chowder morsel
Clam
18A
Easygoing sort of personality: 2 wds.
Type B
19A
Sam Smith and Kim Petras hit on Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 … or wicked
Unholy
21A
Outdated
Old
23A
Hairstyle that shares its name with a variety of bread
Bun
24A
Miley Cyrus hit on Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 … or blossoms
Flowers
28A
Must have been someone else!: 2 wds.
Not Me
32A
Word before canal or candy
Ear
33A
So tasty!
Yum
35A
Like vegetables fresh from the garden
Raw
36A
Reside
Dwell
39A
Olivia Rodrigo hit on Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 … or a monster with fangs
Vampire
42A
Puppy’s bark
Yip
44A
Female deer
Doe
45A
SZA hit on Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 … or nap
Snooze
48A
Sped-up version of a song say
Remix
52A
Trumpet or bugle
Horn
53A
Raye hit on Billboard’s 2023 year-end Hot 100 … or avoidance of reality
Escapism
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Russian ruler known as the Terrible
Ivan
57A
On an even ___ (calm)
Keel
58A
Peg used on the PGA Tour
Tee
59A
Light in color
Pale
60A
Body part that aptly rhymes with low
Toe
61A
Number of decades in a century
Ten
1D
Formal agreement
Pact
2D
Sore after a marathon perhaps
Achy
3D
Far below the surface
Deep
4D
Fit for consumption
Edible
5D
Word to a guard dog
Sic
6D
Agency that checks boarding passes: Abbr.
TSA
7D
Electronic dance music
Techno
8D
Glowing circle on a stained glass window
Halo
9D
Egg-shaped
Oval
10D
Ratatouille rat
Remy
13D
Black card that’s not a spade
Club
16D
Cat’s call for attention
Meow
20D
Religious sister
Nun
22D
Getting little rain
Dry
24D
Served meals to
Fed
25D
What an attorney practices
Law
26D
State whose biggest city is Portland: Abbr.
Ore
27D
Honda CR-V for one: Abbr.
Suv
29D
Prefix for pod or angle
Tri
30D
Do a little damage to
Mar
31D
Mother who says baa
Ewe
34D
Irate
Mad
37D
Natasha who stars in the Peacock series Poker Face
Lyonne
38D
Designer Claiborne
Liz
40D
Soldiers’ fighting spirit
Morale
41D
Baby bird’s chirp
Peep
43D
Cheat at hide-and-seek
Peek
45D
Pack and send
Ship
46D
___ Scotia Canada
Nova
47D
Spoken aloud
Oral
49D
Infielder’s glove
Mitt
50D
That clarifies things: 2 wds.
I See
51D
Superhero squad in Dark Phoenix: Hyph.
Xmen
54D
Have your heart ___ on (really want)
Set
55D
Corporation’s top boss: Abbr.
CEO