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Top 40 Thursday
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1C
Pound, like a drum
Beat
5C
“Don’t on it!” (“That’s not likely”)
Bet
8C
Invite past the doorstep: 2 wds.
Askin
13C
Lake that borders Buffalo
Erie
14C
Part of a financial portfolio, sometimes: Abbr.
IRA
15C
Slide through a credit card reader
Swipe
16C
2015 The Weeknd hit featured in “Fifty Shades of Grey”: 2 wds.
Earned it
18C
Casual preppy shirts
Polos
19C
Daytona 500 organization: Abbr.
Nascar
21C
General Motors make that was discontinued in 2004, for short
Olds
22C
Cops use it to detect speeding drivers
Radar
25C
Media enthusiasm
Hype
27C
Clickable computer image
Icon
28C
“Gotta run!”: 2 wds.
See Ya
31C
Bone on a barbecue rack
Rib
34C
The Weeknd hit that Rolling Stone called the best song of 2015: 4 wds.
Cant Feel My Face
37C
Kept out of sight
Hid
38C
Ivy League student in Connecticut
Yalie
39C
house (real estate event)
Open
40C
Thin as a
Rail
42C
Gas-powered two-wheeler
Moped
43C
With 58-Across, get-together with no women
Stag
45C
Tool used for digging
Shovel
49C
Suit-coat part where you might attach a microphone or a pin
Lapel
51C
2015 The Weeknd hit that replaced 34-Across at
The Hills
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55C
Gladiator fight setting
Arena
56C
Score such as 0-0
Tie
57C
Chimney flue gunk
Soot
58C
See 43-Across
Party
59C
Burst, like bubble wrap
Pop
60C
Sacred
Holy
1D
“Full Frontal” host Samantha
Bee
2D
Prehistoric (time when dinosaurs thrived)
Era
3D
What’s in a pool raft
Air
4D
Actor David of “Doctor Who”
Tennant
5D
Auction offers
Bids
6D
McCormack who starred in “Will & Grace”
Eric
7D
British “bye-bye”: Hyph.
Tata
8D
African snake in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
ASP
9D
Dive quickly, like a bird
Swoop
10D
Top-selling piece of software: 2 wds.
Killer App
11D
Music device with Classic and Touch models
Ipod
12D
The Loch monster
Ness
17D
Tin (musical inability)
Earned it
20D
What “moon” and “June” do, phonetically
Rhyme
22D
Very well-off financially
Rich
23D
Exotic berry in a V8 V-Fusion juice
Acai
24D
“Mad Men” protagonist: 2 wds.
Don Draper
26D
“Whoopee!”
Yay
28D
Ball-balancing circus animals
Seals
29D
Long, wriggling fish
Eel
30D
Political consultant on “The Good Wife”
Eli
32D
Frozen drink brand with a Java Freeze line
Icee
33D
Curve in the river
Bend
35D
“Just a heads-up,” to a texter
FYI
36D
Penny wise and pound (frugal at the wrong times)
Foolish
41D
Double (mole)
Agent
42D
“Doesn’t do much for me”
Meh
43D
Angry response to a pick-up line
Slap
44D
“Gone With the Wind” estate
Tara
46D
URL letters before “://www.”
HTTP
47D
What the “0” stands for in B&O Railroad
Ohio
48D
Joe Biden’s position, for short
Veep
50D
the groundwork
Lay
52D
Lavatory, in London
Loo
53D
Online joke response
LOL
54D
Pigpen
Sty