5/13/21
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Item’s label, at a garage sale
Tag
4A
___ and flow (tidal movements)
Ebb
7A
Daintily touch with a napkin
Dab
10A
Prepares to shoot
Aims
12A
English restroom
Loo
13A
Arizona city named for a land formation
Mesa
14A
New York City borough that produced all three of the rappers in this puzzle
Brooklyn
16A
Where India and Indonesia are
Asia
17A
Greens ___ (charge for playing a golf course)
Fee
18A
Legendary Himalayan monster
Yeti
20A
High, like some aspirations
Lofty
23A
Every once in a ___
While
26A
Wall Street launch: Abbr.
IPO
27A
Beam from ear to ear
Smile
31A
Any birthstone
Gem
32A
First name of a villain on “Lois & Clark”
Lex
33A
“___ heard enough!”
Ive
34A
Snatch
Nab
35A
“Don’t ___ this at home”
Try
36A
Wetland found in Louisiana
Bayou
38A
First mother, in the Bible
Eve
39A
Furry, black animal related to a mink
Sable
41A
Rip into little pieces
Shred
43A
Frayed pieces of fabric
Rags
45A
“___ me after class” (teacher’s note to a student)
See
46A
“The Celebrated Jumping ___ of Calaveras County” (Mark Twain story)
Frog
48A
“For the Night” rapper whose biggest hits entered the Billboard Hot 100 posthumously: 2 wds.
Popsmoke
53A
Regulations
Laws
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Feeling of wonder and amazement
Awe
55A
Trudge through muck
Slog
56A
A dose of your ___ medicine
Own
57D
Resident of 744 Evergreen Terrace, on “The Simpsons”
Ned
58D
Excavate
Dig
1D
Actor/singer Hunter who died in 2018
Tab
2D
“Up in the ___” (George Clooney movie)
Air
3D
Its critics call it “Frankenfood”: Abbr.
GMO
4D
___ Style Awards (annual honors hosted by a fashion magazine)
Elle
5D
___ George (lead singer of Culture Club)
Boy
6D
Skeletal
Bony
7D
“Panda” rapper whose name has one more “i” than expected
Desiigner
8D
“___ like to say …”: 2 wds.
As I
9D
Animal sound whose spelling includes a double letter
Baa
11D
Fluffy
Soft
13D
Subject where you would learn the times tables
Math
15D
Control, Caps Lock, and Shift
Keys
19D
She’d say 9-Down
Ewe
20D
Merry little ditties
Lilts
21D
Metropolitan ___ House (Manhattan music venue)
Opera
22D
“I’ll Be” rapper who has been a pioneer for women in hip-hop: 2 wds.
Foxy Brown
24D
Exit the premises
Leave
25D
Add to a PowerPoint, like a video
Embed
28D
“Alice in Wonderland” actress Wasikowska
Mia
29D
“The Holly and the ___” (Christmas song)
Ivy
30D
Zodiac sign for Jennifer Lopez and Madonna
Leo
36D
Panhandle
Beg
37D
Utilizes
Uses
40D
Dawdles behind
Lags
42D
Edges of shirt sleeves
Hems
44D
Go across, like a bridge
Span
45D
Moved too fast
Sped
46D
Character who’s appeared in over 100 Progressive ads
Flo
47D
In the ___ (naked)
Raw
49D
Have a mortgage to pay off
Owe
50D
Having been around a long time
Old
51D
Japanese fish often found in a pond
Koi
52D
What a quail lays
Egg