5/27/26
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Supplied with nourishment
FED
4A
Animal inside a house
PET
7A
Rather unconventional
ODD
10A
___ Budget Group (car-rental parent company)
AVIS
12A
Not cooked
RAW
13A
Exclamation heard on Halloween
BOO
14A
Heroine in a spin-off of “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”
XENA
15A
Have an ___ up your sleeve
ACE
16A
Angsty type of music
EMO
17A
“Jaws” actor who played choreographer Joe Gideon in 1979’s “All That Jazz”: 2 wds.
ROY SCHEIDER
20A
Use a bench
SIT
21A
“There’s ___ in ‘team'”: 2 wds.
NO I
22A
K-12 fundraising organization: Abbr.
PTA
25A
What a “swish” doesn’t touch, in basketball
RIM
27A
Cried
WEPT
30A
“Tootsie” actress who played the Angel of Death in “All That Jazz”: 2 wds.
JESSICA LANGE
33A
Religious offshoot group
SECT
34A
Greek letter that precedes (and rhymes with) theta
ETA
35A
You could get an “all-over” one on a nude beach
TAN
36A
Body part on either side of the head
EAR
38A
Frosty
ICY
40A
“Annie” actress who played Joe’s girlfriend Katie Jagger in “All That Jazz”: 2 wds.
ANN REINKING
45A
Furniture with a California king size
BED
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
Mate of a buck
DOE
47A
Rain cats and dogs
POUR
49A
Insect that pollinates flowers
BEE
50A
Suffix for “urban” or “social”
ITE
51A
“I’d be glad to!”
SURE
52A
Solve a simple arithmetic problem
ADD
53A
State prosecutors: Abbr.
DAS
54A
Woman who is “married to God”
NUN
1D
Transmit electronically, in a way
FAX
2D
“Best Song ___” (hit for One Direction)
EVER
3D
Purple animal on “The Flintstones”
DINO
4D
“___ makes perfect”
PRACTICE
5D
Per person
EACH
6D
Kid who’s 10 to 12 years old
TWEEN
7D
Like a dog that does as it’s told
OBEDIENT
8D
Top of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London
DOME
9D
Entrance to a building
DOOR
11D
Simon ___ (kids’ game)
SAYS
18D
Apple’s digital assistant
SIRI
19D
State whose postal abbreviation consists of two vowels
IOWA
22D
Certain nightclothes, for short
PJS
23D
Shirt for sale at a merch table
TEE
24D
Climbed higher
ASCENDED
26D
Daytime movie showings
MATINEES
28D
Sports group with a Tour Championship event: Abbr.
PGA
29D
Bill with Hamilton’s portrait
TEN
31D
Symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
STAR
32D
___ confidence (be apprehensive)
LACK
37D
Started over on
REDID
39D
Shrill barks in a kennel
YIPS
40D
Quartet who sang “Chiquitita”
ABBA
41D
Food, shelter, or clothing
NEED
42D
Not one ___ (absolutely none)
IOTA
43D
Part of speech that “conjunction” is
NOUN
44D
Wise mentor
GURU
48D
Kylo ___ (son of Princess Leia)
REN