5/3/18
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Black-and-white animal in the World Wildlife Fund’s logo
Panda
6A
Sound of a dog’s bark
Arf
9A
The Bering ____ (large body of water)
Sea
12A
Disengaged from all conversation
Aloof
13A
Rap artist ___ Uzi Vert
Lil
4A
Slippery ____ (type of tree)
Elm
15A
2017 chart-topping Luis Fonsi hit sung primarily in Spanish
Despacito
17A
Through, on a connecting flight’s itinerary
Via
18A
____ on the side of caution
Err
19A
White birds of the Everglades
Egrets
21A
Former “Saturday Night Live” regular ____ Elliott
Abby
24A
Delivery company with brown trucks
UPS
26A
White bills in Monopoly
Ones
27A
Roth ____ (long-term savings plan): Abbr.
IRA
28A
Tribute in poetic form
Ode
29A
Light touch on the head
Pat
30A
1985 chart-topping Falco hit sung primarily in German: 3 wds.
Rock Me a Madeus
35A
Large container found at a beer bash
Keg
36A
Animal at a dairy farm
Cow
37A
Baroque ____ (1600-1750 music period)
Era
38A
Site specializing in handicrafts
Etsy
40A
Actor Jeong of the “Hangover” movies
Ken
41A
“Beauty is ____ skin-deep”
Only
42A
Last name of a futuristic cartoon family
Jetson
44A
___ and flow
Ebb
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
Angsty music genre
Emo
47A
2013 top 10 Psy hit sung primarily in Korean
Gentleman
52A
Potentially lifesaving skill: Abbr.
CPU
53A
Sunbeam
Ray
54A
Step ____ (move out of the way)
Aside
55A
What Santa brings a kid
Toy
56A
End of a Stanford email address
Edu
57A
“Beauty and the ____” (2017 movie)
Beast
1D
Inflate, as business expenses
Pad
2D
Microbrewery product
Ale
3D
Refusals
Nos
4D
Disney dwarf who isn’t brainy
Dopey
5D
Love from ____ (secretly adore)
Afar
6D
Boxer nicknamed “The Greatest”
Ali
7D
Baptisms, for example
Rites
8D
Whip repeatedly
Flog
9D
Young women’s magazine whose title is also a number
Seventeen
10D
Best of the best
Elite
11D
Build a stockpile of
Amass
16D
Immature and tasteless, like a joke
Crude
20D
Highway, for example
Road
21D
It’s mostly nitrogen and oxygen
Air
22D
Male sibling, for short
Bro
23D
Part of an narrative that may be told in a prequel
Backstory
25D
War’s opposite
Peace
28D
“That’s is crazy!,” in texts
Omg
29D
What a dog “shakes” with
Paw
31D
Black and white parts of a piano
Keys
32D
Impressionist painter of water lilies
Monet
33D
Web address: Abbr.
URL
34D
Utter
Say
38D
Remove, as cassette tape
Eject
39D
Musician’s speed
Tempo
40D
Get the dough ready
Knead
41D
Like most sumo wrestlers, weight-wise
Obese
43D
Grotesque green monster
Ogre
45D
Let a secret slip
Blab
48D
College in Greenwich Village: Abbr.
NYU
49D
Actress Farrow of “Rosemary’s Baby”
Mia
50D
They try to sell products
Ads
51D
Enclosure for a hockey or soccer goal
Net