5/4/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Item that can be placed in a folder on an iPhone
App
4A
Cable network that airs AEW Dynamite
TBS
7A
Like Eeyore emotionally
Glum
11A
Opposite of yeah
Nah
12A
Sweltering
Hot
13A
___ Klebb (Bond villain in From Russia With Love)
Rosa
14A
Pop singer whose Levitating was Billboard’s best-performing song of 2021: 2 wds.
Dua Lipa
16A
Absent
Away
17A
Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend host Brown
Alton
18A
Empty space between objects
Gap
20A
Stamps of approval
Oks
22A
Chew noisily
Chomp
26A
___ of the Covenant (religious artifact)
Ark
28A
The Princess and the ___
Pea
30A
Making a stop in on an air traveler’s itinerary
Via
31A
Indie rock band whose Heat Waves was Billboard’s best-performing song of 2022: 2 wds.
Glass Animals
34A
Jackson 5 hit that topped the charts in 1970
ABC
35A
Cable channel whose mascot is the Moon Man
MTV
36A
Ginger ___ (soda used in some highball cocktails)
Ale
37A
Wetland found along the Gulf Coast
Bayou
39A
We did it!
Yay
41A
The Croods: A New ___ (2020 animated movie)
Age
43A
One-named model on many romance novel covers
Fabio
47A
Conservative journalist Drudge
Matt
50A
Rapper whose Old Town Road was Billboard’s best-performing song of 2019: 3 wds.
Lil Nas X
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
___ Times-News (Pennsylvania newspaper)
Erie
53A
Scarf that sheds
Boa
54A
Abbott Elementary actress Sheryl ___ Ralph
Lee
55A
Bills sometimes called Hamiltons
Tens
56D
Insect that’s often red or black
Ant
57D
Doll whose last name is Carson
Ken
1D
Cost an arm ___ leg: 2 wds.
Anda
2D
Mad About You actor Reiser
Paul
3D
Great in 1990s slang
Phat
4D
Who do you ___ you are?
Think
5D
Playfully bonk on the head
Bop
6D
Intended for men only as a party
Stag
7D
Chart that shows data
Graph
8D
Opposite of high
Low
9D
Its Independence Day is July 4: Abbr.
USA
10D
Month following April
May
15D
If ___ could kill …
Looks
19D
Healthy berry in smoothie bowls
Acai
21D
Got rid of a fish bone or orange seed say
Spat
23D
Shape of the head of a tennis racket
Oval
24D
Go the extra ___
Mile
25D
Fathers to country folk
Pas
26D
Jessica who starred in Little Fockers
Alba
27D
A bit suggestive
Racy
29D
Emotion known as the green-eyed monster
Envy
31D
Not let the other person get a word in edgewise
Gab
32D
Irritatingly pleased with oneself
Smug
33D
Like some old pyramids in Mexico
Mayan
38D
Hall’s partner in pop music
Oates
40D
Note that’s identical to G-sharp: Hyph.
Aflat
42D
Actor Idris who voiced a bovine police chief in Zootopia
Elba
44D
Illegal move from a baseball pitcher
Balk
45D
Peekaboo ___ you!: 2 wds.
I See
46D
Farmland beasts that have largely been replaced by tractors
Oxen
47D
Haven’t ___ You Yet (Michael Bublé song)
Met
48D
___ you pulling my leg?
Are
49D
Metal that’s combined with copper to make bronze
Tin
51D
Lithium-___ battery
Ion