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Top 40 Thursday
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1C
Women’s (antidiscrimination movement)
Lib
4C
Month after September: Abbr.
Oct
7C
Turn over leaf: 2 wds.
A new
11C
Sign on the dotted
Line
12C
Opposite of “con” in a debate
Pro
13C
Jump from a board into a pool
Dive
14C
“Win ‘s Money” (former Comedy Central game show): 2 wds.
Benstein
16C
Low bills
Ones
17C
Singer whose 2015 album “Purpose” yielded three #1 hit singles, including “Sorry”: 2 wds.
Justin Bieber
19C
Piece of furniture used mainly at night
Bed
20C
the record straight
Set
21C
Cartoon company where Wile E. Coyote gets his equipment
Acme
24C
“Jaws” boat, named for a predatory sea animal
Orca
27C
www.princeton.
Edu
30C
#1 single from 17-Across’s “Purpose”: 4 wds.
What do you mean
33C
Stage of a journey
Leg
34C
What silver and copper miners extract from the ground
Ores
35C
“Take it back” computer command
Undo
36C
Month for US national elections: Abbr.
Nov
38C
Place for garment-washing instructions
Tag
40C
#1 single from 17-Across’s “Purpose”: 2 wds.
Love Yourself
46C
Stubborn as a
Mule
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47C
Piece of furniture you can’t easily sit sideways on
Arm Chair
48C
“Dancing With the Stars” cohost Andrews
Erin
49C
Microscopic
Wee
50C
“Just answer yes “: 2 wds.
Or no
5C
1 Lipton beverages
Teas
52C
Phone directory listings: Abbr.
Nos
53C
Explosive stuff: Abbr.
TNT
1D
In of (instead of)
Lieu
2D
Roadside stopovers
Inns
3D
Option with the greatest likelihood of success: 2 wds.
Best Bet
4D
Welcoming policy: 2 wds.
Open Door
5D
Sleeping spot used before a toddler bed
Crib
6D
Singer Braxton or author Morrison
Toni
7D
Building brick used in clay homes
Adobe
8D
Age when you’re two years from drinking legally in the US
Nineteen
9D
“When will they learn?”
Ever
10D
Anderson who directed “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Wes
11D
Initials of the president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law
LBJ
15D
Common Father’s Day gift
Tie
18D
Older son of Isaac, in the Bible
Esau
21D
Shoemaker’s hole maker
Awl
22D
Marxist revolutionary Guevara
Che
23D
Mississippi’s state flower, or a 1999 Tom Cruise movie
Magnolia
25D
Salinger’s “The Catcher in the
Rye
26D
Clothes worn on Halloween or in a play
Costumes
28D
Mom’s other half
Dad
29D
Card game with a Spanish name
Uno
31D
Bird released by Noah
Dove
32D
Photo on a wanted poster: 2 wds.
Mug Shot
37D
Pizza-cooking appliances
Ovens
39D
de Triomphe (Paris landmark)
Arc
40D
Fishing (artificial bait)
Lure
41D
“Bo-ring!”
Yawn
42D
Cookie that’s available in a Double Stuf variety
Oreo
43D
“You’ll have to your keep”
Earn
44D
Fuzzy stuff in a navel
Lint
45D
To and
Fro
46D
Ran into on the street
Met