11/19/20
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
“You haven’t changed ___!”: 2 wds.
A Bit
5A
Vessel for cooking soup
Pot
8A
Brewery product with “amber” and “wheat” varieties
Ale
11A
Brand of chocolate candy packaged in a long roll
Rolo
12A
2020 Emmy nominee Issa ___
Rae
13A
___ Van Winkle
Rip
14A
Surprise Taylor Swift album that was released July 24 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts
Folklore
16A
“Well, excusez-___!”
Moi
17A
Big mouth, in slang
Yap
18A
Band that included Lance Bass: 2 wds.
Nsync
20A
Ceiling’s opposite
Floor
23A
“Just so everyone’s aware …”: Abbr.
FYI
24A
Channel that mostly airs reruns of cop shows
Ion
25A
Instant coffee brand made by Starbucks
Via
27A
Smooth-talking, in an insincere way
Glib
31A
Musician/songwriter from Fun who collaborated on 14-Across: 2 wds.
Jack Antonoff
34A
“I have absolutely no ___” (“Beats me”)
Idea
35A
Corporate bigwig: Abbr.
CEO
36A
Big lummox
Oaf
37A
“Eh, I’ll pass”
Nah
39A
Grates, as a lemon
Zests
41A
Harden of the Houston Rockets
James
44A
___ Air (upscale section of Los Angeles)
Bel
45A
___ Schirmer (attorney on “Billions”)
Ira
46A
14-Across’s lead single, which also debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts
Cardigan
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Plural of “la,” in Paris
Les
52A
___-Wan Kenobi
Obi
53A
Actor Diggs who guest-starred throughout the first season of “Muppets Now”
Taye
54A
___ Vegas Strip
Las
55A
___ at your heartstrings (elicit sympathy)
Tug
56A
Gazed at
Eyed
1D
Sound that’s like “woof” and “ruff”
Arf
2D
Ghost in Super Mario World
Boo
3D
Needing medicine and bed rest, perhaps
Ill
4D
Japan’s biggest city
Tokyo
5D
Any object used in a play
Prop
6D
Boating implement that was used as a murder weapon in “The Talented Mr. Ripley”
Oar
7D
___-weeny
Teeny
8D
Land-based military force
Army
9D
“Cowardly” creature in “The Wizard of Oz”
Lion
10D
Long story about grand adventures
Epic
15D
Early stage of an insect’s life cycle
Larva
19D
Communicate silently with your hands
Sign
20D
Competitor of Aquafina and Evian
Fiji
21D
Fill up, as a truck or a baked potato
Load
22D
A little more frequently than “never”
Once
23D
Inevitable future
Fate
26D
Small distance unit on a ruler
Inch
28D
London bathrooms
Loos
29D
“___ first you don’t succeed …”: 2 wds.
If At
30D
Bosom buddies, in texts
Bffs
32D
“Citizen ___” (Orson Welles movie)
Kane
33D
Moved very slowly, like molasses
Oozed
38D
Wide necktie
Ascot
40D
Ruling ___ (privileged people who make the laws)
Elite
41D
Joe Biden’s wife
Jill
42D
Location
Area
43D
The “m” in “E = mc²”
Mass
44D
Lockup on a ship
Brig
47D
___ Dhabi (United Arab Emirates’ capital)
Abu
48
Like Neil Patrick Harris and Ben Platt
Gay
49
Affirmative vote
Aye
50
“Earth to ___” (Disney series starring Paul Rugg)
Ned