11/21/19
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Jewish religious leader
Rabbi
6A
Longtime forensic drama set in Las Vegas
CSI
9A
May ___ the honors?: 2 wds.
I Do
12A
Disney princess who sings Part of Your World
Ariel
13A
Hairy Asian ox
Yak
14A
Agree nonverbally
Nod
15A
Streaming service whose name is also an adjective describing the motion of the ocean
Tidal
16A
___ are the meek …
Blessed
18A
Singer whose 2009 album Here We Go Again hit #1 when she was 16: 2 wds.
Demi Lovato
20A
Type of drum often found in a drumline
Snare
21A
Ambulance crew member: Abbr.
EMT
23A
URL ending for a nonprofit group
Org
26A
Usher’s ninth #1 hit in the United States
OMG
27A
Fruit of the Loom competitor
Hanes
29A
With 31-Across singer whose 2019 album When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? hit #1 when she was 17
Billie
31A
See 29-Across
Eilish
32A
Notions
Ideas
33A
Special ___ (spy activities)
Ops
34A
Light brown wood traditionally used in baseball bats
Ash
35A
Took a load off
Sat
36A
Be real
Exist
38A
Singer whose 2008 album Breakout hit #1 when she was 15: 2 wds.
Miley Cyrus
42A
Signing up for as a club
Joining
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
44A
Observes Yom Kippur or Ramadan by not eating
Fasts
46A
TV dancing judge Carrie ___ Inaba
Ann
47A
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a ___
Pie
48A
Best-case
Ideal
49A
Bother incessantly
Nag
50A
One of 100 members of Congress: Abbr.
Sen
51A
First name of Monty Python members Gilliam and Jones
Terry
1A
Rodent in the Chinese zodiac
Rat
2D
Dry as dust
Arid
3D
___ your time (wait for the right moment)
Bide
4D
Grins from ear to ear
Beams
5D
Where Chicago is
Illinois
6D
Human/robot hybrid
Cyborg
7D
Balm
Salve
8D
Furniture chain that also sells Swedish meatballs
Ikea
9D
Inability to sleep
Insomnia
10D
John ___ (anonymous man)
Doe
11D
Like the Adele album titles 19 21 and 25
Odd
17D
Shoplift
Steal
19D
Gold ___ (metallic cloth)
Lame
22D
Julia’s role in Ocean’s Eleven
Tess
23D
___-Wan Kenobi
Obi
24D
Clears (of)
Rids
25D
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last ___ …
Gleaming
27D
Temper tantrum: 2 wds.
Hissy Fit
28D
Sound that means Quiet down!
Shh
30D
Language of Ovid and Virgil
Latin
31D
Huge like a big-budget film
Epic
33D
Gas that is produced by plants during photosynthesis
Oxygen
36D
___ Meenie (2010 Sean Kingston/Justin Bieber song)
Eenie
37D
Exchange
Trade
39D
Read my ___ …
Lips
40D
Person who downloads software
User
41D
Part of a constellation
Star
42D
Onetime Saturday Night Live performer Hooks who died in 2014
Jan
43D
Going out ___ limb: 2 wds.
On A
45D
Clever as a fox
Sly