11/28/24
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Stuff used to attract fish
Bait
5A
Pupply’s little bark
Yip
8A
Turn like a pinwheel
Spin
12A
Cornfield area unit
Acre
13A
All bets ___ off
Are
14A
Woodstock folk singer Guthrie
Arlo
15A
2024 Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar #1 song rumored to diss Drake and J. Cole: 2 wds.
Like That
17A
Leave standing at the altar
Jilt
18A
Photo ___ (cards shown to bartenders): Abbr.
Ids
19A
Affectionate term similar to sweetie or babe
Hon
20A
Foxy Brown means earth
Pam
21A
Prefix that means earth
Geo
22A
Manage despite limited resources: 2 wds.
Make Do
25A
League for the Indiana Fever: Abbr.
WNBA
28A
Street paving material
Tar
29A
Took off sprinting
Ran
30A
2005 Gwen Stefani #1 song rumored to diss Courtney Love: 2 wds.
Hollaback Girl
34A
I kid ___ not!
You
35A
Woman’s short hairstyle
Bob
36A
Follow orders
Obey
37A
Represented misleadingly, as statistics
Skewed
39A
Sculptor’s creation
Art
41A
Speedy airplane
Jet
42A
Don’t mind if ___: 2 wds.
I Do
43A
Prnoun often paired with her
She
46A
Milky gemstone
Opal
48A
2015 Taylor Swift #1 song rumored to diss Katy Perry: 2 wds.
Bad Blood
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Locksmith’s products
Keys
51A
Become more mature
Age
52A
Australian supermodel Macpherson
Elle
53A
Diagonal strip worn by a bride-to-be at a bachelorette party
Sash
54A
Silently indicate agreement
Nod
55A
Numerical suffix with four, six, seven, and nine
Teen
1D
Resort island near Java
Bali
2D
Harsh, corrosive liquid
Acid
3D
Greatly annoys
Irks
4D
Shirt that might be tie-dyed
Tee
5D
Web company with an exclamation point in its name
Yahoo
6D
Middle Eastern country with a Supreme Leader
Iran
7D
Dog that might have its own door
Pet
8D
Pat who hosted Wheel of Fortune for over 40 years
Sajak
9D
Beef cut at a fancy banquet: 2 wds.
Prime Rib
10D
Feeling crummy
Ill
11D
_____-for-profit corporation
Not
16D
Word that begins many titles
The
20D
Uran green space
Park
21D
Hoedown woman
Gal
22D
Fleetwood ____
Mac
23D
Take a risk
Dare
24D
For Your Eyes ____ (1980s Bond movie)
Only
25D
___ and wherefores
Whys
26D
Cozy breakfast area
Nook
27D
Toronto baseball team: 2 wds.
Blue Jays
28D
Bill at a bar
Tab
31D
Disable a security camera, for example
Abet
32D
Anatomy, for short
Bod
33D
Acquired
Got
38D
From Cardiff or Swansea, say
Welsh
39D
Tallied up
Added
40D
The Princess Bride director Reiner
Rob
42D
Othelio villain
Iago
43D
Loafer’s bottom
Sole
44D
One of three in most bowling balls
Hole
45D
I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara
Eden
46D
Authorizes
Oks
47D
The Princess and the ___ (fairy tale)
Pea
48D
Pass a law against
Ban
49D
Permit
Let