11/7/24
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Private airccraft for the super-rich
Jet
4A
Spurt forth, like a geyser
Gush
8A
What a plate is carried on, in a cafeteria
Tray
12A
Brouhaha
Ado
13A
It makes sense now: 2 wds.
I See
14A
Circile of light over a saint
Halo
15A
Sharp humor
Wit
16A
I remember everything singer who won the Billboard Music Award for Top New Artist in 2023: 2 wds.
Zach Bryan
18A
Vapor produced during ironing
Steam
20A
L, on a scorecard
Loss
21A
Matrimonial promise
Vow
23A
React to a standing ovation
Bow
24A
Star Wars knight
Jedi
27A
Medal of Honor recipient, for example
Hero
29A
Relatives
Kin
32A
Bad Idea Right singer who won the Billboard Music Award for Top New Artist in 2022: 2 wds.
Olivia Rodrigo
35A
It’s on the ___ of my tongue …
Tip
36A
College Football Playoff organization: Abbr.
NCAA
37A
Skunk’s problem
Odor
38A
Ox that thrives in high altitudes
Yak
39A
Movie format that replaced VHS: Abbr.
DVD
41A
Raisin Nut ____ (breakfast cereal)
Bran
43A
Trash can resident on Sesame Street
Oscar
47A
Lucid Dreams singer who won the Billboard Music Award for Top New Artist in 2019: 2 wds.
Juice Wrld
51A
Endless Fashion rapper Lil ____ Vert
Uzi
52A
Either half of the McDonald’s logo
Arch
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Board game about global conquest
Rish
54A
Actor Livingtson of the 2023 movie The Flash
Ron
55A
Fox political anchor Baier
Bret
56A
Mentor for Luke Skywalker
Yoda
57A
Large piece of firewood
Log
1D
1975 movie whose title character was played by a mechanical shark named Bruce
Jaws
2D
Tighten up a paragraph, for example
Edit
3D
Large canvas bag
Tote
4D
Doohickey
Gizmo
5D
Country that’s the world’s top crude oil producer: Abbr.
USA
6D
Hold on just a ____!
Sec
7D
Sound of a half-hearted chuckle
Heh
8D
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t ___ stones
Throw
9D
Sunbeams
Rays
10D
Oh, so sad
Alas
11D
Hither and ___ (every which way)
Yon
17D
Fluid containing hemoglobin
Blood
19D
Israel’s Tel ____ University
Aviv
22D
Hit hard with a paddle
Whack
23D
Wide
Broad
24D
____ down (make a note of)
Jot
25D
Cotton gin inventor Whitney
Eli
26D
Chips and ____ (party snack)
Dip
28D
The Cenozoic is the current one
Era
29D
Child
Kid
30D
Need ____ on?: 2 wds.
I Go
31D
Word that often appears two words after neither
Nor
33D
Ludicrous
Inane
34D
Fishing poles
Rods
38D
Billionaire’s boat
Yacht
40D
Clear-colored liquor
Vodka
41D
Aaron who was Thomas Jefferson’s first vice president
Burr
42D
Grain called arroz in Spanish
Rice
44D
Forearm exercise using a dumbbell
Curl
45D
We Bought ____ (Scarlett Johansson movie): 2 wds.
Azoo
46D
Symbol of an engagement
Ring
47D
Poke with an elbow
Jab
48D
Dryly humorous
Wry
49D
Las Vegas hotel that includes Ipanema Tower
Rio
50D
Hallucination-inducing drug: Abbr.
LSD