10/19/17
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
It might include an appetizer, entree, and dessert
Meal
5A
Make, as a pot of coffee
Brew
9A
“Get your ___ together!”
Act
12A
Tracy’s mother, in the musical “Hairspray”
Edna
13A
Slide ____ (old-timey mathematical device)
Rule
14A
It holds up a golf ball
Tee
15A
Singer who hit #1 in 2017 with the Spanish / English-language “Despacito”: 2 wds.
Luis Fonsi
17A
Income ___ (square on a Monopoly board)
Tax
18A
British singer of “Paper Planes”
Mia
19A
The ___ Formerly Known as Prince (how Prince was once known)
Artist
21A
Singer who hit #1 in 2006 with the Spanish / English-language “Hips Don’t Lie”
Shakira
25A
Chops into small cubes
Dices
26A
ISP with a “You’ve got mail!” alert
AOL
27A
Have confidence in: 2 wds.
Rely On
29A
Unit of currency in Argentina and Chile
Peso
31A
Point at a target
Aim
32A
Blue-green color
Aqua
36A
Empty a suitcase
Unpack
39A
Online address: Abbr.
URL
40A
Group for very smart people
Mensa
43A
Group that hit #1 in 2000 with the Spanish / English-language “Maria Maria”
Santana
45A
“The Best ___ Marigold Hotel” (2011 movie)
Exotic
47A
Body part with a lobe and a canal
Ear
48A
Insult, in slang
Dis
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Duo that hit #1 in 1996 with the Spanish / English-language “Macarena”: 3 wds.
Los Del Rio
54A
Ginger ___ (Vernors beverage)
Ale
55A
Jazz legend Fitzgerald
Ella
56A
LPGA golfer Cristie ___
Kerr
57A
” _____ Miz” (Broadway musical, familiarly)
Les
58A
“Dog ____ Are Over” (Florence and the Machine song)
Days
59A
By-product from a steel mill
Slag
1″D
America’s Got Talent” judge __B
Mel
2D
Ending for a campus website’s address
Edu
3D
Beasts
Animals
4D
Surgical procedure that makes glasses unnecessary
Lasik
5D
Term of endearment similar to “dude” or “man”
Bro
6D
Participate in a 10K, perhaps
Run
7D
Disney ice queen who brings the snowman Olaf to life
Elsa
8D
Really unusual person
Weirdo
9D
Story of a house just below the roof
Attic
10D
___ and desist (type of court order)
Cease
11D
iPhone messages
Texts
16D
Festival that might be sponsored by a county or a state
Fair
20D
“Gilligan’s Island” actress ___ Louise
Tina
21D
Maple tree product that’s boiled to make syrup
Sap
22D
Garden tool that loosens soil
Hoe
23D
Bring in, as crops
Reap
24D
Fake name assumed by a spy
Alias
28D
1978 Village People hit with a distinctive dance
YMCA
30D
Forcibly remove from office
Oust
33D
Have an argument
Quarrel
34D
Container in a funeral parlor
Urn
35D
____ mode (with ice cream): 2 wds.
Ala
37D
Attached using a hammer
Nailed
38D
Joint that bends during squats
Knee
40D
Prize for an Olympian
Medal
41D
Banish from one’s home country
Exile
42D
Schnozzes
Noses
44D
Participates in a conversation
Talks
46D
Pepsi-____
Cola
50D
Conniving
Sly
51D
Lawyers who prosecute: Abbr.
Das
52D
Roth ___ (long-term savings plan): Abbr.
IRA
53D
Association: Abbr.
Org