10/2/20
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Sticky stuff that’s used to make maple syrup
Sap
4A
Arena for New York’s Knicks and Rangers: Abbr.
MSG
7A
Injection of a vaccine
Shot
11A
“Now I understand!”
Aha
12A
Earth-related prefix
Eco
13A
Like food ordered for curbside pickup: 2 wds.
Togo
14A
Hot breakfast dish often sweetened with brown sugar
Oat Meal
16A
Vatican City currency
Euro
17A
Packers/Jets/Vikings player who started 297 consecutive games, a record among all quarterbacks: 2 wds.
Brett Favre
19A
“___ just what I’ve been looking for!”
Its
20A
Signal to an actor
Cue
21A
Long-ago Peruvian
Inca
23A
Unhappy
Sad
24A
Female counterpart of “bro”
Sis
27A
Chargers/Colts player who’s started 224 consecutive games, second among all quarterbacks: 2 wds.
Philip Rivers
30A
State whose capital is Montgomery: Abbr.
Ala
31A
Inked skin design, for short
Tat
32A
Last word of the New Testament
Amen
33A
___ and haw (be indecisive)
Hem
34A
___ Baba
Ali
35A
Giants player who started 210 consecutive games, third among all quarterbacks: 2 wds.
Eli Manning
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
39A
“Chopped” appliance
Oven
40A
Disappointment
Let Down
42A
Bird’s flapper
Wing
43A
Surgery sites: Abbr.
Ors
44A
July/August zodiac sign
Leo
45A
“… or ___!” (end of an ultimatum)
Else
46A
Thing on a kid’s Christmas list, often
Toy
47A
Suffix for “exist” or “insist”
Ent
1A
___ Paulo (largest city in Brazil)
Sao
2D
Captain obsessed with Moby Dick
Ahab
3D
Actress Heaton of “The Middle”
Patricia
4D
Bumps into
Meets
5D
“Buzz off!”
Scat
6D
Vehicle driven around 18 holes: 2 wds.
Golf Cart
7D
“Family Feud” host ___ Harvey
Steve
8D
Length of most TV drama episodes
Hour
9D
Fairy tale brute
Ogre
10D
Also
Too
15D
Heavy ___ (genre for Iron Maiden and Megadeth)
Metal
18D
A8 carmaker
Audi
21D
Hoppy order at a bar: Abbr.
Ipa
22D
Pro sports group that plays on ice: Abbr.
NHL
23D
Musical adapted from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
Spam A lot
24D
Florida State athlete
Seminole
25D
Severe anger
Ire
26D
Personal ID that’s nine digits long: Abbr.
SSN
28D
Big-ticket ___ (expensive purchase)
Item
29D
Unexpired, as a license
Valid
33D
Door-to-frame hardware
Hinge
34D
Unable to sit still
Antsy
35D
Villain’s work
Evil
36D
See-through part of a telescope
Lens
37D
Literary detective Wolfe
Nero
38D
“Hollaback Girl” singer Stefani
Gwen
39D
Have outstanding debts
Owe
41D
“I kid you ___!”
Not