10/26/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Breaking ___ (show that starred Bryan Cranston)
Bad
4A
Comedian Margaret who played a school counselor on Disney Channel’s Prom Pact
Cho
7A
Appropriately named young teacup in Beauty and the Beast
Chip
11A
Regret very much
Rue
12A
Lard ___ Donuts (bakery on The Simpsons)
Lad
13A
George W. Bush advisor Karl
Rove
14A
Birth certificates for example: Abbr.
Ids
15A
Woman nicknamed Mother by John Lennon
Ono
16A
___-heart surgery
Open
17A
It’s Your Love singer whose songs have spent 73 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country chart: 2 wds.
Tim McGraw
20A
Mighty tree that was sacred to Zeus
Oak
21A
Honeycomb components
Cells
25A
Console for Super Mario Galaxy
Wii
26A
Sooty debris
Ash
28A
Need to take a sick day
Ail
29A
The Good Stuff singer whose songs have spent 72 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country chart: 2 wds.
Kenny Chesney
32A
Livid emotion
Ire
33A
Cheer for a flamenco dancer
Ole
34A
Do a basic computation
Add
35A
Disorganized like an office desk
Messy
37A
It’s ___ good (No worries)
All
38A
Red Solo Cup singer whose songs have spent 53 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country chart: 2 wds.
Toby Keith
43A
Gem that’s commonly mined in Myanmar
Jade
46A
Let’s put ___ heads together
Our
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47A
The Matrix character who takes the red pill
Neo
48A
Most difficult region to conquer in the board game Risk
Asia
49A
Mop & ___ (floor cleaner brand)
Glo
50A
Rock genre known for dark heavy makeup
Emo
51A
Place where you might go to take out a loan
Bank
52A
Title once held by Obama and Biden: Abbr.
Sen
53A
Letters before 30 or 40 on some lip balms
Spf
1D
Fox News commentator Hume
Brit
2D
Carmaker whose models include the A7 and R8
Audi
3D
Capital of Iowa: 2 wds.
Desmoines
4D
Word that can follow biological or cuckoo
Clock
5D
___ glider (device for soaring through the air)
Hang
6D
What an air freshener can conceal
Odor
7D
The Pope’s Exorcist star Russell
Crowe
8D
___ to it! (Hurry up!)
Hop
9D
Here’s something ___ always wondered …
Ive
10D
Writing implement that might have a removable cap
Pen
18D
Primary
Main
19D
What your feet might do after a marathon
Ache
22D
House connections that have been largely replaced by cell phones
Landlines
23D
___ under oath (committed perjury)
Lied
24D
Furtive and calculating
Sly
25D
Mistakes ___ made
Were
26D
Knee part that’s injury-prone: Abbr.
Acl
27D
___ Used to Be Mine (Sara Bareilles song)
She
29D
Loot actor Joel ___ Booster
Kim
30D
Round toy on a string: Hyph.
Yoyo
31D
FOR ___ (sign in front of a house that’s on the market)
Sale
36D
Porterhouse for one
Steak
37D
It’s nicknamed Rubber City
Akron
39D
Swampy areas
Bogs
40D
Christmastime
Yule
41D
Short-term office worker
Temp
42D
Reindeer’s foot
Hoof
43D
Slang term for a vaccination
Jab
44D
Cute ___ button: 2 wds.
As A
45D
Loud hubbub
Din