9/15/22
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Place to purchase a pint
Pub
4A
Best Picture winner directed by Ben Affleck
Argo
8A
Food in a pigpen’s trough
Slop
12A
Just as I suspected!
Oho
13A
Shingled part of a house
Roof
14A
Take a vow
Swear
15A
Sanford and ___ (1970s sitcom)
Son
16A
Cow that’s not fully grown
Calf
17A
Hamburger shape
Patty
18A
Top Swedish rock band with the 1997 hit Lovefool: 2 wds.
The Cardigans
21A
Commercials
Ads
22A
Metallic soda container
Can
23A
Salon’s hair coloring
Dye
26A
Barnes & ___ (bookstore chain)
Noble
29A
Nintendo game system with motion-sensing controllers
Wii
30A
Parka for one
Coat
31A
Top American rapper with the 2013 hit album Doris: 2 wds.
Earl Sweatshirt
34A
401(k) alternatives: Abbr.
Iras
35A
___ at ease (uncomfortable)
Ill
36A
Health insurance company whose name starts with two vowels
Aetna
37A
1960s psychedelic drug: Abbr.
LSD
38A
Organization for the Bills and Bengals: Abbr.
NFL
39A
Flat screen purchases
TVs
40A
Top American pop-punk band with the 2007 hit Hey There Delilah: 3 wds.
Plain Whitets
46A
False name
Alias
48A
Merit
Earn
49A
Sister Sledge’s We ___ Family
Are
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
___ black (totally dark)
Pitch
51A
Make out in England
Snog
52A
Singer who performed a fake Lorde song on South Park
Sia
53A
Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg
Pete
54A
Puts in stitches
Sews
55A
Young child in day care
Tot
1D
Washington ___ (newspaper in DC)
Post
2D
I’ve got a bad feeling about this …: Hyph.
Uhoh
3D
What a dog might bury
Bone
4D
Places to play Pac-Man in the 1980s
Arcades
5D
Lions’ sounds
Roars
6D
Olympic athlete’s quest
Gold
7D
Make it ___ (get legally married)
Official
8D
Graceful waterbird
Swan
9D
Sounds like a plan!: 3 wds.
Lets Do It
10D
Grain that’s used in Aveeno moisturizing lotion
Oat
11D
I couldn’t ___ it out of him (He wouldn’t talk)
Pry
14D
Measure of a condor’s outstretched wings
Span
19D
Uses the telephone
Calls
20D
Horse’s pace such as trot or gallop
Gait
24D
Knitter’s material
Yarn
25D
___ Candy (Steve Trevor’s assistant in Wonder Woman)
Etta
26D
Singer Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys
Neil
27D
Rowing implements
Oars
28D
Bullet Train star: 2 wds.
Brad Pitt
29D
Health
Wellness
30D
Where the pectoral muscles are
Chest
32D
A hotel might give its guests the password for it: Hyph.
Wifi
33D
___ and loan
Savings
38D
Reno 911! actress Niecy
Nash
39D
Lose on purpose
Throw
41D
Material that doilies are made from
Lace
42D
Diminish like the visible part of the moon
Wane
43D
Opposite of west
East
44D
Group of three
Trio
45D
Ringside ___ (great place from which to see the action)
Seat
46D
Grubhub or DoorDash for example
App
47D
Say something dishonest
Lie