9/3/20
Top 40 Thursday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
School course involving numbers
Math
5A
Beverage such as oolong or pekoe
Tea
8A
___ Kids (“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” network)
PBS
11A
Acetylsalicylic ___ (scientific name for aspirin)
Acid
12A
“Well, ___ be a monkey’s uncle!”
Ill
13A
Acorn-bearing tree
Oak
14A
Shelters that often contain sleeping bags
Tents
16A
Ready to go
Set
17A
Hogs’ pen
Sty
18A
“Sicko Mode” rapper featured on Post Malone’s 2019 hit “Take What You Want”: 2 wds.
Travis Scott
21A
An aardvark has a long one
Snout
22A
Did an imitation of
Aped
25A
Glide down an Aspen mountain
Ski
28A
Log choppers
Axes
29A
Letters symbolizing hugs and kisses
Xoxo
30A
With 32-Across, “Anaconda” rapper featured on Post Malone’s 2018 hit “Ball for Me”
Nicki
32A
See 30-Across
Minaj
33A
“I just thought of a crazy ___ …”
Idea
34A
Spicy beverage at Starbucks
Chai
37A
Sulky music genre
Emo
38A
“Hey, over here!”
Psst
39A
“Making the Cut” host Klum
Heidi
41A
“Paranoid” rapper featured on Post Malone’s 2018 hit “Psycho”: 3 wds.
Ty Dollasign
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
“My dude!”
Bro
48A
Letters on a gravestone
Rip
49A
American ___ (US territory in the Pacific)
Samoa
50A
___-splitting (quite loud)
Ear
51A
Card with an A in the corner
Ace
52A
Fictional captain hunting a white whale
Ahab
53A
Fitness center
Gym
54A
Mattress’s location
Bed
55D
Portable places to sleep
Cots
1D
“The Simpsons” creator Groening
Matt
2D
Manufacturer of Aspire computers
Acer
3D
Turner who sang “Private Dancer”
Tina
4D
Vizio appliances with crisp resolution: Abbr.
HDTVs
5D
A person might sneeze into one
Tissue
6D
Puts into office
Elects
7D
Woman with a lower voice than a soprano
Alto
8D
Reschedule for a later date
Postpone
9D
Vampire’s animal form
Bat
10D
Out of a clear blue ___
Sky
15D
“The Ten Commandments” mountain
Sinai
19D
Boston Red ___
Sox
20D
Yellow vehicle seen in cities
Taxi
23D
Semester-ending test
Exam
24D
Martial arts school
Dojo
25D
Cutting sound
Snip
26D
Youngsters
Kids
27D
Weather event with freezing rain: 2 wds.
Ice Storm
31D
Pop diva Perry
Katy
32D
Legendary king known for his “golden touch”
Midas
34D
Option
Choice
35D
Provided assistance to
Helped
36D
Feel under the weather
Ail
40D
“Foundation” author Asimov
Isaac
42D
Drearily dull
Drab
43D
“The way I see it,” on Twitter
IMHO
44D
Meat used in some Indian curries
Goat
45D
Arrests
Nabs
46D
Panhandle
Beg
47D
Former Showtime series “___ Donovan”
Ray