9/24/23
Top 40 Thursday
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1A
Guy pal
Bro
4A
It doesn’t mix with water
Oil
7A
The Mamas and the ___ (Cass Elliot’s band)
Papas
12A
Person of high school age
Teen
13A
Casual day in some offices: Abbr.
Fri
14A
Pong’s video game console
Atari
15A
Umpire’s call for a player who isn’t out
Safe
16A
Top Gun: Maverick actor Cruise
Tom
17A
Tiresome people
Bores
18A
Actress whose character in 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall dumped Jason Segel’s character: 2 wds.
Kristen Bell
21A
TV channel with the slogan Positively Entertaining
Ion
22A
Loudness knob on a stereo
Volume
26A
Drive too fast
Speed
29A
Stunned state
Awe
31A
Store that sells backpacks and hiking boots
Rei
32A
Actress whose character on CBS’s How I Met Your Mother was married to Jason Segel’s character: 2 wds.
Alyson Hannigan
36A
Golly!
Gee
37A
Rowing paddle
Oar
38A
Signs of the future
Omens
39A
Less difficult
Easier
42A
Constricting snake
Boa
43A
Actress whose character in 2014’s Sex Tape was married to Jason Segel’s character: 2 wds.
Cameron Diaz
49A
Gradually become more narrow
Taper
52A
Rip ___ Winkle
Van
53A
Suffix for persist or exist
Ence
54A
Gradually become less narrow
Widen
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Mike and ___ (candy brand)
Ike
56A
Fashion ___ (celebrity that people want to dress like)
Icon
57A
Compile over time
Amass
58A
Primus lead singer Claypool
Les
59A
Source of inexpensive water
Tap
1D
___ with me (Please be patient)
Bear
2D
Mortgage adjustment for short
Refi
3D
Toddlers’ single-piece bodysuits
Onesies
4D
Every so ___ (once in a while)
Often
5D
Strike while the ___ is hot
Iron
6D
Branch of a tree
Limb
7D
Halo star Schreiber
Pablo
8D
Coral island
Atoll
9D
Target score on a mini-golf hole
Par
10D
Roses ___ red …
Are
11D
What Venus Williams might call Serena Williams
Sis
12D
Shame on you! noise
Tsk
19D
Heading on a list of tasks: Hyph.
Todo
20D
Like 2 4 and 6 but not 1 3 or 5
Even
23D
Craving
Urge
24D
Nasty
Mean
25D
One in German
Eins
26D
Herb that’s sometimes burned to cleanse a house
Sage
27D
Guilty for one
Plea
28D
Vision organs
Eyes
29D
Oh so that’s it!
Aha
30D
Major conflict
War
33D
George Wendt’s character on Cheers
Norm
34D
Lunchtime typically
Noon
35D
What someone who climbs all the way up a mountain might say: 3 wds.
I Made It
40D
Slurpee alternatives
Icees
41D
Makes as a salary
Earns
42D
2005-2017 series that starred Emily Deschanel
Bones
44D
Like black magic
Evil
45D
Tool for making a leaf pile
Rake
46D
Former resident of the Andes
Inca
47D
Rent-___ (private security guard): Hyph.
A Cop
48D
Meditative sect
Zen
49D
It was a rival of Pan Am: Abbr.
Twa
50D
We ___ to please!
Aim
51D
Activity that might provoke someone to say Get a room!: Abbr.
PDA