8/17/16
Wayback Wednesday
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1C
___ of life (emergency ersponder’s cutting tool)
Jaws
5C
Network with “The Goldbergs” and “Uncle Buck”
ABC
8C
Drop slightly
Dip
11C
“___ first you don’t succeed, try, try again”: 2 wds.
If At
12C
Oscar-winning actress Melissa ____
Leo
13C
Singer with the 2015 hit “Cheerleader”
Omi
14C
Flat-topped hills in the southwestern US
Mesas
16C
___ Paulo, Brazil
Sao
17C
30-minute rest, perhaps
Nap
18C
1987 #2 hit for 32-Across: 4 wds.
I Want Your Sex
21C
Kick the bucket
Die
22C
___ forth (begin a journey)
Set
23C
Breakfast hours: Abbr.
AMs
26C
Give off, like light
Emit
29C
“With this ring I ___ wed”
Thee
32C
Lead singer of Wham! Who had the 1988 solo hit “Faith”: 2 wds.
George Michael
35C
World’s fair, for short
Expo
36C
California wine valley
Napa
37C
Boxing match result, often: Abbr.
TKO
38C
Use oars to move a boat
Row
40C
___ trial basis: 2 wds.
On A
42C
1988 #1 hit for 32-Across: 2 wds.
Father Figure
48C
Prefix for “stop” or “fiction”
Non
49C
Guitar, to a rocker
Axe
50C
Exhausted
Tired
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51C
Sound from a displeased audience member
Boo
52C
“___ Gloss” (2007 song by Lil Mama)
Lip
53C
Like a yello banana or a black olive
Ripe
54C
Disease for which the Ice Bucket Challenge raised money: Abbr.
ALS
55C
Visitors from Venus, maybe: Abbr.
ETs
56C
Rock band Kings of ____
Leon
1D
Woodstock guitarist Hendrix
Jimi
2D
“___ Good Men” (Demi Moore movie): 2 wds.
A Few
3D
“Papa ___ Rollin’ Stone” (Temptations song): 2 wds.
Was A
4D
Get to your feet
Stand
5D
As well
Also
6D
Actor Bridges whose first name can mean “boyfriend”
Beau
7D
___ Light (beer whose can is nicknamed “the Silver Bullet”)
Coors
8D
“Been there, ___”: 2 wds.
Done That
9D
Huge-screen film format
IMAX
10D
One of Gladys Knight’s backup singers
Pip
15D
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” author Larsson
Stieg
19D
Mideast country whose capital is Sana’a
Yemen
20D
Actor Green of the Austin Powers movies
Seth
23D
Get older
Age
24D
Tex-___ (southwestern food style)
Mex
25D
High-voiced singers
Sopranos
27D
“___ Yankee Doodle dandy …”: 2 wds.
Im A
28D
Just the ___ the iceberg: 2 wds.
Tip Of
30D
Cry of fear, in the comics
Eek
31D
Band with the 1979 hit “Don’t Bring Me Down,” for short
Elo
33D
Part of a tooth below the gumline
Root
34D
“Shut up!”: 2 wds.
Can It
39D
Massive marine mammal
Whale
41D
“I Kissed ____” (Katy Perry song): 2 wds.
A Girl
42D
Mislead
Fool
43D
Highway off-ramp
Exit
44D
Weightlifters’ units
Reps
45D
“Ugly Betty” actor Michael
Urie
46D
Takeback of an automobile, for short
Repo
47D
Where Adam ate the apple
Eden
48D
Group for the Bulls and the Bucks: Abbr.
NBA