9/5/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/5/18
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Brainchild
Idea

5A
Captain created by Herman Melville
Ahab

9A
Mammal that hangs in a cave
Bat

12A
___ and void (not valid)
Null

13A
Epic tale
Saga

14A
One in Italian
Uno

15A
The Odd Couple playwright who had five of his Broadway comedies directed by Mike Nichols: 2 wds.
Neil Simon

17A
Channel that’s often on airport TVs
CNN

18A
Clumsy people
Oafs

19A
Humorous remarks
Jokes

21A
Like gum or caramel
Chewy

24A
The Many Adventures of Winnie the ___ (Disney movie)
Pooh

25A
Commodity controlled by OPEC
Oil

26A
Scram!
Shoo

29A
Anti-leather group: Abbr.
Peta

32A
Car rental rival of Hertz
Avis

34A
ISP owned by Verizon
AOL

35A
Precipitation in a blizzard
Snow

36A
Drip from a water pipe
Leak

37A
Singer who announced an upcoming album of ABBA covers
Cher

39A
Road with a number: Abbr.
RTE

40A
Punt
Kick

42A
Spinning toys on strings: Hyph.
Yoyos

44A
Burst of lightning
Flash

46A
Sound of suffering
Moan

48A
Lemon played by Tina Fey on 30 Rock
Liz

49A
Mike Nichols’s improv comedy partner in the 1950s: 2 wds.
Elaine May

54A
Onetime Oscar nominee Thurman
Uma

55A
Rachel’s boyfriend on Glee
Finn

56A
Office assistant
Aide

57A
Criminalize
Ban

58D
Try to find
Seek

59D
Girl in Glasgow
Lass

1D
Ramada ___ (hotel chain)
Inn

2D
Expected to arrive
Due

3D
Quarterback Manning
Eli

4D
Give the go-ahead
Allow

5D
Dream on!: 2 wds.
AS If

6D
Actors who aren’t subtle at all
Hams

7D
In years past
Ago

8D
Stringed instrument used in bluegrass
Banjo

9D
Frequent early-years SNL host who cowrote the screenplay of Mike Nichols’s film The Graduate: 2 wds.
Buck Henry

10D
Breathing Lessons novelist Tyler
Anne

11D
2 000-pound measures
Tons

16D
Utters
Says

20D
I’m such a klutz!
Oops

21D
Fuel for old furnaces
Coal

22D
Where a queen bee and her drones live
Hive

23D
On the Waterfront director who was a role model and mentor for Mike Nichols: 2 wds.
Elia Kazan

24D
Word that can go after totem or fishing
Pole

27D
Break into as a computer system
Hack

28D
___ and aah
Ooh

30D
Canine visitor to Oz
Toto

31D
Inspires reverence
Awes

33D
Competes in a slalom race
Skis

38D
Gosling of La La Land
Ryan

41D
Cooking show contestants
Chefs

43D
Last name of father-and-daughter actor Ryan and actress Tatum
Oneal

44D
Get wrong as an actor’s lines
Flub

45D
Peru’s capital
Lima

46D
Hair around a lion’s face
Mane

47D
Sound from a pigpen
Oink

50D
Position of a golf ball
Lie

51D
Retired soccer star Hamm
Mia

52D
Commercial interruptions
Ads

53D
Permission granted
Yes