8/14/19
Wayback Wednesday
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
Third-largest country in Asia, after Russia and China
India
6A
Clumsily touch, like a dog would: 2 wds.
Paw At
11A
Middays
Noons
12A
Ridiculous
Inane
13A
Legendary guitarist who performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds.
Jimi Hendrix
15A
“Chicago ___” (show starring Yaya DaCosta)
Med
16A
Chinese restaurant beverage
Tea
17A
___ Zedong (former Chinese ruler)
Mao
19A
“That’s clear to me now”: 2 wds.
I See
21A
One-time backup for Bob Dylan that performed “Chest Fever” at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds.
The Band
25A
Look impolitely
Stare
27A
End of an ultimatum: 2 wds.
Or Else
28A
Space aliens: Abbr.
Ets
30A
Looney Tunes “devil” with a huge appetite, for short
Taz
31A
Forces out, like discs from a DVD player
Ejects
34A
Ginger ales and colas, for example
Sodas
38A
Mexican-American rock group that performed “Evil Ways” at Woodstock 50 years ago
Santana
40A
Point guard Curry who has rejoined the Dallas Mavericks
Seth
41A
Goof up
Err
42A
Female fawn
Doe
45A
“The Raven” writer Edgar Allan ___
Poe
46A
Rock/blues singer who performed “To Love Somebody” at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds.
Janis Joplin
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Striped variety of quartz
Agate
52A
“I’m going to give you a ___ of my mind!”
Piece
53A
Fashion designer Oscar de la ___
Renta
54A
Runs away, like a kitten
Scats
1A
Jokingly: 2 wds.
In jest
2A
“I’m clueless!”: 2 wds.
No Idea
3A
___ Pérignon (brand of champagne)
Dom
4A
“What’s ___ for me?”: 2 wds.
In It
5A
1968 US Open champion Arthur
Ashe
6D
Code that’s put into an ATM: Abbr.
Pin
7D
Fair ___ square
And
8D
Trojan ___ (ancient conflict)
War
9D
Crocodile, cockatoo, or koala
Animal
10D
People from Dallas or Houston
Texans
14D
Have a meal
Eat
15D
Prefix for “lead” or “represent”
Mis
18D
“___ on Melancholy” (John Keats poem)
Ode
20D
Build, as a skyscraper
Erect
22D
Very spicy
Hot
23D
Eon divisions, to a geologist
Eras
24D
Jeff who heads Amazon
Bezos
26D
Soul singer ___ James
Etta
29D
Nine-digit ID: Abbr.
SSN
31D
180° from WNW: Abbr.
Ese
32D
___ Binks (“Phantom Menace” character): 2 wds.
Jar Jar
33D
Make angry
Enrage
35D
Portray
Depict
36D
Does penance
Atones
37D
“He said, ___ said”
She
39D
Part of speech that can modify a noun: Abbr.
Adj
43D
Klutzy person’s remark
Oops
44D
Grand in scope
Epic
47D
Type of flatbread whose name reads the same forward and backward
Nan
48D
Hairy cousin in “The Addams Family”
Itt
49D
“There are plenty of fish in the ___”
Sea
50D
“Glee” actress ___ Michele
Lea