9/30/20
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
Actor Neeson of the “Taken” movies
Liam
5A
Tiny circle of ink
Dot
8A
Liquid in a car’s tank
Gas
11A
Where over 4 billion people live
Asia
12A
Cold War ___ (1947-1991 or so)
Era
13A
Homey place for a traveler to stay
Inn
14A
“On the Waterfront” actor who won an Oscar for portraying 40-Across in 1972’s “The Godfather”: 2 wds.
Marlon Brando
17A
Eat a little bit of
Try
18A
Like actors Billy Porter and Dan Levy
Gay
19A
___ teeth (dentures)
FALSE
22A
Snake (or accessory) that wraps around
Boa
24A
Judge Lance of the O.J. Simpson trial
Ito
25A
Showing signs of dementia
Senile
28A
“Raging Bull” actor who won an Oscar for portraying 40-Across in 1974’s “The Godfather Part II”: 3 wds.
Robert Deniro
32A
Religious pilgrimage destinations
Meccas
33A
___ it in the bud (catch a problem early)
Nip
34A
Implement for propelling a canoe
Oar
35A
“Looks ___ everything!”
Arent
37A
Chicken ___ Ton (Campbell’s soup offering)
Won
39A
Make a sheepshank or a bowline
Tie
40A
Mafia don played by both 14-Across and 28-Across in the “Godfather” franchise: 2 wds.
Vito Corleone
46A
Fire ___ (type of insect)
Ant
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47A
Inexplicable thing overhead: Abbr.
UFO
48A
Twofold
Dual
49A
Top person at a company: Abbr.
CEO
50A
Chuck E. Cheese, for example
Rat
51A
___ or swim
Sink
1A
Take it on the ___ (run away)
Lam
2A
“Revenge ___ dish best served cold”: 2 wds.
Is A
3A
Put on TV
Air
4A
Treats at old-time soda fountains
Malts
5D
Declare to be untrue
Deny
6D
Sphere
Orb
7D
Black material used by a road crew
Tar
8D
Rodriguez who voices Carmen Sandiego in a Netflix animated series
Gina
9D
“Ocean’s Eleven” actor Garcia
Andy
10D
___-cone (frosty treat)
Sno
15D
Load from a lode in a mine
Ore
16D
“You can say that ___!”
Again
19D
Douglas ___ (type of tree)
Fir
20D
Part of a molecule
Atom
21D
Lowest part of the ear
Lobe
22D
Motel housekeepers make them every morning
Beds
23D
Number of states that border Maine
One
25D
Shape of a sheriff’s badge
Star
26D
“Drop me a ___” (“Write to me”)
Line
27D
ESPN sportscaster Andrews
Erin
29D
___ Lodge (budget motel chain)
Econo
30D
Pioneering company in color TV
RCA
31D
Choose
Opt
35D
Have the flu, maybe
Ail
36D
Plants in a wetland
Reeds
37D
Drink produced at a vineyard
Wine
38D
___ Octavius (Doctor Octopus’s name, in Marvel movies)
Otto
39D
Home run ___ (slow jog around the bases)
Trot
40D
Dirt-sucking product, for short
Vac
41D
Mangy mongrel
Cur
42D
“Son ___ gun!”: 2 wds.
Of A
43D
“Yes,” in French
Oui
44D
Word that can be a type of flatbread or a woman’s nickname
Nan