8/25/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/25/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Keebler cookie mascot
Elf

4A
“Cash ___” (game show hosted by Ben Bailey)
Cab

7A
Carmaker with the Cooper
Mini

11A
Avril Lavigne song “Sk8er ___”
Boi

12A
Bird such as Harry Potter’s Hedwig
Owl

13A
Lover’s opposite
Hater

14A
Greyhound vehicle
Bus

15A
___ Zedong (Chinese chairman, 1943-1976)
Mao

16A
“Lights” singer Goulding
Ellie

17A
1983 film where Kevin Kline and Glenn Close are a couple hosting a gathering of college friends: 3 wds.
The Big Chill

20A
Toddler
Tot

21A
Exclamation upon making a discovery
Aha

22A
Apple model since 1998
iMac

25A
“Golden” or “pale” brew
Ale

26A
Workplace with beakers and pipettes
Lab

29A
1982 film where Kevin Kline and a Holocaust survivor played by Meryl Streep are a couple: 2 wds.
Sophies Choice

33A
Like Las Vegas weather, frequently
Hot

34A
Gun group that Charlton Heston once led: Abbr.
NRA

35A
Pay attention to, as advice
Heed

36A
Hit the slopes
Ski

37A
2000s forensic drama with several spin-offs
CSI

39A
1997 film where Kevin Kline and Joan Allen play a dysfunctional Connecticut couple: 3 wds.
The Ice Storm

44A
Queen’s headpiece
Crown

45A
Professional who might help you with an IRS audit: Abbr.
CPA

46A
Ocean creature that resembles a snake
Eel

48A
Carbon-___ life form
Based

49A
Derby or fedora, for example
Hat

50A
Christmas dessert Little Jack Horner ate in the corner
Pie

51A
Hightailed it
Sped

52A
Add-___ (optional extras)
Ons

53A
It becomes refined in a smeltery
Ore

1D
Recede from the shore
Ebb

2D
Boorish clod
Lout

3D
Pet that’s kept in a tank
Fish

4D
One-two ___ (pair of boxing hits)
Combo

5D
Hope to see shortly, as a friend’s arrival
Await

6D
Online journal
Blog

7D
Barack and Michelle’s older daughter
Malia

8D
“___ be good for you”
Itll

9D
Astronaut Armstrong
Neil

10D
Dublin’s country: Abbr.
Ire

13D
Chortle heard on “Beavis and Butt-head”: 2 wds.
Heh Heh

18D
Carve into glass
Etch

19D
Math class with integrals and differentials, for short
Calc

22D
Suffix indicating “in a way”
Ish

23D
Cow sound
Moo

24D
Quite suitable
Apt

25D
Mad ___ wet hen: 2 wds.
As A

26D
Tell fibs
Lie

27D
Top card in a royal flush
Ace

28D
The first “B” in “B&B”
Bed

30D
Fair way to be repaid, as with goods of the same sort: 2 wds.
In Kind

31D
Former attorney general Holder
Eric

32D
Its state quarter depicts an astronaut and an airplane
Ohio

36D
Did some quilting
Sewed

37D
Cable channel for political junkies: Hyph.
C Span

38D
Sports numbers, for short
Stats

39D
Pitfall
Trap

40D
Garden tube used on a Slip ‘N Slide
Hose

41D
“Is there an ___ in here?”
Echo

42D
Possible result of defaulting on a car loan, for short
Repo

43D
1970s Israeli prime minister Golda
Meir

44D
Network that airs “FBI”
CBS

47D
Sara ___ (prominent name in frozen desserts)
Lee