8/3/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/3/22
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Friends actor LeBlanc
Matt

5A
Like that’s ever gonna happen!: 2 wds.
As If

9A
Curved path of a diver
Arc

12A
Hundred ___ Wood (Winnie the Pooh’s home)
Acre

13A
___ in 60 Seconds (Angelina Jolie movie)
Gone

14D
Astrological sign with the shortest name
Leo

15A
1988 Charlie Sheen/Emilio Estevez movie about Billy the Kid: 2 wds.
Young Guns

17A
Gullible individual
Sap

18A
Shock and ___ (Gulf War tactic)
Awe

19A
Actor Torn who played Zed in Men in Black
Rip

20D
Cussed
Swore

22A
Numbered cube in a casino
Die

23A
___ Willie Winkie (nursery rhyme)
Wee

24A
Turned white from fear
Paled

27A
1984 Charlie Sheen/Patrick Swayze movie about a Russian invasion of the US: 2 wds.
Red Dawn

31D
Plow-pulling team
Oxen

32A
Bomb that fails to detonate
Dud

33A
Abrasive stuff on sandpaper
Grit

34A
1986 Charlie Sheen/Willem Dafoe movie about wartime morality
Platoon

36A
Canines and bicuspids for example
Teeth

37A
Insect attracted to the nectar on peony buds
Ant

38A
___ and don’ts
Dos

39A
Weighing device
Scale

42A
Ludwig ___ Beethoven
Van

43A
Kid who’s no angel
Imp

46D
Under the weather
Ill

47A
1990 Charlie Sheen/Clint Eastwood movie about two cops’ relationship: 2 wds.
The Rookie

50A
Euphoria character played by Zendaya
Rue

51A
Waste not ___ not
Want

52A
Took a spill
Fell

53D
___ sells (advertising maxim)
Sex

54A
Automaker of the Cutlass and Alero for short
Olds

55A
Phony
Fake

1A
Comedian Rudolph who stars on the Apple series Loot
Maya

2A
Don’t have ___ man! (Bart Simpson catchphrase): 2 wds.
A Cow

3A
Not false
TRUE

4D
Half of twenty
Ten

5D
Texas A&M athlete
Aggie

6D
Vichyssoise or minestrone for example
Soup

7D
Accommodation where Mary and Joseph were told there was no room
Inn

8D
___ up (admitted guilt)
Fessed

9D
In addition
Also

10D
___ admiral (rank in the Navy)
Rear

11D
Deal with a difficult situation
Cope

16D
Electrical network
Grid

21D
Doorstops’ shapes often
Wedges

22D
___ floss (bathroom item)
Dental

23D
Got married
Wed

24D
Catchy genre of music
Pop

25D
Sweet Child o’ Mine lead singer Rose
Axl

26D
___ & Perrins Marinade in a Bag
Lea

27D
One of 2 297 batted in by Hank Aaron
Run

28D
All of Us ___ Dead (Netflix series)
Are

29D
Ending for dim or nit
Wit

30D
To the ___ degree
Nth

32D
URL’s period
Dot

35D
Classic boxing combination: Hyph.
One Two

36D
Up ___ good (being underhanded): 2 wds.
To No

38D
Game where you try to hit the bull’s-eye
Darts

39D
Knights’ titles
Sirs

40D
What you’re reading right now
Clue

41D
14-time All-Star Rodriguez
Alex

42D
Sell
Vend

43D
Store that includes a kids’ play area called Småland
Ikea

44D
Biopic for which Sean Penn won his second Oscar
Milk

45D
Legendary Brazilian soccer star
Pele

48D
Shallow ___ (Jack Black movie)
Hal

49D
Let ___ some steam
Off