12/25/24
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Respectful address to a woman
MAAM
5A
Actor Malek of “Oppenheimer”
RAMI
9A
Fluid from maple trees
SAP
12A
Vietnam’s continent
ASIA
13A
Like 2, 4, 6, and so on
EVEN
14A
___-car (fuel-saving vehicle)
ECO
15A
Band with the 1970 #1 hit “Mama Told Me Not to Come”
THREE DOG NIGHT
18A
Howard who directed “Apollo 13”
RON
19A
Baseball great Willie who was called “the Say Hey Kid”
MAYS
20A
Coins depicting Franklin D. Roosevelt
DIMES
24A
“Come at me, ___!” (“Fight me!”)
BRO
26A
Historic periods
ERAS
27A
Author Paretsky with the 2024 novel “Pay Dirt”
SARA
29A
Payment to a doctor or lawyer
FEE
32A
15 Across’s 1971 #1 hit whose lyrics begin “Jeremiah was a bullfrog”
JOY TO THE WORLD
35A
Actress Ortiz of “Ugly Betty”
ANA
36A
___ for the hills (flee)
HEAD
37A
Italy’s capital
ROME
38A
Mate of a boar
SOW
39A
Wicked spirit
DEMON
40A
Tennis great with a courage award named for him
ASHE
43A
Visually perceive
SEE
45A
15 Across’s 1972 #1 hit whose lyrics begin with a mention of ink and a page
BLACK AND WHITE
52A
Web-crawling program
BOT
53A
“You’re making ___ mistake!”
A BIG
54A
Dr. ___ (Austin Powers’s enemy)
EVIL
55A
Astound
AWE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Ticker-___ parade
TAPE
57A
Try to find
SEEK
1D
Bathtub’s slip preventer
MAT
2D
___ Wednesday (beginning of Lent)
ASH
3D
Stuff in a scuba tank
AIR
4D
Mystery author Rita ___ Brown
MAE
5D
Make over, as a room’s decorations
REDO
6D
Cosmetics company with Power Stay and Anew lines
AVON
7D
Actress Ryan of “Prelude to a Kiss”
MEG
8D
Country ___ & Suites (hotel chain)
INN
9D
Company that produces the “Altered Beast” video games
SEGA
10D
Feeling sore
ACHY
11D
___ and pans
POTS
16D
Hospital trauma sites Abbr.
ERS
17D
“I think,” to a texter
IMO
20D
___ vu (eerie sensation)
DEJA
21D
Household appliance used on a board
IRON
22D
Ancient Mexican of the Yucatán
MAYA
23D
Guessed-at number Abbr.
EST
24D
Raised, as livestock
BRED
25D
Completely uncooked
RAW
27D
Hearty food that might be served over rice
STEW
28D
“Take On Me” band Hyph.
AHA
29D
“Don’t I know you ___ somewhere?”
FROM
30D
Ticklish Muppet
ELMO
31D
Biblical garden that Mormons believe was in Missouri
EDEN
33D
“So the truth is out!”
OHO
34D
Material that gets smelted
ORE
38D
Triple ___ (liqueur)
SEC
39D
Moisture on a lawn
DEW
40D
“Waterloo” band
ABBA
41D
Opposite of fast
SLOW
42D
Love-___ relationship
HATE
43D
Small cut
SNIP
44D
“The ___ of Glory” (Lady Gaga song)
EDGE
46D
“2 Broke Girls” actress Dennings
KAT
47D
Lawyers’ group Abbr.
ABA
48D
“For ___ a Jolly Good Fellow”
HES
49D
___ had it up to here!
IVE
50D
Neckwear often worn with a suit
TIE
51D
Large animal that can provide buckskin
ELK