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Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Water droplets on the lawn
DEW
4A
“Tony Hawk’s ___ Skater” (video game)
PRO
7A
Mustang or Miata, for example
CAR
10A
Actress Landry or MacGraw
ALI
11A
Lass’s brother
LAD
12A
The Grand ___ Opry (Tennessee music venue)
OLD
13A
“The Jetsons” theme song lyric that follows “Meet George Jetson”: 3 wds.
HISBOYELROY
16A
Makeshift shelter
HUT
17A
What those who are “all in favor” say
AYE
18A
“On the ___ of Sex” (2018 Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)
BASIS
21A
Container that’s often made from cardboard
BOX
23A
Touchscreen image
ICON
24A
“___ of Love” (1989 Pacino/Barkin thriller)
SEA
25A
Streaming service delay
LAG
28A
“The Jetsons” theme song lyric that follows 13-Across: 2 wds.
DAUGHTERJUDY
31A
Tiny sample of a cocktail
SIP
32A
Umpire’s call
OUT
33A
Structure with a nucleus
ATOM
34A
Kylo ___ (villain in “Star Wars” movies)
REN
35A
The news media, collectively
PRESS
36A
“Where there’s a will, there’s a ___”
WAY
38A
What an information gatherer might put to the ground
EAR
39A
“The Jetsons” theme song lyric that follows 28-Across: 3 wds.
JANEHISWIFE
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44A
Martial ___ (karate, for example)
ART
45A
Snake encountered by Indiana Jones
ASP
46A
As you’re solving this clue
NOW
47A
“Later!”
BYE
48A
Memorial Day’s month
MAY
49A
“My word!”
GEE
1D
“Zip-A-Dee-Doo-___” (Disney tune)
DAH
2D
Chemist Lilly for whom a pharmaceutical company is named
ELI
3D
___ well (something that people throw coins into)
WISHING
4D
Storyline
PLOT
5D
Tampa Bay baseballer
RAY
6D
Keats poem that could be “to Psyche” or “on a Grecian Urn”
ODE
7D
Monteith who played Finn Hudson on “Glee”
CORY
8D
Ingredient in many sunscreens
ALOE
9D
Lana Del ___
REY
14D
Clear, as a restaurant table
BUS
15D
Quite lenient
LAX
18D
Building contractors’ offers
BIDS
19D
Smoothie berry
ACAI
20D
Bowlful sometimes served with saltines
SOUP
21D
Vegetable that can be red or golden
BEET
22D
Item akin to a boat paddle
OAR
24D
Leave flabbergasted
STUN
25D
Stringed instrument at a Renaissance fair
LUTE
26D
Big fusses
ADOS
27D
Places with elliptical machines
GYMS
29D
Weed whacker
HOE
30D
Unpleasantly discordant
JARRING
34D
Bread that might have caraway seeds in it
RYE
35D
Coyote’s foot
PAW
36D
Skeptical
WARY
37D
Poker hand buy-in
ANTE
38D
Catch a glimpse of
ESPY
39D
Short, sharp punch
JAB
40D
Meat associated with Virginia
HAM
41D
“My mind ___ blank”: 2 wds.
ISA
42D
Sworn enemy
FOE
43D
She says “baa”
EWE