3/11/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/11/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Woolly animal in a petting zoo
LAMB

5A
Quick punches in boxing
JABS

9A
Tool that creates wood shavings
SAW

12A
___ of expertise (what someone is very good at)
AREA

13A
Somber-sounding wind instrument
OBOE

14A
“___ your head!” (“Think!”)
USE

15A
1994 western movie starring Gene Hackman: 2 wds.
WYATTEARP

17A
Victory in wrestling
PIN

18A
Rudolph’s boss
SANTA

19A
Withdraw from an attack
RETREAT

21A
Ad-___ (improvised comment)
LIB

23A
“___ White People” (2017-2021 Netflix series)
DEAR

24A
Shakespeare play featuring Desdemona and Iago
OTHELLO

28A
Rate at which an orchestra plays
TEMPO

31A
Husband and wife, for example
DUO

32A
Smidgen
TAD

34A
Sound of contentment
AAH

35A
Make loud, heavy walking sounds
STOMP

38A
Lease signers
TENANTS

41A
Uttered
SAID

43A
Bobblehead’s head movement
NOD

44A
Brooklyn and Golden Gate, for two
BRIDGES

47A
Stood up
AROSE

51A
What caused Pinocchio’s nose to grow
LIE

52A
1995 gangster comedy movie starring Gene Hackman: 2 wds.
GETSHORTY

54A
Fourth month: Abbr.
APR

55A
Canal in upstate New York
ERIE

56A
“Ah, got it”: 2 wds.
ISEE

57A
“That ship ___ sailed”
HAS

58A
Actress Laura who won an Oscar in 2020
DERN

59A
Upper parts
TOPS

1D
Legal regulations
LAWS

2D
Sansa’s sister on “Game of Thrones”
ARYA

3D
“What’s that supposed to ___?”
MEAN

4D
Skirmish in a war
BATTLE

5D
Pro Football Hall of Famer Montana
JOE

6D
“Two guys walk into ___ …”: 2 wds.
ABAR

7D
___ stiff (very much uninterested)
BORED

8D
Group of seven
SEPTET

9D
1978 comic-book movie starring Gene Hackman
SUPERMAN

10D
Northernmost/Easternmost points are in Russia
ASIA

11D
“Jack and Jill ___ up the hill …”
WENT

16D
Fluffy part of a rabbit
TAIL

20D
“Norma ___” (Sally Field movie)
RAE

22D
Diner sandwich, for short
BLT

24D
Has far too much: Abbr.
ODS

25D
Egypt’s “Boy King,” for short
TUT

26D
1986 basketball movie starring Gene Hackman
HOOSIERS

27D
Word that can go before “bran” or “meal”
OAT

29D
Richard Nixon’s First Lady
PAT

30D
Post Honey ___! (breakfast cereal)
OHS

33D
Family’s hangout room
DEN

36D
Fuming
MAD

37D
___ out (gorged oneself on food)
PIGGED

39D
Actor Wyle of “The Pitt”
NOAH

40D
Dexterous
ADROIT

42D
John ___ (brand of farm equipment)
DEERE

44D
Thoroughly unexciting
BLAH

45D
Morning host Kelly (“All My Children”)
RIPA

46D
Move a muscle
STIR

48D
Approximately: 2 wds.
ORSO

49D
“…begins with a single ___”
STEP

50D
A blindfold covers them
EYES

53D
One of two politicians from a state: Abbr.
SEN