4/8/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/8/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
“Don’t leave”
STAY

5A
Team that last won the World Series in 1990
REDS

9A
Center part of an ear of corn
COB

12A
Symbol of holiness
HALO

13A
At the summit of
ATOP

14A
By ___ means necessary
ANY

15A
A graph’s “X” and “Y” lines
AXES

16A
Use the phone
CALL

17A
Card with an A in two corners
ACE

18A
“The Dark Knight” actor who played an Oscar-nominated actress’s husband in the 1978 film “California Suite”: 2 wds.
MICHAEL CAINE

21A
Bimonthly business magazine
INC

22A
Abbreviation at the end of a list
ETC

23A
Celebratory poem
ODE

26A
___ kwon do
TAE

28A
Per item
EACH

32A
“The Odd Couple” actor who played a businessman visiting from Philadelphia in “California Suite”: 2 wds.
WALTER MATTHAU

36A
“Howards End” star Thompson
EMMA

37A
Spanish “hurray!”
OLE

38A
Homophone of “eight”
ATE

39A
Hallucinogenic drug: Abbr.
LSD

42A
Rock concert’s sound booster
AMP

44A
“Stir Crazy” comedian who played a doctor from Chicago in “California Suite”: 2 wds.
RICHARD PRYOR

50A
Mother
MOM

51A
Super-eager
AVID

52A
State where John Wayne was born
IOWA

53A
Alias: Abbr.
AKA

54A
Actress Reinhart or Taylor
LILI

55A
“___ Betty” (former America Ferrera series)
UGLY

56A
Black-and-white formalwear, for short
TUX

57A
Biblical place west of the Land of Nod
EDEN

58A
Rudely talk back to
SASS

1D
Decorative pillowcase
SHAM

2D
Classic sitcom with Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito
TAXI

3D
Obi-Wan Kenobi portrayer Guinness
ALEC

4D
Dinosaur in Mario games
YOSHI

5D
Formula One vehicle: 2 wds.
RACE CAR

6D
And other folks: 2 wds., abbr.
ET AL

7D
___ & Gabbana (fashion house)
DOLCE

8D
Sound of a bursting water balloon
SPLAT

9D
“The Godfather” actor James who died in 2022
CAAN

10D
Not repeatedly
ONCE

11D
“Ciao!”
BYE

19D
First chip in a poker pot
ANTE

20D
Rapper who fronts the heavy metal band Body Count: Hyph.
ICE-T

23D
Carry a balance on a credit card
OWE

24D
Aswan ___ (Nile structure)
DAM

25D
Variety of shade tree
ELM

27D
Broody music genre
EMO

29D
___ moment (when things suddenly click)
AHA

30D
Lion or tiger, for example
CAT

31D
Color shade
HUE

33D
Soft, pale mineral
TALC

34D
Disney character who falls in love with Princess Jasmine
ALADDIN

35D
Office sub
TEMP

40D
Rock with thin layers
SHALE

41D
“Superman” star Corenswet
DAVID

43D
Early hybrid by Toyota
PRIUS

44D
Brand of smart TV
ROKU

45D
Large-screen film format
IMAX

46D
Agitate
RILE

47D
Gym class that includes stretching
YOGA

48D
Birds with binocular vision
OWLS

49D
Tampa Bay’s baseball team
RAYS

50D
Surface used in 47-Down
MAT