9/16/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/16/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
___ on the wrist (minimal punishment)
SLAP

5A
“Frasier” actress Gilpin
PERI

9A
Small application, as of ointment
DAB

12A
Brazilian soccer star who was known as “the King”
PELE

13A
Easy-Bake ___ (toy appliance)
OVEN

14A
Alter ___ (second identity)
EGO

15A
Singer Burl who narrated “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
IVES

16A
Altoids containers
TINS

17A
Solution to an addition problem
SUM

18A
“The Prince of Tides” actor who was People magazine’s 1992 “Sexiest Man Alive”: 2 wds.
NICK NOLTE

20A
Keyboard’s indentation key
TAB

21A
___ Kippur (Jewish day of atonement)
YOM

22A
Pine ___ (material applied to baseball bats)
TAR

24A
Broadcasters Roker and Michaels, for two
ALS

27A
___ chi (martial art)
TAI

29A
“Don’t tell a ___” (“It’s a secret”)
SOUL

32A
“Dirty Dancing” actor who was People’s 1991 “Sexiest Man Alive”: 2 wds.
PATRICK SWAYZE

36A
Fire-setting fanatic, for short
PYRO

37A
Hurricane’s center
EYE

38A
Bottom number on a clock face
SIX

39A
Core muscles beneath the obliques
ABS

41A
Collar, as a criminal
NAB

43A
Comic actor Funches who was a contestant on “The Traitors”
RON

45A
“Jerry Maguire” actor who was People’s 1990 “Sexiest Man Alive”: 2 wds.
TOM CRUISE

51A
Easter ___ hunt
EGG

52A
“That looks like a problem”: Hyph.
UHOH

53A
Actor Stephen of “Widow’s Bay”
ROOT

54A
“___ you seeing this?”
ARE

55A
Largest single-digit number
NINE

56A
Hit with a rolled-up magazine, say
SWAT

57A
Pay-___-view
PER

58A
“___ Vibrations” (Beach Boys hit)
GOOD

59A
Figure skater and commentator Lipinski
TARA

1D
Move like a gyroscope
SPIN

2D
Jeans pioneer Strauss
LEVI

3D
Smart ___ (wiseacre)
ALEC

4D
Really annoying, like a persistent gnat
PESKY

5D
River that empties into Chesapeake Bay
POTOMAC

6D
Anagram and synonym of “vile”
EVIL

7D
Payment made by someone without a mortgage
RENT

8D
Map within a larger map
INSET

9D
Leaves in ruins
DESTROYS

10D
Water, in Mexico City
AGUA

11D
Complete flop
BOMB

19D
“It wasn’t me”: 2 wds.
NOT I

23D
Solid ___ rock: 2 wds.
AS A

24D
Phone download
APP

25D
“___ Down Sally” (Eric Clapton hit)
LAY

26D
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On ___ Tides”
STRANGER

28D
Dwight Eisenhower’s nickname
IKE

30D
Israeli weapon named after its designer
UZI

31D
Superman’s nemesis Luthor
LEX

33D
Steal from
ROB

34D
Like an iPhone connected to the cloud: Var.
SYNCHED

35D
“I don’t want to ___ out my welcome”
WEAR

43D
“As ye sow, so shall ye ___”
REAP

44D
Man-eating monster in children’s stories
OGRE

46D
State that borders Lake Erie
OHIO

47D
The “M” of “MSG”
MONO

48D
State north of Missouri
IOWA

49D
Fly very high
SOAR

50D
Female ending for the name “Henri”
ETTA