4/21/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/21/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Punch in a boxer’s arsenal
Jab

4A
Pink meat
Ham

7A
Space explorer such as Mariner 10 or Voyager 1
Probe

12A
Plant that might climb a trellis
Ivy

13A
Female lamb
Ewe

14A
Safe place
Haven

15A
What a properly tailored jacket will do
Fit

16A
Actor/singer Wolff
Nat

17A
Make ___ in (show slight progress with): 2 wds.
A Dent

18A
Actor who played Lt. Norman Buntz on the 1980s police drama “Hill Street Blues”: 2 wds.
Dennis Franz

21A
Morsel in a horse’s feedbag
Oat

22A
Evander Holyfield’s body part that Mike Tyson famously bit
Ear

23A
Word repeated before the chorus of Hozier’s hit “Take Me to Church”
Amen

26A
Music genre with confessional lyrics
Emo

27A
Busy ___ beaver: 2 wds.
As A

30A
Actress who played public defender Joyce Davenport on “Hill Street Blues”: 2 wds.
Veronica Hamel

34A
Messages often found on the back of mall directories
Ads

35A
Sense of self-importance
Ego

36A
Negotiator’s ability to be sensitive
Tact

37A
Drop low, like baggy pants
Sag

38A
First baseman in an Abbott & Costello routine
Who

40A
Actress who played Sgt. Lucy Bates on “Hill Street Blues”: 2 wds.
Betty Thomas

45A
Fashion designer (and former “Project Runway” judge) Zac
Posen

46A
Rower’s paddle
Oar

47A
___ Grossman (Tom Cruise’s role in “Tropic Thunder”)
Les

49A
Game company that made Asteroids
Atari

50A
Way up there in years
Old

51A
A few weeks ___ (relatively recently)
Ago

52A
A big ___ of change (lots of money)
Chunk

53D
Peg in a golf bag
Tee

54D
Negative vote
Nay

1D
Competitor of Skippy and Peter Pan
Jif

2D
Fervent
Avid

3D
PC data storage unit
Byte

4D
Dye in temporary tattoos
Henna

5D
Anticipate
Await

6D
National League team that was founded in 1962
Mets

7D
Ancient Egyptian ruler’s title
Pharaoh

8D
Aircraft-tracking system that “blips”
Radar

9D
Easy-Bake ___ (toy appliance)
Oven

10D
Mercedes-___ (German car manufacturer)
Benz

11D
Doctor who might treat tonsillitis: Abbr.
Ent

19D
Forbidden action: Hyph.
Nono

20D
Government group that responds to natural disasters: Abbr.
Fema

23D
“Queen Sugar” and “Cherish the Day” creator DuVernay
Ava

24D
Clothing size between small and large: Abbr.
Med

25D
Where ambulances take patients: Abbr.
Ers

26D
___-warrior (environmental activist)
Eco

27D
Lobbying group for doctors: Abbr.
Ama

28D
Triple ___ (liqueur)
Sec

29D
Key that’s often used with Control and Delete
Alt

31D
Slob’s opposite
Neatnik

32D
“Black Widow” rapper Azalea
Iggy

33D
Particle with a proton and electron
Atom

37D
Shock jock Howard who wrote “Private Parts”
Stern

38D
Moby Dick, for one
Whale

39D
Overwhelming mass of people
Horde

40D
What a greedy person might request, when presented with two options
Both

41D
Biblical figure who sold his birthright to his brother Jacob
Esau

42D
Sound of a tugboat’s horn
Toot

43D
Songwriter Menken who completed his EGOT with a 2020 Emmy Award
Alan

44D
Game company that once used the slogan “Welcome to the next level”
Sega

45D
___-12 (college football conference)
Pac

48D
Kind of sauce that sushi might be dipped in
Soy