4/26/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/26/23
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
English TV network that had its 100th anniversary last year
BBC

4A
Slightly damage
Mar

7A
Iowa State’s location
Ames

11A
Letters on a small battery
AAA

12A
Made shiny like flooring
Waxed

14A
Past due
Late

15A
Eewww!
Ick

16A
Grammy winner for Chasing Pavements
Adele

17A
Free Willy creature
Orca

18A
1969-1974 Florence Henderson sitcom about a large family: 3 wds.
The Brady Bunch

21A
The B in BFF
Best

22A
King Kong for one
Ape

23A
Impoverished
Poor

25A
Don ___ Corleone (The Godfather character)
Vito

27A
___ Yankee Doodle dandy …: 2 wds.
Im A

30A
1988-1990 Growing Pains spin-off about a large family: 5 wds.
Just The Ten of Us

34A
Nicholas and Patrick for example: Abbr.
Sts

35A
Has lunch
Eats

36A
Temperature extreme
High

37A
Part of the knee often injured by athletes: Abbr.
ACL

38A
Ping-___
Pong

40A
1977-1981 Dick Van Patten series about a large family: 3 wds.
Eight Is Enough

46A
Body of water near many a summer camp
Lake

47A
Wipe from a blackboard
Erase

48A
Last name of the family on Succession
Roy

49A
Appliance that you might set to 450 degrees
Oven

50A
Delivers a litany of complaints
Rants

51A
Finale
End

52A
March to the ___ of a different drummer
Beat

53A
Sci-fi character who takes the red pill
Neo

54A
Lando Calrissian portrayer Billy ___ Williams
Dee

1D
Cheese in a mousetrap
Bait

2D
Goldberg Variations composer
Bach

3D
2009-2020 baking reality show with Buddy Valastro: 2 wds.
Cake Boss

4D
Very annoyed with: 2 wds.
Mad At

5D
Abruptly fired
Axed

6D
Fall back (on)
Rely

7D
By yourself
Alone

8D
To Leslie costar Maron
Marc

9D
___ A Sketch (classic drawing toy)
Etch

10D
Mediterranean for one
Sea

12D
Military conflicts
Wars

13D
That’s up for ___ (The issue isn’t settled)
Debate

19D
Ernie’s friend on Sesame Street
Bert

20D
Get ___ the wrong side of the bed: 2 wds.
Up On

23D
Flannel bedwear for short
Pjs

24D
Away from the office
Out

25D
Former GI for short
Vet

26D
For what ___ worth …
Its

27D
Yeah that seemed about right to me: 2 wds.
If I Figured

28D
PepsiCo root beer brand
Mug

29D
Pokémon main character Ketchum who finally won a world championship in 2022
Ash

31D
Texas ___ Red Raiders
Tech

32D
Low-backed sleeveless top
Halter

33D
What a mess!: 2 wds.
Ohno

37D
___ provocateur
Agent

38D
Green sauce for pasta
Pesto

39D
Bills in a tip jar
Ones

40D
Roof edge
Eave

41D
Store where you can buy an Ektorp sofa
Ikea

42D
Middle Eastern country that didn’t make it past the first round of the 2022 World Cup
Iran

43D
Levelheaded
Sane

44D
Long ___ (extinct)
Gone

45D
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ___
Hyde

46D
Tennis shot that takes a while to land
Lob