4/4/18
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Captain’s record of a trip
Log
4A
Fuel for a car
Gas
7A
Pooch
Hound
12A
One of a rower’s pair
Oar
13A
Stuff that gets smelted
Ore
14A
Garment to keep a cook clean
Apron
15A
With 49-Across, mustachioed silent film star known for his “Little Tramp” persona
Charlie
17A
Nintendo’s legendary princess
Zelda
18A
Hot and damp
Humid
19A
College official
Dean
21A
Government organization featured in “Argo”: Abbr.
CIA
23A
Highest points of ocean waves
Crests
27A
1925 comedy starring 15-/49-Across as a prospector caught in a Klondike blizzard: 3 wds.
The Gold Rush
29A
Wallach who received an honorary Oscar in 2010
Eli
31A
Enforcer of the Clean Air Act: Abbr.
EPA
32A
Tampa ___ Buccaneers
Bay
33A
1936 comedy starring 15-/49-Across as a factory worker struggling in the industrialized world: 2 wds.
Modern Times
38A
What you often enter before a password, on a computer: 2 wds.
User ID
39A
Brand name on TVs and phone
RCA
40A
Facilities with saunas and hot tubs
Spas
42A
Casino game where you might want to roll a 7 or 11
Craps
46A
Deadly
Fatal
49A
See 15-Across
Chaplin
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Join together as one
Unite
52A
How to say “yes” in France
Oui
53A
Group that sometimes supported schools with bake sales: Abbr.
PTA
54A
Swanky, like a luxury hotel
Ritzy
55A
Bill featuring Alexander Hamilton
Ten
56A
Liquid from a maple tree
Sap
1A
___ Ness (Scottish home to a “monster”)
Loch
2A
Pearl Harbor’s island
Oahu
3D
Small metric unit of mass
Gram
4D
Actress Hawn who is the mother of Kate Hudson
Goldie
5D
“Scorpion” actor Stidham
Ari
6D
Edible part of a sunflower
Seed
7D
Difficult obstacle, in golf
Hazard
8D
Can ___ (kitchen tool)
Opener
9D
Dot-com address: Abbr.
URL
10D
Nonverbal assent
Nod
11D
Hereditary material in cells: Abbr.
DNA
16D
Wealthy
Rich
20D
Oblong, custard-filled pastry
Eclair
22D
Formal plan for a meeting
Agenda
24D
Long sandwiches
Subs
25D
Group that confiscates cigarette lighters in airports: Abbr.
TSA
26D
Bashful
Shy
27D
Ebb and flow of the ocean
Tide
28D
___ for (choose)
Opt
29D
Australian bird that resembles an ostrich
Emu
30D
Rock band ___ Lobos
Los
34D
Fancy word for “fake”
Ersatz
36D
“The Talented Mr. ____” (1999 movie)
Ripley
36D
Arizona senator who ran against Obama in 2008
Mccain
37D
Gunslinger Wyatt
Earp
41D
Get off ___-free (manage to avoid punishment)
Scot
43D
Mountain range where Mont Blanc is
Alps
44D
Bread for a gyro
Pita
45D
Cold ___ (suddenly chilly weather)
Snap
46D
Chinchilla or ermine, for example
Fur
47D
Folk-rocker DiFranco
Ani
48D
___ for tat (appropriate retaliation)
Tit
50D
Tint
Hue