4/7/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/7/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Piece inserted into a clarinet or oboe
Reed

5A
Spider-Man portrayer Holland
Tom

8A
Military drama series that ran from 1995 to 2005
Jag

11A
Rotating part of a car
Axle

12A
South American Olympic host city, briefly
Rio

13A
“Hellboy” character ___ Sapien
Abe

14A
He played People magazine reporter Michael Gold in the 1983 film “The Big Chill”: 2 wds.
Jeff Goldblum

17A
Three, on a grandfather clock
III

18A
Word that can follow “Victorian” or “Elizabethan”
Era

19A
With 33-Across, she played physician Sarah Cooper in “The Big Chill”
Glenn

22A
Finishes filming
Wraps

24A
The “P” of “IPA”
Pale

25A
Shark ___ soup
Fin

26A
Safe Drinking Water Act enforcer: Abbr.
EPA

28A
___ Maria (Catholic prayer)
Ave

29A
Item burned in a fireplace
Log

30A
Sound made with two fingers
Snap

31A
Performer in a TV show or movie
Actor

33A
See 19-Across
Close

34A
“I’m ___ Sexy” (Right Said Fred song)
Too

35A
Neckwear often made from ostrich feathers
Boa

36A
She played attorney Meg Jones in “The Big Chill”: 3 wds.
Mary Kayplace

42A
Prefix for “brow” or “cycle”
Uni

43A
Collage or sculpture, for example
Art

44A
Bad smell
Odor

45A
PC alternative
Mac

46A
___ the knot (get married)
Tie

47A
___ down (overwhelms with force)
Mows

1A
“The Big Bang Theory” character with a dog named Cinnamon
Raj

2D
Windows program file-name extension
Exe

3D
One of Santa’s helpers
Elf

4D
Provide the meaning of, as in a dictionary
Define

5D
“Star Trek: The Next Generation” empath
Troi

6D
Word after “canola” or “olive”
Oil

7D
“___ Family” (five-time Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series)
Modern

8D
Type of pepper often served on nachos
Jalapeno

9D
___ Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abu

10D
Ruby or emerald, for example
Gem

15D
Alcohol often mixed with tonic
Gin

16D
“Push-up” or “sports” garment
Bra

19D
A good one could get you on the Dean’s List: Abbr.
GPA

20D
“Floor Is ___” (Netflix game show)
Lava

21D
Type of car that gets plugged in
Electric

22D
Hairpiece
Wig

23D
Places that offer facials
Spas

25D
“___ sale by owner” (phrase in some real estate ads)
For

27D
Donkey Kong, for one
Ape

29D
Observe: 2 wds.
Look At

30D
Winding downhill event at the Winter Olympics
Slalom

32D
Playskool or Mattel item
Toy

33D
“Law & Order” extra
Cop

35D
Computer memory unit
Byte

36D
Autumn flower whose full name is 13 letters long
Mum

37D
“The View” guest cohost Navarro
Ana

38D
Graynor of the miniseries “Mrs. America”
Ari

39D
“And so, with no further ___ …”
Ado

40D
Type of animal Milky White is, in “Into the Woods”
Cow

41D
Urgent care areas in hospitals: Abbr.
Ers