4/22/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/22/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Song for a couple of singers
DUET

5A
Cost listed on a mechanic’s receipt
LABOR

10A
Get the most votes in an election, say
WIN

13A
Make amorous eyes at
OGLE

14A
Airport with access to the Chicago “L”
OHARE

15A
“___ made my decision”
IVE

16A
1988-1991 drama series set at an evacuation hospital…
CHINABEACH

18A
Hot off the presses
NEW

19A
It’s between a wineglass’s bowl and base
STEM

20A
Brooding feeling
ANGST

22A
Things that go viral online
MEMES

25A
“I Got You ___” (1965 Sonny & Cher hit)
BABE

27A
Beer such as Lagunitas: Abbr.
IPA

28A
Message read on a smartphone
EMAIL

31A
Hotel room fixture with a keypad
SAFE

35A
“The Good Fight” costar (Samuel Beckett on 16-A)
MICHAELBOATMAN

38A
Repeated sound
ECHO

39A
Wooden stand for holding posters…
EASEL

40A
Minimally entertaining, in modern slang
MID

41A
___ in (decides to participate)
OPTS

43A
Potpourri sprays cover them up
ODORS

45A
Ice cream treat that comes with a straw
SHAKE

48A
Whet, as a knife’s edge
HONE

50A
Pringles container
CAN

51A
“Tulsa King” costar (Colleen McMurphy on 16-A)
DANADELANY

57A
Tapestries and such
ART

58A
Tony or Grammy, for example
AWARD

59A
Group of three vocalists
TRIO

60A
Hive insect
BEE

61A
Lets borrow
LENDS

62A
“___ on the Inside” (Ted Danson series)
AMAN

1D
Disney dwarf who wears glasses
DOC

2D
“This tastes awful!”
UGH

3D
“Death Wish” and “Hostel” director Roth
ELI

4D
Past, present, or future, in grammar
TENSE

5D
Curved section of the brain
LOBE

6D
“If I might interject…”
AHEM

7D
Sound heard in a shearing shed
BAA

8D
Beastly warrior in Tolkien stories
ORC

9D
Amy Winehouse hit
REHAB

10D
Part of a butterfly or housefly
WING

11D
“As I was going to St. ___…”
IVES

12D
Brightly-colored salamander
NEWT

17D
Between ports, as a cruise ship
ATSEA

21D
Home made of twigs
NEST

22D
Entertainer who’s quiet
MIME

23D
2026 Elvis concert film directed by Baz Luhrmann
EPIC

24D
Gillette ___3 razors
MACH

25D
Shirt shields worn when eating lobster…
BIBS

26D
Sunscreen additive
ALOE

29D
Swimming competition
MEET

30D
“What a shame!”
ALAS

32D
Guns & ___ (magazine for shooters)
AMMO

33D
On the level
FLAT

34D
Burnt ___ (barbecue bits)
ENDS

36D
Barbed piece of fishing gear
HOOK

37D
“Leave me ___!”
ALONE

42D
Part of a sewing machine that’s underfoot
PEDAL

44D
“The ___ Force” (1986 Chuck Norris movie)
DELTA

45D
Strikebreaker
SCAB

46D
___ Krishna
HARE

47D
Penny-___ (low-stakes)
ANTE

48D
Difficult
HARD

49D
Numbers of concern to gamblers
ODDS

52D
Shock and ___ (military tactic)
AWE

53D
Flatbread in an Indian restaurant
NAN

54D
Upper limb
ARM

55D
“28 Years Later” director DaCosta
NIA

56D
“Round ___ virgin…” (Silent Night line)
YON