8/10/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/10/22
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Instrument played by the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea
Bass

5A
___ bag (collection of various things)
Grab

9A
Tobacco product for short
Cig

12A
The exception that proves the ___
Rule

13A
Former quarterback Tony
Romo

14D
Hole in one
Ace

15A
I’ve got a great ___! (What we should do is …)
Idea

16A
Maker of Dental Chews for pet dogs
Alpo

17A
Bottom-line amount
Net

18A
12 Angry Men filmmaker who directed the 1976 satirical movie Network: 2 wds.
Sidney Lumet

21D
HBO comedy for which Julia Louis-Dreyfus won six acting Emmys
Veep

22A
Vast bodies of water
Seas

25A
Covert ___ (undercover activities)
Ops

28A
Miss the mark
Err

29A
Prefix for nautical or sol
Aero

30D
With 32-Across actor who won a posthumous Best Actor Oscar for playing a TV news anchor in Network
Peter

32A
See 30-Across
Minaj

33A
And other people: 2 wds. abbr.
Etal

34A
Severe anger
Ire

36A
Cable home of Billions and The Chi for short
Sho

37A
Astronomer Sagan
Carl

38A
Final selection on Let’s Make a Deal
Door

39A
Actress who won a Best Actress Oscar for playing a TV programming chief in Network: 2 wds.
Faye Dunaway

45A
Mai ___ (cocktail)
Tai

47A
The U in ICU
Unit

48D
Thor: Love and Thunder costar Christian
Bale

49A
People who run newspapers: Abbr.
Eds

50A
Where the seven dwarfs went to work
Mine

51A
___ Almighty (Steve Carell movie)
Evan

52A
Homer Simpson’s cry
Doh

53D
Iowa State University’s city
Ames

54A
Pair of cards that a poker player might call dimes
Tens

1A
Jewish rite for eight-day-old boys
Bris

2A
German carmaker with a four-ring logo
Audi

3A
What a team of dogs pulls in the Iditarod race
Sled

4A
Licorice Pizza actor Penn
Sean

5D
More overcast
Grayer

6D
Quicker alternative to a brush when painting a house
Roller

7D
Excite as a crowd at a concert: 2 wds.
Amp Up

8D
Noise created by a supersonic jet
Boom

9D
Scouts’ water containers
Canteens

10D
Word before Cube or after Vanilla in rapper names
Ice

11D
How to ___ Away With Murder
Get

19D
At any time in the past
Ever

20D
Ozark actor Morales
Esai

23D
Gateway ___ (St. Louis attraction)
Arch

24D
Manhattan neighborhood with lots of art galleries
Soho

25D
Oil cartel with 13 member countries: Abbr.
Opec

26D
Antifur organization: Abbr.
Peta

27D
Ocean creature with five arms
Starfish

31D
British singer Henderson with the 2022 album Everything I Didn’t Say
Ella

32D
Plant with fronds
Fern

34D
Element that’s added to table salt
Iodine

35D
Numbered highways such as 66
Routes

38D
Jeans material
Denim

40D
Arizona city that’s only 10 miles from Mexico
Yuma

41D
Help out a criminal
Abet

42D
Tidal ___
Wave

43D
Dumbo actor Arkin
Alan

44D
Hankerings
Yens

45D
Chopped Junior host ___ Allen
Ted

46D
Hubbub
Ado