8/14/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/14/19
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Third-largest country in Asia, after Russia and China
India

6A
Clumsily touch, like a dog would: 2 wds.
Paw At

11A
Middays
Noons

12A
Ridiculous
Inane

13A
Legendary guitarist who performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds.
Jimi Hendrix

15A
“Chicago ___” (show starring Yaya DaCosta)
Med

16A
Chinese restaurant beverage
Tea

17A
___ Zedong (former Chinese ruler)
Mao

19A
“That’s clear to me now”: 2 wds.
I See

21A
One-time backup for Bob Dylan that performed “Chest Fever” at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds.
The Band

25A
Look impolitely
Stare

27A
End of an ultimatum: 2 wds.
Or Else

28A
Space aliens: Abbr.
Ets

30A
Looney Tunes “devil” with a huge appetite, for short
Taz

31A
Forces out, like discs from a DVD player
Ejects

34A
Ginger ales and colas, for example
Sodas

38A
Mexican-American rock group that performed “Evil Ways” at Woodstock 50 years ago
Santana

40A
Point guard Curry who has rejoined the Dallas Mavericks
Seth

41A
Goof up
Err

42A
Female fawn
Doe

45A
“The Raven” writer Edgar Allan ___
Poe

46A
Rock/blues singer who performed “To Love Somebody” at Woodstock 50 years ago: 2 wds.
Janis Joplin

51A
Striped variety of quartz
Agate

52A
“I’m going to give you a ___ of my mind!”
Piece

53A
Fashion designer Oscar de la ___
Renta

54A
Runs away, like a kitten
Scats

1A
Jokingly: 2 wds.
In jest

2A
“I’m clueless!”: 2 wds.
No Idea

3A
___ Pérignon (brand of champagne)
Dom

4A
“What’s ___ for me?”: 2 wds.
In It

5A
1968 US Open champion Arthur
Ashe

6D
Code that’s put into an ATM: Abbr.
Pin

7D
Fair ___ square
And

8D
Trojan ___ (ancient conflict)
War

9D
Crocodile, cockatoo, or koala
Animal

10D
People from Dallas or Houston
Texans

14D
Have a meal
Eat

15D
Prefix for “lead” or “represent”
Mis

18D
“___ on Melancholy” (John Keats poem)
Ode

20D
Build, as a skyscraper
Erect

22D
Very spicy
Hot

23D
Eon divisions, to a geologist
Eras

24D
Jeff who heads Amazon
Bezos

26D
Soul singer ___ James
Etta

29D
Nine-digit ID: Abbr.
SSN

31D
180° from WNW: Abbr.
Ese

32D
___ Binks (“Phantom Menace” character): 2 wds.
Jar Jar

33D
Make angry
Enrage

35D
Portray
Depict

36D
Does penance
Atones

37D
“He said, ___ said”
She

39D
Part of speech that can modify a noun: Abbr.
Adj

43D
Klutzy person’s remark
Oops

44D
Grand in scope
Epic

47D
Type of flatbread whose name reads the same forward and backward
Nan

48D
Hairy cousin in “The Addams Family”
Itt

49D
“There are plenty of fish in the ___”
Sea

50D
“Glee” actress ___ Michele
Lea