8/18/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/18/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Takes part in a skit
Acts

5A
Let the cat out of the ___
Bag

8A
Donkey Kong, for example
Ape

11A
Novelty “pet” whose versions include Yoda and Joe Biden
Chia

12A
“I’m ___ really bad mood”: 2 wds.
In A

13A
To the ___ (extremely)
Max

14A
1996 comedy starring Adam Sandler as a hockey player who takes up professional golf: 2 wds.
Happy Gilmore

17A
Actor O’Neill and singer Sheeran
Eds

18A
Body part that can go before “band” or “rest”
Arm

19A
Boats like Noah’s
Arks

20A
Place where bees are kept
Apiary

22A
___ up (increases the energy level of)
Amps

25A
Mop & ___ (brand of floor cleaner)
Glo

26A
Fight ___ good fight
The

29A
With 31-Across, “Modern Family” actress who played public relations director Virginia Venit in 14-Across
Julie

31A
See 29-Across
Bowen

33A
“Arrival” star Adams
Amy

34A
“Better Call Saul” crime boss ___ Fring
Gus

37A
What’s revealed in a game of hangman
Word

38A
___ Kombat (video game franchise)
Mortal

40A
Teaching assistant
Aide

43A
___ X (certain demographic group)
Gen

44A
Electric jolt
Zap

47A
“Rocky” actor who played one-handed golf instructor Chubbs Peterson in 14-Across: 2 wds.
Carl Weathers

50A
Middle ___ (period after young adulthood)
Age

51A
Track-___-field (sports category that includes running)
And

52A
Eye part that surrounds the pupil
Iris

53A
Spreadsheet line
Row

54A
Muddy barnyard pen
Sty

55A
Trench under a drawbridge
Moat

1A
Feeling of pain
Ache

2D
Chiefs quarterback Henne
Chad

3D
Often-anonymous leads given to the police
Tips

4D
Liquid in tree trunks
Sap

5D
Rhyming term for an 18-wheeler: 2 wds.
Big Rig

6D
Drummer for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
Animal

7D
Actress Gadot
Gal

8D
“Love,” to a Spanish speaker
Amor

9D
Outdoor recreation area in a city
Park

10D
Former romantic partners
Exes

15D
Pomeranian’s bark
Yap

16D
Month that spells a vegetable when written backwards
May

20D
“___ always like to say …”: 2 wds.
As I

21D
Comic actor Corddry
Rob

22D
“The Upside” actress ___ Naomi King
Aja

23D
British slang for “mother”
Mum

24D
Layer, as of toilet paper
Ply

26D
Nine minus seven
Two

27D
___ Majesty the Queen (title for Elizabeth II)
Her

28D
Air a final episode, say
End

30D
Self-importance
Ego

32D
Bird that hunts at night
Owl

35D
Requiring quick, decisive action
Urgent

36D
Go ___ with (date regularly)
Steady

38D
Singer Tormé or Tillis
Mel

39D
Marvel’s “___-Man and the Wasp”
Ant

40D
Enterprise Rent-___: Hyph.
A Car

41D
Villain in Shakespeare’s “Othello”
Iago

42D
Made an illustration
Drew

44D
Absolute ___ (lowest possible temperature)
Zero

45D
Opera highlight
Aria

46D
Hushed, attention-getting sound
Psst

48D
Used to be
Was

49D
That dude
Him