8/22/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/22/18
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Be inaccurate
Err

4A
Closely related (to)
Akin

8A
Weight-reducing plan
Diet

12A
Scooby-___
Doo

13A
Dust ___ (household bug)
Mite

14A
2012 movie based on the CIA’s Canadian Caper
Argo

15A
Portrayer of faded star Norma Desmond in the 1950 movie Sunset Boulevard: 2 wds.
Gloria Swanson

18A
Childlike Sesame Street character
Elmo

19A
Biology or astronomy for example: Abbr.
Sci

20A
Pack down tightly
Tamp

24A
Runs away like a cat
Scats

28A
With 39-Across portrayer of Max Norma’s butler in Sunset Boulevard: 2 wds.
Erich Von

32A
I’ve got ___ on my plate right now: 2 wds.
A Lot

33A
Immense
Big

34A
Take ___ (get a quick glance): 2 wds.
A Peek

36A
Kill two birds with ___ stone
One

37A
Rodeo rider’s shoe
Boot

39A
See 28-Across
Stroheim

41A
What the first little pig built his house from
Straw

43A
Like a student’s grade of C: Hyph.
Soso

44A
Baby’s mealtime neckwear
Bib

46A
Go for a stroll
Walk

50A
Portrayer of screenwriter Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard: 2 wds.
William Holden

56A
Southernmost Great Lake
Erie

57A
___ to Perdition (2002 Tom Hanks movie)
Road

58A
Fail like a car battery
Die

59A
Red vegetable in borscht
Beet

60A
Mary ___ Lincoln (1860s First Lady)
Todd

61A
Got a look at
Saw

1A
Live on the ___ (take risks)
Edge

2A
Cinnabon purchase
Roll

3A
Word that can follow elbow or emergency
Room

4A
What ___ bid? (auctioneer’s question): 2 wds.
Am I

5D
Automaker that produces the Rio
Kia

6D
___ a date!
Its

7D
What the Washington Post covers
News

8D
Recently retired auto racer ___ Patrick
Danica

9D
Tax-collecting agency: Abbr.
IRS

10D
Self-image
Ego

11D
Unit of weight for hippos
Ton

16D
University military program: Abbr.
ROTC

17D
Appliances that you run in hot weather: Abbr.
ACs

21D
Cry of discovery
Aha

22D
Awards for the season’s best athletes: Abbr.
MVPs

23D
Sonnet writers for example
Poets

25D
___ vera (skin soother in Hawaiian Tropic After Sun Moisturizer)
Aloe

26D
Beloved author Morrison
Toni

27D
Flower stalk
Stem

28D
Recedes like the tide
Ebbs

29D
Mob scene
Riot

30D
Stravinsky who composed The Rite of Spring
Igor

31D
Notorious Roman emperor
Nero

35D
Daily ___ (political blog)
KOs

38D
Mobile computer such as an iPad
Tablet

40D
Werewolf’s cry
Howl

42D
Nintendo game console
Wii

45D
Lisa Simpson’s brother
Bart

47D
Does an arithmetic problem with a plus sign
Adds

48D
Carrie Fisher’s Star Wars role
Leia

49D
I ___ it all along
Knew

50D
The last W in WWW
Web

51D
Hot temper
Ire

52D
Be deceitful
Lie

53D
Sound from a cow
Moo

54D
You never ___ it so good!
Had

55D
Unconventional
Odd