8/25/21
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Keebler cookie mascot
Elf
4A
“Cash ___” (game show hosted by Ben Bailey)
Cab
7A
Carmaker with the Cooper
Mini
11A
Avril Lavigne song “Sk8er ___”
Boi
12A
Bird such as Harry Potter’s Hedwig
Owl
13A
Lover’s opposite
Hater
14A
Greyhound vehicle
Bus
15A
___ Zedong (Chinese chairman, 1943-1976)
Mao
16A
“Lights” singer Goulding
Ellie
17A
1983 film where Kevin Kline and Glenn Close are a couple hosting a gathering of college friends: 3 wds.
The Big Chill
20A
Toddler
Tot
21A
Exclamation upon making a discovery
Aha
22A
Apple model since 1998
iMac
25A
“Golden” or “pale” brew
Ale
26A
Workplace with beakers and pipettes
Lab
29A
1982 film where Kevin Kline and a Holocaust survivor played by Meryl Streep are a couple: 2 wds.
Sophies Choice
33A
Like Las Vegas weather, frequently
Hot
34A
Gun group that Charlton Heston once led: Abbr.
NRA
35A
Pay attention to, as advice
Heed
36A
Hit the slopes
Ski
37A
2000s forensic drama with several spin-offs
CSI
39A
1997 film where Kevin Kline and Joan Allen play a dysfunctional Connecticut couple: 3 wds.
The Ice Storm
44A
Queen’s headpiece
Crown
45A
Professional who might help you with an IRS audit: Abbr.
CPA
46A
Ocean creature that resembles a snake
Eel
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48A
Carbon-___ life form
Based
49A
Derby or fedora, for example
Hat
50A
Christmas dessert Little Jack Horner ate in the corner
Pie
51A
Hightailed it
Sped
52A
Add-___ (optional extras)
Ons
53A
It becomes refined in a smeltery
Ore
1D
Recede from the shore
Ebb
2D
Boorish clod
Lout
3D
Pet that’s kept in a tank
Fish
4D
One-two ___ (pair of boxing hits)
Combo
5D
Hope to see shortly, as a friend’s arrival
Await
6D
Online journal
Blog
7D
Barack and Michelle’s older daughter
Malia
8D
“___ be good for you”
Itll
9D
Astronaut Armstrong
Neil
10D
Dublin’s country: Abbr.
Ire
13D
Chortle heard on “Beavis and Butt-head”: 2 wds.
Heh Heh
18D
Carve into glass
Etch
19D
Math class with integrals and differentials, for short
Calc
22D
Suffix indicating “in a way”
Ish
23D
Cow sound
Moo
24D
Quite suitable
Apt
25D
Mad ___ wet hen: 2 wds.
As A
26D
Tell fibs
Lie
27D
Top card in a royal flush
Ace
28D
The first “B” in “B&B”
Bed
30D
Fair way to be repaid, as with goods of the same sort: 2 wds.
In Kind
31D
Former attorney general Holder
Eric
32D
Its state quarter depicts an astronaut and an airplane
Ohio
36D
Did some quilting
Sewed
37D
Cable channel for political junkies: Hyph.
C Span
38D
Sports numbers, for short
Stats
39D
Pitfall
Trap
40D
Garden tube used on a Slip ‘N Slide
Hose
41D
“Is there an ___ in here?”
Echo
42D
Possible result of defaulting on a car loan, for short
Repo
43D
1970s Israeli prime minister Golda
Meir
44D
Network that airs “FBI”
CBS
47D
Sara ___ (prominent name in frozen desserts)
Lee