8/28/19
Wayback Wednesday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Toots, as a car horn
Beeps
6A
Golfer Ernie who won four major championships
Els
9A
People shovel it in winter
Snow
13A
Thus far: 2 wds.
As Yet
14A
Propel a kayak
Row
15A
Smurf with a white mustache and beard
Papa
16A
Last name on many tractors
Deere
17A
“We all live ___ yellow submarine”: 2 wds.
In A
18A
Trebek who has hosted nearly 8,000 episodes of “Jeopardy!”
Alex
19A
Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds.
Spencer Tracy
22A
Passageway for the bride and groom
Aisle
23A
Make a scratch or dent in
Mar
24A
Taiwan-born director ___ Lee
Ang
25A
Chicken coop resident
Hen
28A
One of Peter Rabbit’s siblings
Mopsy
32A
1960 movie that fictionalized the Scopes Monkey Trial about teaching evolution: 3 wds.
Inherit the Wind
36A
Old-fashioned in a hip way
Retro
37A
___ Chang (member of Dumbledore’s Army, in the Harry Potter books)
Cho
38A
“___ the season to be jolly …”
Tis
39A
Bit of regatta gear
Oar
41A
Display some emotion
React
44A
Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds.
Fredric March
49A
“Shazam!” star Zachary
Levi
50A
Slimy stuff
Goo
51A
___ of schedule (early)
Ahead
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Where Adam and Eve wore fig leaves
Eden
55A
Sick
Ill
56A
Sealy rival in the mattress market
Serta
57A
“Jurassic World” actor B.D. ___
Wong
58A
Family guy honored every June
Dad
59A
Long written answer on a test
Essay
1D
Defective
Bad
2D
Suffix for languages of China and Vietnam
Ese
3D
What an optometrist tests
Eyesight
4D
Criminals, in slang
Perps
5D
Hard metal that contains iron
Steel
6D
Carle who wrote “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
Eric
7D
“The ___ Ranger”
Lone
8D
Large group of gnats
Swarm
9D
Depp’s pirate character in five movies
Sparrow
10D
“The Lion King” lioness
Nala
11D
Oil-pricing group: Abbr.
OPEC
12D
Like crayons and candles
Waxy
20D
Fruity soda brand
Nehi
21D
Docile, like a house pet
Tame
22D
Hathaway who won an Oscar for her “Les Misérables” performance
Anne
24D
Clear the ___ (get rid of hard feelings)
Air
26D
“And so on and so forth”: Abbr.
ETC
27D
To the ___ degree
Nth
29D
Baseball players who stand on the mound
Pitchers
30D
Bit of sulkiness
Snit
31D
Gridiron measures: Abbr.
Yds
33D
Eating away gradually, as a shoreline
Eroding
34D
Loud sound from the crowd
Roar
35D
Israeli circle dance
Hora
40D
Unyielding
Rigid
42D
Rub out, like pencil marks
Erase
43D
___ and pains
Aches
44D
Went by plane
Flew
45D
Decorate differently
Redo
46D
On the same level
Even
47D
Brown soda that’s usually caffeinated
Cola
48D
Fuzzy stuff that grows on old food
Mold
52D
“Everything comes ___ price”: 2 wds.
At A
53D
Period from dawn to dusk
Day