8/31/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/31/22
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Depressed
Sad

4A
Food for pigs
Slop

8A
Big swallow
Gulp

12A
What glaciers are made of
Ice

13A
The Practice actress ___ Flynn Boyle
Lara

14D
One of the two continents Turkey is part of
Asia

15A
1969 Simon & Garfunkel hit about a fighter by his trade: 2 wds.
The Boxer

17A
Period that begins on Ash Wednesday
Lent

18A
Intense buzzy promotion
Hype

19A
iPhone assistant
Siri

21D
Male turkey
Tom

24A
Genoan deli meat
Salami

28A
Abbott and Costello’s first baseman
Who

31A
Outer edge
Rim

33A
___ baller (kitchen tool)
Melon

34D
1966 Simon & Garfunkel hit that begins I’m sittin’ in the railway station …: 2 wds.
Homeward Bound

37A
Japanese cartoon genre
Anime

38A
Cousin who appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Sal

39A
Month that’s also a girl’s name
May

40A
Gold and iron for example
Metals

42A
All West Point graduates before 1980
Men

44A
Societal problems
Ills

46A
Penguin in the Bloom County comic strip
Opus

50A
Soup dish
Bowl

53A
1966 Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends … and an island never cries: 4 wds.
I Am A Rock

56D
Make a hurried escape
Flee

57A
Walk with difficulty
Plod

58A
Cotton gin inventor Whitney
Eli

59A
Nourish
Feed

60A
Brown bit in an apple core
Seed

61D
Wrestling surface
Mat

1A
Star Wars order that channels the dark side of the Force
Sith

2A
___ Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus hit)
Achy

3A
Profound
Deep

4A
___ Poke (brand of caramel candy)
Slo

5A
Not strict
Lax

6D
Valuable minerals
Ores

7D
City where the Eiffel Tower is
Paris

8D
Italian scientist whose name is sung five times in the song Bohemian Rhapsody
Galileo

9D
Take advantage of
Use

10D
___-Manuel Miranda (Broadway superstar)
Lin

11D
___ on the back (encouragement)
Pat

16D
Wager
Bet

20D
Walk aimlessly
Ramble

22D
George who wrote Animal Farm
Orwell

23D
Alice in Wonderland star Wasikowska
Mia

25D
Frequent target of a college’s fundraising efforts for short
Alum

26D
Bart’s grandmother on The Simpsons
Mona

27D
Nickname of Harrison Ford’s character in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indy

28D
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go pop duo
Wham

29D
Sharpen as a knife
Hone

30D
Forget to include
Omit

32D
Title for a married woman
Mrs

35D
Sent via Outlook perhaps
Emailed

36D
Current-blocking construction
Dam

41D
Loses one’s footing on a wet floor say
Slips

43D
That’s neither here ___ there
Nor

45D
Amazon Prime Day event
Sale

47D
Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken for one
Poem

48D
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s alma mater: Abbr.
UCLA

49D
A Black Lady Sketch Show segment
Skit

50D
Lifelong bosom buddy: Abbr.
BFF

51D
Spanish cheer
Ole

52D
Pee-___ Herman
Wee

54D
Brother and comedy partner of Curly and Shemp
Moe

55D
Opposite of subtract
Add