8/20/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/20/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Move up and down, like a buoy in the ocean
BOB

4A
Stick with a knife
STAB

8A
Whack, like a housefly
SWAT

12A
First woman mentioned in the Bible
EVE

13A
___-false test
TRUE

14A
Title for Leo XIV
POPE

15A
Drink served in sushi restaurants
TEA

16A
Home care assistants
AIDES

18A
Real first name of superhero Mister Fantastic
REED

19A
Replacement lead singer for Journey starting in 2007: 2 wds.
ARNEL PINEDA

22A
Pale ___ (brewery offering)
ALE

23A
“Last one in is a ___ egg!”
ROTTEN

27A
Out-of-focus image
BLUR

30A
Put on a sulky face
POUT

32A
Raw source of iron or lead, say
ORE

33A
Replacement lead singer for Black Sabbath starting in 1979: 3 wds.
RONNIE JAMES DIO

37A
MS NOW host Melber
ARI

38A
Item on a to-do list
TASK

39A
Where 12-Across lived
EDEN

40A
Catch sight or scent of
DETECT

42A
State with the largest population: Abbr.
CAL

44A
Replacement lead singer for Genesis starting in 1975: 2 wds.
PHIL COLLINS

50A
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” author Carle
ERIC

53A
Actress Watts who played Jackie Kennedy in the 2026 FX series “Love Story”
NAOMI

54A
Actor James ___ Der Beek (1977-2026)
VAN

55A
Loony, in Spanish
LOCO

56A
Digitize, as a document
SCAN

57A
Cabrera who was once an anchor on “MSNBC Reports”
ANA

58A
12-inch measures
FEET

59A
Nylons or tights
HOSE

60A
Worn-out horse
NAG

1D
Second letter of the Greek alphabet
BETA

2D
“You could have knocked me ___ with a feather”
OVER

3D
Pinto ___ (type of legume)
BEAN

4D
Individual section of a restroom or stable
STALL

5D
Cow’s stomach, when used as food
TRIPE

6D
Lexus competitor
AUDI

7D
“___ there, done that”
BEEN

8D
Jack ___ (nursery rhyme dieter)
SPRAT

9D
Homophone of “whoa”
WOE

10D
Chimpanzee, for one
APE

11D
Baseball Hall of Famer Williams
TED

17D
Clear part of blood
SERUM

20D
Gain through merit
EARN

21D
___ on (be excessively fond of)
DOTE

24D
Musician Rundgren
TODD

25D
Great Lake on which Cleveland is located
ERIE

26D
Gas in many Las Vegas signs
NEON

27D
Country singer Paisley
BRAD

28D
Handed-down folktales
LORE

29D
The “U” in “Law & Order: SVU”
UNIT

30D
Two-piece sleepwear, for short
PJS

31D
Acorn-producing tree
OAK

34D
Discomfort caused by a bug bite
ITCH

35D
Have a meal delivered, say: 2 wds.
EAT IN

42D
Unwakeable states
COMAS

43D
“Drop me ___ sometime”: 2 wds.
A LINE

45D
Bit of hair near an eye
LASH

46D
Fashion designer Chanel
COCO

47D
“Twins” and “Dave” director Reitman
IVAN

48D
Dog owned by the Darling family in “Peter Pan”
NANA

49D
Catch on something sharp
SNAG

50D
Short, playful creature of legend
ELF

51D
Eggs in caviar
ROE

52D
Break the ___ (start a conversation)
ICE