8/7/24
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
Paid message with a skip button on YouTube
Ads
4A
Insect with a hanging nest
Wasp
8A
Removes, as a banana’s skin
Peels
13A
Just a ___, skip, and a jump away
Hop
14A
Sister brand of Purina One and Friskies
Alpo
15A
Mathematical proportion such as 3:2
Ratio
16A
Baseball team’s best pitcher
Ace
17A
Make up ___ mind!
Your
18A
Country where Leonardo da Vinci was born
Italy
19A
John Wick actor who played Neo in 1999’s The Matrix: 2 wds.
Keanu Reeves
22A
Took music requests at a party, say
Djed
23A
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire actor Stevens
Dan
24A
Furniture store that was the first company to show a gay couple in an American TV commercial
Ikea
26A
Person creating rhymes
Poet
28A
Billiards stick
Cue
31A
Memento actress who played Trinity in The Matrix: 2 wds. hyph.
Carrie Anne Moss
35A
Visitors from other galaxies: Abbr.
Ets
36A
Hybrid animal on a farm
Mule
37A
Smart ___ (know-it-all)
Alec
38A
___ be it from me …
Far
39A
Toy brick brand with a chain of theme parks
Lego
41A
V for Vendetta actor who played Agent Smith in The Matrix: 2 wds.
Hugo Weaving
45A
Home of the NBA’s Heat
Miami
47A
___ and hearty
Hale
48A
OMG, was that a rat
Eek
50A
Common quantity of eggs or doughnuts
Dozen
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
This ___ emergency!: 2 wds.
Is An
52A
Actress DeLaria of Orange is The New Black
Lea
53A
Soft material for upholstery, jackets, and shoes
Suede
54A
Seats facing pulpits
Pews
55A
Where eclipses are observed
Sky
1A
Cry of insight
Aha
2A
Wooden platform that extends over a lake
Dock
3D
Motorists who are driving way too fast
Speeders
4D
Batman’s real last name
Wayne
5D
For everyone to hear
Aloud
6D
Pointy wheel on a cowboy boot
Spur
7D
Skin opening
Pore
8D
Opposite of public
Private
9D
Moth-___ (full of holes, like some old clothes)
Eaten
10D
Airport arrival expectations: Abbr.
Etas
11D
Rapper ___ Jon
Lil
12D
___ sauce (salty condiment)
Soy
20D
Not completely closed
Ajar
21D
Place where the whole population was naked
Eden
24D
Skate on thin ___
Ice
25D
Actress Dennings
Kat
26D
Close friend
Pal
27D
A Quiet Place: Day ___
One
28D
Officers that rank below generals
Colonels
29D
Get benefit from
Use
30D
Exit full screen computer key
Esc
32D
John Lennon song with the lyric You may say I’m a dreamer …
Imagine
33D
Currency that replaced the Spanish peseta
Euro
34D
Wise men in a Christmas story
Magi
38D
Simmered with rage
Fumed
39D
Legal show that won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series four times: 2 wds. Abbr.
La Law
40D
Numbers divisible by two
Evens
41D
Smoggy air condition
Haze
42D
Cool ____ (brand of dessert topping)
Whip
43D
Let me set your mind at ____
Ease
44D
Nerdy person
Geek
45D
Degrees for surgeons: Abbr.
Mds
46D
Letters on a payment voucher
Iou
49D
Actress Mary ____ Place
Kay