12/1/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/1/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Beanie or baseball cap, for example
Hat

4A
Heavenly ___ (ice cream flavor with a marshmallow swirl)
Hash

8A
___ as a pancake
Flat

12A
Type of beer sometimes described as “double” or “triple”: Abbr.
Ipa

13A
Cookie with Java Chip and Carrot Cake varieties
Oreo

14A
Nice smell
Aroma

15A
Stroke softly, as a puppy
Pet

16A
Lounge about
Loll

17A
Coors Light, for one
Lager

18A
1965 Rolling Stones single whose full title begins “(I Can’t Get No)”
Satisfaction

21A
Suffix in fruit drink names
Ade

22A
ISP known as Quantum Computer Services in the 1980s
AOL

23A
Shanghai’s country
China

26A
“Industry Baby” rapper Lil ___ X
Nas

28A
“This ___ stickup!”: 2 wds.
Is A

31A
1969 Rolling Stones single with a cowbell intro: 3 wds.
Honkytonk Women

35A
The “I” in “FWIW”
Its

36A
“What’s your ___?” (“When will you be here?”): Abbr.
Eta

37A
Unexpected twist, like in O. Henry stories
Irony

38A
Peter ___ of Neverland
Pan

40A
Additional item in a piece of mail: Abbr.
Enc

41A
1966 Rolling Stones single with the opening lyric “I see a red door …”: 3 wds.
Paint It Black

47A
Gemstone measurement
Carat

48A
Supreme Court justice’s wear
Robe

49A
Cost an arm and a ___
Leg

51A
Draw ___ in the sand: 2 wds.
A Line

52A
Matures
Ages

53A
___ safe distance (far enough away): 2 wds.
At A

54A
Make over, as a living room
Redo

55A
Signals “yes” with one’s head
Nods

56A
Flash ___ (group that performs a public stunt)
Mob

1D
Joint that connects the thighbone to the pelvis
Hip

2D
Bonobos and gibbons, for example
Apes

3D
“Toodle-oo”: Hyph.
Tata

4D
Paid time off from work
Holiday

5D
“Kiss From ___” (Seal song): 2 wds.
Arose

6D
Word before “defense” or “destructive”
Self

7D
Spanish greeting
Hola

8D
Physically weak and delicate
Frail

9D
Nike’s swoosh or Target’s bull’s-eye, for example
Logo

10D
Prayer ending
Amen

11D
Driveway-sealing goo
Tar

14D
Saxophone that’s higher-pitched than a tenor
Alto

19D
“___ McNamara” (sports-themed comic strip)
Tank

20D
Wine or whiskey barrel
Cask

23D
___-Town (nickname for Illinois’s largest city)
Chi

24D
Like a 100-degree day
Hot

25D
Write-___ (some votes)
Ins

26D
“___ if I can help it!”
Not

27D
Actress de Armas who played a CIA agent in “No Time to Die”
Ana

28D
“The way I see it …,” in an online message
IMO

29D
Political title for California’s Alex Padilla: Abbr.
Sen

30D
“Don’t do me ___ favors!”
Any

32D
What an exterminator puts around a house during fumigation
Tent

33D
Without even a single victory
Winless

34D
Killer whale
Orca

38D
Elton John’s instrument
Piano

39D
Up the ___ (raise the stakes)
Ante

40D
Receded, like the tide
Ebbed

41D
Not at all tanned
Pale

42D
Dry, like a desert
Arid

43D
Middle East country where the movie “Argo” took place
Iran

44D
Like a drive-thru food order: 2 wds.
Togo

45D
Shellfish found in chowder
Clam

46D
Diet plan that’s heavy on fats and proteins
Keto

47D
Uber driver’s vehicle
Car

50D
Talk endlessly
Gab