12/12/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/12/18
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
What many eye drops simulate
Tears

6A
Floor-swabbing tool
Mop

9A
Snapchat or Instagram for example
App

12A
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up author Kondo
Marie

13A
Honest ___ (nickname for President Lincoln)
Abe

14A
Bring a court case against
Sue

15A
Actress who played Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies: 2 wds.
Irene Ryan

17A
___ Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Its

18A
Man getting married
Groom

19A
Expansive
Vast

20A
Saloons
Bars

23A
Hang loosely
Drape

25A
Can ___ honest with you?: 2 wds.
I Be

26A
___ the Wizard (song from The Wiz)
Hes

27A
Remove with the rubber part of a pencil
Erase

31A
With 33-Across actor who played Jed on The Beverly Hillbillies
Buddy

33A
See 31-Across
Ebsen

34A
Hurricane or blizzard for example
Storm

35A
NYC airport named for a president: Abbr.
JFK

37A
___ Lincoln (youngest son of 13-Across)
Tad

38A
Talk ___ you’re blue in the face
Until

40A
Catholics confess them to priests
Sins

41A
For ___ the Bell Tolls (Hemingway novel)
Whom

44A
Pass into law
Enact

46A
Place for a holster
Hip

47A
Actor who played Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies: 3 wds.
Max Baer Jr

51A
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Turner
Ike

52A
Employ
Use

53A
Verboten
Taboo

54A
Branch of Buddhism
Zen

55A
Chicago ___ (NBC show starring Yaya DaCosta)
Med

56A
Went down the bunny slope perhaps
Skied

1D
I didn’t need to know all that: Abbr.
TMI

2D
Body part that’s often pierced
Ear

3D
We ___ Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor Swift hit)
Are

4D
Wedding bands
Rings

5D
Clairvoyant person
Seer

6D
Bill de Blasio and Rahm Emanuel for two
Mayors

7D
First Lady Michelle who championed the Let’s Move! initiative
Obama

8D
Sharpie product
Pen

9D
Southeast ___ (region that includes Vietnam and Cambodia)
Asia

10D
___ on a pedestal (idolizes)
Puts

11D
Nuisance
Pest

16D
Took a bus or train perhaps
Rode

19D
Give or take for example
Verb

20D
They protect against baby food stains
Bibs

21D
Border on
Abut

22D
Decorate a different way
Redo

24D
Sneak a look
Peek

26D
Song sung during a church service
Hymn

28D
___ Spumante wine
Asti

29D
Actor Hayes of Will & Grace
Sean

30D
Ceases
Ends

32D
Bongo or tom-tom for example
Drum

35D
Gave bad luck to
Jinxed

36D
Fat in a beer belly
Flab

39D
Taunt
Tease

40D
Entrée often served with a baked potato
Steak

41D
Gee ___!
Whiz

42D
Woodsy walk
Hike

43D
Word in a store’s window welcoming customers
Open

45D
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with feline characters
Cats

47D
It’s the word if you’re being silent
Mum

48D
Slugger’s statistic in baseball: Abbr.
RBI

49D
Name that’s also a slang term for coffee
Joe

50D
Spare the ___ and spoil the child
Rod