12/16/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/16/20
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Female Irish singer who goes by one name
Enya

5A
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” singer Redding
Otis

9A
Midge’s father on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Abe

12A
“King ___” (Shakespeare tragedy)
Lear

13A
Slang term meaning “attuned to social injustices”
Woke

14A
Fuel for a campfire
Log

15A
“Cheers” bar owner who was a former Red Sox pitcher: 2 wds.
Sam Malone

17A
Opposite of con
Pro

18A
Crime involving fire
Arson

19A
Canines that sometimes travel in purses: 2 wds.
Toy Dogs

21A
Bone protecting one’s heart
Rib

23A
Go to ___ (begin hostilities)
War

24A
Ancient
Old

27A
Open ___ night (event for amateur comedians)
Mic

29A
Encourage
Urge

33A
“Cheers” server whose nemesis is Carla Tortelli: 2 wds.
Diane Chambers

37A
Presentation at a trade show
Demo

38A
Animal that swings in forests
Ape

39A
___ out (deletes with two lines)
Xes

40A
Steady ___ rock: 2 wds.
As A

43A
“Wow, is it chilly!”
Brr

45A
Six-foot units used for measuring water depth
Fathoms

49A
Currency used in Red Square
Ruble

53A
“There ___ no stupid questions”
Are

54A
“Cheers” bartender who replaced Coach in season 4: 2 wds.
Woody Boyd

56A
Ready-___ (easy to make, in a kitchen)
Mix

57A
Currency used in many nations
Euro

58A
Not doing much of anything
Idle

59A
Consume
Eat

60A
Doodled
Drew

61A
Very sharp, like eyesight
Keen

1D
Queen in “Frozen II”
Elsa

2D
In the area
Near

3D
Orange side dish on Thanksgiving
Yams

4D
Mandalorian’s protective wear
Armor

5D
Bird that symbolizes wisdom
Owl

6D
Short blast from a car horn
Toot

7D
“No kidding, right?”: 2 wds.
I Know

8D
“Later on!”: 2 wds.
See Ya

9D
Rival of Pedigree and Iams
Alpo

10D
Villainous collective in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
Borg

11D
Problems for bigheaded people
Egos

16D
Japanese genre related to manga
Anime

20D
Defeat in a rout
Drub

22D
Big name in lighters
Bic

24D
Quirky
Odd

25D
Fabrication
Lie

26D
Beaver’s construction
Dam

28D
Half of a Latin American dance
Cha

30D
T-___ (fierce dinosaur, for short)
Rex

31D
Exam for a PhD candidate: Abbr.
Gre

32D
Suffix for “priest” or “host”
Ess

34D
Man who gathered pairs of animals
Noah

35D
Widespread announcement sent to police officers: Abbr.
APB

36D
“Have Yourself a ___ Little Christmas” (holiday song)
Merry

41D
Distributed, as seeds
Sowed

42D
Love, in French
Amour

44D
Erno who created a puzzle cube named after himself
Rubik

45D
1980 movie musical whose title song was performed by Irene Cara
Fame

46D
Solo for an opera tenor, maybe
Aria

47D
Message containing an emoji, often
Text

48D
Achy
Sore

50D
___ ill (be a bad sign)
Bode

51D
Singer Lovett
Lyle

52D
“East of ___” (James Dean movie)
Eden

55D
___ Jones (Wall Street index)
Dow