12/21/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/21/22
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Type of fat used in piecrusts
Lard

5A
Party of Nancy Pelosi: Abbr.
Dem

8A
Downcast
Sad

11A
Big brand name in moisturizers
Olay

12A
Move along the runway before takeoff
Taxi

13A
Video game console with Nunchuk controllers
Wii

14A
Wind into rings as a lasso
Coil

15A
Actor Rickman of Love Actually
Alan

16A
Just ___ water
Add

17A
1980 film featuring Burt Lancaster as a former gangster mixed up with cocaine sellers: 2 wds.
Atlantic City

20A
After-tax amount
Net

21A
Rorschach ___ (method of analysis involving inkblots)
Test

22A
Melting ___ (group whose members have diverse origins)
Pot

25A
Long long long time
Eon

27A
Darth Vader’s daughter
Leia

30A
1989 film featuring Burt Lancaster as a baseball player whose ghost plays one last game: 3 wds.
Field of Dreams

34A
Substance used in pottery
Clay

35A
Baseball Hall of Famer Durocher
Leo

36A
___ & Glo (brand of floor cleaner)
Mop

37A
Mollusk often used for chowder
Clam

40A
Rest briefly
Nap

42A
1956 film featuring Burt Lancaster as a con man who promises to relieve a drought: 2 wds.
The Rain Maker

47A
Bow’s husband on Black-ish
Dre

48A
Navy’s athletic rival
Army

49A
Big rig on a highway
Semi

50A
A Mighty Fortress Is ___ God (hymn)
Our

51A
Slanted viewpoint
Bias

52A
Worker hired as a short-term sub
Temp

53A
The Darjeeling Limited director Anderson
Wes

54A
Same-___ marriage
Sex

55A
___ poor Yorick! (line from Hamlet)
Alas

1D
Livin’ la Vida ___ (Ricky Martin song)
Loca

2D
You have ___ to answer for: 2 wds.
A lot

3D
Banister
Rail

4D
FBI: Most Wanted actor McDermott
Dylan

5D
Surrealist painter Salvador ___
Dali

6D
Precise
Exact

7D
Chop into tiny pieces
Mince

8D
Police unit trained for heightened danger: 2 wds.
Swat Team

9D
Shrill actress Bryant
Aidy

10D
Why ___ the chicken cross the road?
Did

12D
Design on the skin
Tattoo

18D
___ for Speed (racing video game franchise)
Need

19D
Speck of land in the ocean
Isle

22D
Low rank in the Marine Corps: Abbr.
PFC

23D
What some tuna is packed in
Oil

24D
Instructors
Teachers

26D
Group involving gridirons: Abbr.
NFL

28D
As I see things … in a text
Imo

29D
Egyptian cobra
Asp

31D
Actor Waggoner or singer Lovett
Lyle

32D
Restaurant chain that serves a sandwich called Moons Over My Hammy
Dennys

33D
Wander
Roam

38D
Many residents of Morocco and Egypt
Arabs

39D
___ Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst movie)
Marie

41D
Rotini for example
Pasta

42D
Factual
TRUE

43D
Giant-screen theater format
IMAX

44D
Beam along a boat’s bottom
Keel

45D
Thompson with a Best Actress Oscar for Howards End
Emma

46D
___ off (overcharges)
Rips

47D
___ Jones (financial index)
Dow