12/30/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/30/20
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
___ up your sleeve (hidden advantage)
Ace

4A
Fancy hairstyle
Coif

8A
Make mad
Rile

12A
Sports group with Sharks and Jets: Abbr.
NHL

13A
Hair-raising style?
Updo

14A
In the past, present, or future
Ever

15A
Zippo
Nil

16A
Ogle
Leer

17A
Suddenly swerve
Veer

18A
Fictional coffeehouse on 26-Across: 2 wds.
Central Park

21A
Country that won the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Abbr.
USA

22A
Paddle used in Olympic rowing
Oar

23A
“Gilmore Girls” actor Gunn
Sean

26A
1994-2004 NBC sitcom set in New York City
Friends

30A
Peter ___ (resident of Neverland)
Pan

31A
Arizona’s ___ Canyon National Park
Grand

33A
Sound that often goes along with “aah”
Ooh

34A
1993-2004 NBC sitcom set in Seattle
Frasier

36A
Singer ___ Songz who had the 2020 album “Back Home”
Trey

37A
“___ Maria” (religious song)
Ave

38A
Roadside rescue
Tow

40A
Fictional coffeehouse on 34-Across: 2 wds.
Café Nervosa

45A
Dance at a pig roast, often
Hula

46A
Soothing ingredient in some lotions
Aloe

47A
Covert ___ (undercover missions)
Ops

49A
Rideshare app whose name comes from the German word for “above”
Uber

50A
Contraction indicating “You’re not serious, are you?”
Cmon

51A
Home for wolves
Den

52A
Old sitcom set in a cab company
Taxi

53D
The Four ___ (1960s-1970s Motown band)
Tops

54D
Rock singer ___ Rose
Axl

1D
“Raggedy” doll
Ann

2D
Hip and stylish
Chic

3D
Actress Fanning of the “Maleficent” movies
Elle

4D
Extreme, insular groups
Cults

5D
“Turandot” or “Pagliacci,” for example
Opera

6D
Concept
Idea

7D
Sad, to the point of despondency
Forlorn

8D
Revolutionary War hero Paul
Revere

9D
Bon ___ (indie band led by Justin Vernon)
Iver

10D
Onion relative that’s a symbol of Wales
Leek

11D
“To ___ is human” (“Nobody’s perfect”)
Err

19D
What Deloris pretended to be, in “Sister Act”
Nun

20D
Settled a tab
Paid

23D
Sunscreen rating: Abbr.
SPF

24D
Where the smallest muscle in the body is
Ear

25D
News commentator Navarro
Ana

26D
Come from ___ and wide
Far

27D
Word often accompanying “neither”
Nor

28D
Stag’s mate
Doe

29D
Unlikely to start a conversation, maybe
Shy

31D
“Never Gonna ___ You Up” (Rick Astley hit)
Give

32D
Play the part of a Civil War soldier, for example
Reenact

35D
Sightseeing vacation in Africa
Safari

36D
Number of different digits used in binary code
Two

38D
Group of Girl Scouts
Troop

39D
Pizza cookers
Ovens

40D
Country formerly ruled by Fidel Castro
Cuba

41D
Late game show host Trebek
Alex

42D
Giggly character on “Sesame Street”
Elmo

43D
Scotch and ___ (bar order)
Soda

44D
Acme
Apex

45D
Quarterback’s yell before a snap
Hut

48D
Show where Jim Carrey impersonates Joe Biden: Abbr.
SNL