12/13/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/13/23
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Did laps in a pool
Swam

5A
Quick snoozes
Naps

9A
When an Uber should arrive at its destination: Abbr.
Eta

12A
Angel’s ring-shaped topper
Halo

13A
In the ___ (nearby)
Area

14A
Reject
Nix

15A
Highway off-ramp
Exit

16A
Read the barcode of
Scan

17A
Golfer’s small implement
Tee

18A
The King and I actress who was nominated for six Oscars but never won one: 2 wds.
Deborah Kerr

21A
Racehorse’s father
Sire

22A
Not theirs
Ours

25A
Windfall
Boon

29A
Japan’s continent
Asia

30A
The Robe actor who was nominated for seven Oscars but never won one: 2 wds.
Richard Burton

35A
Sore throbbing feeling
Ache

36A
Vegetable with mung and pinto varieties
Bean

37A
… a partridge in a ___ tree
Pear

38A
Really grates on
Irks

42A
Lawrence of Arabia actor who was nominated for eight Oscars but never won one: 2 wds.
Peter Otoole

48A
___ and gown (graduate’s wear)
Cap

50A
Enthusiastic like a sports fan
Avid

51A
___ threshold (level at which someone experiences hurt)
Pain

52A
Be indebted to
Owe

53A
How Can You ___ a Broken Heart (#1 hit for the Bee Gees)
Mend

54A
Ticklish Muppet
Elmo

55A
___-and-breakfast
Bed

56A
Antlered beasts in Yellowstone
Elks

57A
Declares
Says

1D
Building for tool storage
Shed

2D
Floor polishes
Waxes

3D
Suspect’s story
Alibi

4D
Source of a car’s power
Motor

5D
Group that uses the Kennedy Space Center: Abbr.
Nasa

6D
What a flat foot lacks
Arch

7D
Homophone of pique and peek
Peak

8D
Mentally all there
Sane

9D
Hand over for safekeeping
Entrust

10D
Score such as 6-6
Tie

11D
Lumberjack’s tool
Axe

19D
McEntire’s self-titled sitcom
Reba

20D
Lion’s sound
Roar

23D
___ Grande (border river)
Rio

24D
___ Juan (capital of Puerto Rico)
San

26D
Sphere
Orb

27D
Reverent poem
Ode

28D
Group that runs an annual Slam Dunk Contest: Abbr.
NBA

30D
Kanye West’s music
Rap

31D
Stuff that can make a road slick
Ice

32D
Rough and cracked like lips
Chapped

33D
___ and there (scattered around)
Here

34D
The U in CPU
Unit

39D
Boxing ring’s boundaries
Ropes

40D
Australian animal that resembles a teddy bear
Koala

41D
Icky like a snail’s trail
Slimy

43D
Docile like animals in a petting zoo
Tame

44D
Daredevil Knievel
Evel

45D
Place to roller-skate
Rink

46D
Figures quoted at racetracks
Odds

47D
Actress Mireille of AMC’s Lucky Hank
Enos

48D
Corn on the ___
Cob

49D
Feeling of wonder
Awe