12/26/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/26/24
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Presidential rejection
VETO

5A
Icon on an online retailer’s website
CART

9A
Container for tips, sometimes
JAR

12A
Appliance in a pizzeria
OVEN

13A
Sandwich cookie from Nabisco
OREO

14A
Country with the world’s largest military (Abbr.)
USA

15A
What do you ___ me to say?
WANT

16A
Frankenstein’s lab assistant
IGOR

17A
___ into your savings (use money that had been set aside)
DIP

18A
Singer of the 2019 pop song “ME!” (2 wds.)
TAYLOR SWIFT

21A
Hungry hungry animal in a Milton Bradley game
HIPPO

23A
___ good deed (be of assistance) (2 wds.)
DO A

24A
___ out (just manage)
EKE

25A
Pull a fast one on
DUPE

28A
Lengthy dramatic story
SAGA

32A
Singer of the 2016 dance song “NO” (2 wds.)
MEGHAN TRAINOR

35A
El ___ (city in Texas)
PASO

36A
Race that lasts for only seconds
DASH

37A
Portable bed added to a hotel room
COT

38A
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Michael
CHE

40A
Unlatches
OPENS

42A
Singer of the 2021 country song “AA” (2 wds.)
WALKER HAYES

47A
Choice on a color wheel
HUE

48A
Acme
APEX

49A
Cause a ___ (incite trouble)
STIR

52A
Levin who wrote “The Stepford Wives” and “A Kiss Before Dying”
IRA

53A
Likely to bump into a ceiling fan, maybe
TALL

54A
Vocal quality
TONE

55A
Hit with a laser gun
ZAP

56A
Exaggerated publicity
HYPE

57A
Word that can go before “hygiene” or “history”
ORAL

1D
Solemn declaration
VOW

2D
Actress Mendes or Amurri
EVA

3D
Stakes used while camping: 2 wds.
TENT PEGS

4D
Easily pourable, at a bar: 2 wds.
ON TAP

5D
Shape of a spring
COIL

6D
Best Picture winner set during the Iran hostage crisis
ARGO

7D
Gets more inventory
REORDERS

8D
Body’s midsection
TORSO

9D
Eight-time Oscar nominee Dench
JUDI

10D
“Oh, please!”: 2 wds.
AS IF

11D
Totally enthralled
RAPT

19D
Luke Skywalker’s tutor on Dagobah
YODA

20D
“Now then, where ___?”: 2 wds.
WAS I

21D
Rope-making fiber
HEMP

22D
Swedish store whose largest location is in the Philippines
IKEA

26D
Compensate inadequately
UNDERPAY

27D
Group that supports K-12 students: Abbr.
PTA

29D
Person above you in a family tree
ANCESTOR

30D
Thug
GOON

31D
Sculpture and music, for two
ARTS

33D
Sell to a pawnbroker
HOCK

34D
Greeting shouted between ships
AHOY

39D
___ bar (toffee candy from Hershey)
HEATH

41D
Green sauce that is made from basil
PESTO

42D
Virtuoso, in slang
WHIZ

43D
Subtle vibe
AURA

44D
Lengthy jump
LEAP

45D
“Not if I can ___ it!”
HELP

46D
Rod connecting two wheels
AXLE

50D
Chef Garten who’s known as the Barefoot Contessa
INA

51D
“Free Guy” actor Lil ___ Howery
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