12/4/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/4/24
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Pearl _____ (Eddie Vedder’s band)
Jam

4A
Full-service salons
Spas

8A
First, second, or third, on a baseball diamond
Base

12A
Encouraging word for a matador
Ole

13A
Fine netting material
Mesh

14A
Sansa Stark’s sister on Game of Thrones
Arya

15A
What an agnostic doesn’t feel strongly about
God

16A
Song from The Marriage of Figaro for example
Aria

17A
Piece of glass in a telescope
Lens

18A
Shameless actor who played a car salesman who hired kidnappers in the 1996 film Fargo: 3 wds.
William H Macy

21A
Ring like a heavy bell
Toll

22A
Salary
Pay

23A
Captain of the Pequod, in the novel Moby-Dick
Ahab

25A
Mashed taro dish of Hawaii
Poi

26A
All over the ____ (widely scattered)
Map

29A
Prison Break actor who played kidnapper Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo: 2 wds.
Peter Stormare

33A
Venom: ____ Last Dance
The

34A
Letters before an alias
Aka

35A
Plow-pulling beasts yoked together as a team
Oxen

36A
The Beat With ____ Melber (MSNBC show)
Aria

37A
___ Spumante (sparkling wine)
Asti

39A
Boardwalk Empire actor who played kidnapper Carl Showalter in Fargo: 2 wds.
Steve Buscemi

44A
Mean Girls writer Fey
Tina

45A
___ the Next One (Jay-Z song): 2 wds.
Onto

46A
Wedding promise: 2 wds.
I Do

48A
Interjects into a conversation
Adds

49A
Mythological father of Thor
Odin

50A
Wild animal park with keepers
Zoo

51A
Take a break
Rest

52A
Voicemail signal
Tone

53A
Pointy-eared creature of folklore
Elf

1D
Maybe this will ___ your memory
Jog

2D
That was ___ blow!: 2 wds.
A Low

3D
Reflect while repeating a mantra, maybe
Meditate

4D
Little
Small

5D
Great jeopardy
Peril

6D
Tibet’s continent
Asia

7D
Cleaner that you might lather, rinse, and repeat
Shampoo

8D
Mildly warm and pleasant, weather-wise
Balmy

9D
Local ___ network (connected group of computers)
Area

10D
Match up, as a phone and a laptop
Sync

11D
Take the ___ way out (don’t challenge oneself)
Easy

19D
Ear part most commonly pierced
Lobe

20D
What barbers cut
Hair

23D
Quite suitable
Apt

24D
Sarcastic snicker
Heh

25D
School fundraising group: Abbr.
Pta

26D
Make as big as possible
Maximize

27D
What ___ you waiting for?
Area

28D
Writing implement that can leak ink
Pen

30D
Almost unheard-of
Rare

31D
Heavy piece of footwear for a slalom racer: 2 wds.
Ski Boot

32D
Little speck
Mote

36D
Nautical shout meaning stop!
Avast

37D
Actor Sean who played Bob on Stranger Things
Astin

38D
Biscuit-like pastry served with tea
Scone

39D
Film title word before wars or Trek
Star

40D
Time and ___ wait for no man
Tide

41D
Comes to a close
Ends

42D
Reverse, as a computer action
Undo

43D
American ____ (longtime reality show)
Idol

47D
Reaction to a punch
Oof