2/2/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/2/22
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Typical scores on golf holes
Pars

5A
Pyramid scheme, for example
Scam

9A
“___ Blinded Me With Science” (Thomas Dolby hit)
She

12A
Change the wording of a manuscript
Edit

13A
___ reading (service offered by some psychics)
Aura

14A
Muffin pan
Tin

15A
“The Sting” Oscar nominee who played Martin Bishop in the 1992 heist movie “Sneakers”: 2 wds.
Robert Redford

18A
“Let’s Make a ___” (Wayne Brady game show)
Deal

19A
Is indebted to
Owes

20A
___ on the Mount (event in the Gospel of Matthew)
Sermon

23A
Opposite of strict
Lax

25A
Song written by Puccini or Wagner, perhaps
Aria

26A
Topaz or turquoise, for example
Gem

27A
Popular Vietnamese soup
Pho

30A
“Lilies of the Field” Oscar winner who played Donald Crease in “Sneakers”: 2 wds.
Sidney Poitier

34A
“___ what I mean?”
See

35A
“Uh-huh”
Yep

36A
Catnip, for one
Herb

37A
Aircraft, or a shade of black
Jet

38A
Women getting married
Brides

40A
1970s band whose name reads the same forward and backward
Abba

43A
Wrinkle-removing item
Iron

44A
“Dances With Wolves” Oscar nominee who played Liz Ogilvy in “Sneakers”: 2 wds.
Mary McDonnell

50A
Victorian ___ (period of English history)
Era

51A
World of Coca-___ (tourist attraction in Atlanta)
Cola

52A
Singer Brickell
Edie

53A
___ neutrality (computer user’s concern)
Net

54A
Went very fast
Sped

55A
Step of a ladder
Rung

1A
Pay-___-view
Per

2A
Hoopla
Ado

3D
___-tickling (very funny)
Rib

4D
First name of Oprah’s longtime partner
Stedman

5D
The Prince of Darkness
Satan

6D
“It would make your hair ___” (“It’s shocking”)
Curl

7D
“Times ___ tough all over”
Are

8D
Magazine featuring the comic strip “Spy vs Spy”
Mad

9D
Put into a car’s trunk, perhaps
Stow

10D
Increase the size of the staff
Hire

11D
Finishes
Ends

16D
___ Speedwagon (pop band)
Reo

17D
Animal whose females are called vixens
Fox

20D
Cheeky commentary
Sass

21D
New York canal that was built in the 19th century
Erie

22D
Use the subway, for example
Ride

23D
Jerry’s uncle, on “Seinfeld”
Leo

24D
“___ getting through to you?”: 2 wds.
Am I

26D
It can plot a driver’s route: Abbr.
GPS

27D
The ___ Piper of Hamelin
Pied

28D
In this spot
Here

29D
Globe-shaped items
Orbs

31D
Body part that could suffer from glaucoma
Eye

32D
So far
Yet

33D
Stephen King book about severe weight loss
Thinner

37D
Bird whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet
Jay

38D
___-minded (tolerant)
Broad

39D
White House Chief of Staff Klain
Ron

40D
Agreement from the parishioners
Amen

41D
Nude
Bare

42D
Kid who’s been spoiled
Brat

43D
Eric of Monty Python
Idle

45D
Hosts of award shows: Abbr.
Mcs

46D
___ a plea (bargain for a lighter sentence)
Cop

47D
www.mit.___
Edu

48D
___-Manuel Miranda
Lin

49D
Segment of a relay race
Leg