2/21/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/21/24
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Bro’s sibling
Sis

4A
K-pop band with the #1 hits Butter and Dynamite
Bts

7A
Abe Lincoln’s youngest son
Tad

10A
Yankees legend Gehrig
Lou

11A
Buckets
Pails

13A
Half of dos
Uno

14A
Leave stunned
Awe

15A
Freeze over: 2 wds.
Ice Up

16A
Bread that’s sometimes marbled
Rye

17A
Moulin Rouge! director who directed 1996’s Romeo + Juliet: 2 wds.
Bazluhr Mann

20A
Put to good ___ (avail oneself of)
Use

21A
Playwright Henrik who wrote A Doll’s House
Ibsen

24A
Secretly include in an email thread: Abbr.
Bcc

26A
With 32-Across Titanic actor who played Romeo in Romeo + Juliet
Leonardo

29A
Basketball Hall of Famer ___ Ming
Yao

30A
Elderly
Old

31A
Key ingredient in huevos rancheros
Egg

32A
See 26-Across
Dicaprio

35A
Ending for Gator or Power
Ade

36A
Part of an escalator
Stair

37A
Actress Wasikowska
Mia

39A
Homeland actress who played Juliet in Romeo + Juliet: 2 wds.
Claire Danes

45A
Imitate a cow
Moo

47A
Color with such shades as bone and ivory
White

48A
Tool that’s thrown in a certain bar activity
Axe

49A
Bird that symbolizes wisdom
Owl

50A
___ on a Scandal (Judi Dench movie)
Notes

51A
Australian singer who regularly awards money to her favorite Survivor contestants
Sia

52A
The Princess and the ___ (fairy tale)
Pea

53A
___ for the course (not unusual)
Par

54A
Money dispenser at a bodega: Abbr.
Atm

1D
Huge chunk
Slab

2D
University whose athletes are the Hawkeyes
Iowa

3D
Egyptian canal that lets Mediterranean ships reach the Indian Ocean
Suez

4D
The Golden ___ (reality show starring 72-year-old Gerry Turner)
Bachelor

5D
Hierarchy level
Tier

6D
Neglected neighborhood
Slum

7D
Blushes: 2 wds.
Turns Red

8D
___ takers?
Any

9D
Female koala kangaroo or deer
Doe

11D
Devout-sounding name of twelve popes
Pius

12D
Country where Penelope Cruz was born
Spain

18D
Jean-___ Picard (sci-fi captain)
Luc

19D
Organization for the Atlanta Hawks: Abbr.
NBA

22D
Precipice
Edge

23D
Holiday drink made with 31-Across
Nog

24D
What tempts a fish to bite a hook
Bait

25D
Soft drink company headquartered in Atlanta: Hyph.
Coca Cola

27D
Inventor Whitney
Eli

28D
Device that records a car’s mileage
Odometer

29D
There are 1760 of them in a mile: Abbr.
Yds

33D
Feel unwell
Ail

34D
King ___ (large edible crustacean)
Prawn

35D
Small battery size
AAA

38D
The ___ of March (fateful time for Julius Caesar)
Ides

40D
24-hour breakfast restaurant chain
ihop

41D
Family Switch actress Moreno
Rita

42D
Organization depicted in Hidden Figures: Abbr.
Nasa

43D
Depart
Exit

44D
Homophone of seem
Seam

45D
Tool often seen in a bucket
Mop

46D
I don’t ___ you an explanation!
Owe