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Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Spanish-born painter Salvador
DALI
5A
Screens in sports bars
TVS
8A
Make an even exchange
SWAP
12A
French ___ (annual tennis tournament)
OPEN
13A
Become moldy
ROT
14A
Cabbie’s vehicle
TAXI
15A
Michael J. Fox sitcom on which Donald Trump made a 1998 cameo appearance: 2 wds.
SPINCITY
17A
Really tick off
RILE
18A
Fawn’s mother
DOE
19A
Provide a buffet for, say
CATER
20A
Mythological Greek character who holds the sky on his shoulders
ATLAS
24A
Young man
BOY
25A
“Crazy”-sounding bird
LOON
26A
Warm appetizer eaten with a spoon
SOUP
28A
Letters before an alias
AKA
31A
Brooke Shields sitcom on which Donald Trump made a 1997 cameo appearance: 2 wds.
SUDDENLYSUSAN
34A
Rock that may contain silver
ORE
35A
Thin metal bars
RODS
36A
Seasoning sprinkled on a hard-boiled egg
SALT
37A
Baby’s dribble catcher
BIB
38A
Cone-shaped Native American dwelling
TEPEE
39A
___ Empire (Caesar’s realm)
ROMAN
42A
Pronoun for a woman
SHE
44A
Budget Truck Rental’s sister company
AVIS
45A
Fran Drescher sitcom on which Donald Trump made a 1996 cameo appearance: 2 wds.
THENANNY
50A
Polite chap
GENT
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Took first prize
WON
52A
Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me ___”
BABE
53A
Lake bordering Ohio and New York
ERIE
54A
Covert ___ (secret missions)
OPS
55A
Extend across
SPAN
1D
45-Down, in Spanish
DOS
2D
iPad download
APP
3D
Garland that might be made of orchids
LEI
4D
Traveler’s stopover
INN
5D
Group of three musicians
TRIO
6D
Mail in your ballot, say
VOTE
7D
Pig’s home
STY
8D
Homeless dog or cat
STRAY
9D
Be patient
WAIT
10D
Bar that connects wagon wheels
AXLE
11D
Docking platform
PIER
16D
Music purchases stored in wallets: Abbr.
CDS
19D
Many NYPD employees
COPS
20D
Furthermore
ALSO
21D
Guided visit around a campus
TOUR
22D
Mother ___ (miner’s lucky strike)
LODE
23D
Connecting conjunction
AND
24D
Purchases
BUYS
26D
Nose-in-the-air type of person
SNOB
27D
Like antiques
OLD
28D
Letters that mean “Quickly!”
ASAP
29D
Leafy green vegetable that’s high in vitamin K
KALE
30D
Buy-in in a hand of Texas hold ’em
ANTE
32D
NFL sideline reporter Andrews
ERIN
33D
Find a function for
USE
37D
Moisten during cooking
BASTE
38D
Number of bowling pins knocked down in a strike
TEN
39D
___ Against the Machine
RAGE
40D
Under’s opposite
OVER
41D
Small variety of Oreo
MINI
42D
Retail store
SHOP
43D
Egg-laying chickens
HENS
45D
The only even prime number
TWO
46D
Tummy muscles
ABS
47D
Doze briefly
NAP
48D
Hoops league with teams in Memphis and Miami: Abbr.
NBA
49D
Japanese currency
YEN