1/25/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/25/23
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Baseball hitters’ equipment
Bats

5A
Actress Pataky of the Fast & Furious movies
Elsa

9A
Good friend
Pal

12A
Prepare for publication
Edit

13A
Glass part of a telescope
Lens

14A
Suffix for some sweet beverages
Ade

15A
1986 #2 hit for Duran Duran that shares its name with an Alfred Hitchcock movie
Notorious

17A
Stick that holds up curtains
Rod

18A
Loosely cover with cloth
Drape

19A
Fashion accessory that goes around the waist
Belt

21A
Japanese unit of currency
Yen

22A
Suffix indicating more or less
Ish

25A
Slight tint of color
Tinge

28A
___ rock (David Bowie genre)
Glam

30A
Greenwich ___ Time
Mean

31A
1993 #3 hit for Duran Duran about grieving a friend: 2 wds.
Ordinary World

36A
___ the refrigerator (try to find a snack)
Raid

37A
Breaking Bad drug
Meth

38A
Host of a convention
Emcee

40A
When ___ Loved Me (Toy Story 2 song)
She

41A
A hard ___ to crack
Nut

44A
Cab
Taxi

46A
Increase in pay
Raise

48A
Sound made by a lamb
Baa

50A
1984 #1 hit for Duran Duran their first chart-topper in America: 2 wds.
The Reflex

53A
___ in (volunteer to take part)
Opt

54A
Mother of John F. Kennedy
Rose

55A
Actress Jessica who cofounded The Honest Company
Alba

56A
Spelling contest
Bee

57A
Tippy-top
Apex

58A
Tampa Bay’s pro baseball team
Rays

1D
Very flexible like some straws
Bendy

2D
Be extremely fond of
Adore

3D
Tennessee football player
Titan

4D
One-___ shopping
Stop

5D
Horror filmmaker Roth
Eli

6D
Summer sign of the zodiac
Leo

7D
Deliberately ignore
Snub

8D
Good thing to have
Asset

9D
Person you share your life with
Partner

10D
Hubbub
Ado

11D
Was the head of
Led

16D
1952-2022 for Queen Elizabeth II
Reign

20D
Car that might drive up to an awards ceremony
Limo

23D
Bang shut
Slam

24D
Rabbitlike animals
Hares

26D
___ pal (female buddy)
Gal

27D
Conclusion
End

29D
Urban legend for example
Myth

31D
Mineral-bearing rock
Ore

32D
Hit head-on
Ram

33D
Give authoritative instructions
Dictate

34D
Notion
Idea

35D
In what place?
Where

39D
More than what’s required
Extra

41D
___ Wafers (Nabisco treats)
Nilla

42D
Words before an expiration date: 2 wds.
Use By

43D
Home of Rice and Baylor
Texas

45D
Breakfast chain with blue roofs
IHOP

47D
A long way off
Afar

48D
Longtime Sesame Street actor McGrath who died in December
Bob

49D
Kala or Terk in Disney’s Tarzan
Ape

51D
Suffix for Peking
Ese

52D
Name that sounds like wrecks
Rex