1/29/20
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Drinks daintily
Sips
5A
Nickelback lead singer Kroeger
Chad
9A
___ de Triomphe (French landmark)
Arc
12A
Actress Channing who died in 2019
Carol
14A
___ and seek
Hide
15A
It’s never ___ late
Too
16A
Excruciating suffering
Agony
17A
Frequent Saturday Night Live host Baldwin
Alec
18A
On My ___ (1986 #1 hit from Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald)
Own
19A
Mrs. Doubtfire actor who played Peter Pan in the 1991 film Hook: 2 wds.
Robin Williams
22A
Young Darth Vader’s nickname
Ani
23A
Big Aussie bird in Liberty Mutual commercials
Emu
24A
About a billion years
Eon
27A
Captain’s journal
Log
30A
Dragon Ball Z cartoon style
Anime
34A
Shakespeare in Love actress who played young Wendy Darling in Hook: 2 wds.
Gwyneth Paltrow
38A
___ to your seat (fascinated by what you’re watching)
Glued
39A
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase actor Trammell
Sam
40A
First name of Grampa Simpson
Abe
41A
Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Wheaton
Wil
43A
Fannie ___ (housing finance organization)
Mae
46A
Rain Man actor who played Captain Hook in Hook: 2 wds.
Dustin Hoffman
53A
Word which appropriately can be literally translated as meditative state
Zen
54A
A single time
Once
55A
Clear from the blackboard
Erase
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
What ___ supposed to do now?: 2 wds.
Am I
57A
Honest-to-goodness
Real
58A
Willy who worked with Oompa-Loompas
Wonka
59A
Cherry seed
Pit
60D
___ Crackle and Pop
Snap
61D
Cardinal’s twiggy home
Nest
1D
Lasting mark after surgery
Scar
2D
Othello schemer
Iago
3D
No ___! (Easy-peasy!)
Prob
4D
Sotomayor on the Supreme Court
Sonia
5D
Milky spiced tea
Chai
6D
Over the ___ (no longer young)
Hill
7D
Rolling in the Deep singer
Adele
8D
The dot in 3.14
Decimal
9D
Shrinking superhero in the Justice League of America
Atom
10D
Lines of seats in a theater
Rows
11D
Pro and ___ (sides in a debate)
Con
13D
Greenleaf actress Whitfield
Lynn
20D
Chamberlain who is still the only person to ever score 100 points in an NBA game
Wilt
21D
Uncle’s wife
Aunt
24D
Cadbury Creme ___
Egg
25D
The ___ and the Pussy-Cat (Edward Lear poem)
Owl
26D
Big college in Manhattan: Abbr.
NYU
28D
Cries of surprise
Ohs
29D
College transcript number: Abbr.
GPA
31D
Broadway lyricist Gershwin
Ira
32D
Frenzied crowd
Mob
33D
Female member of a flock
Ewe
35D
What Norah O’Donnell delivers
News
36D
Magazine executives
Editors
37D
What gun chambers hold for short
Ammo
42D
Material for fancy napkins
Linen
44D
He’s been around the block ___ times: 2 wds.
A Few
45D
Zac of 2007’s Hairspray
Efron
46D
Actress Moore or singer Lovato
Demi
47D
Storage ___ (place to put things away)
Unit
48D
Sweet Sixteen organization: Abbr.
NCAA
49D
I could use a hand here!
Help
50D
Horse’s neck hair
Mane
51D
Seeks answers
Asks
52D
Uncluttered
Neat
53D
Electrical jolt
Zap