1/30/19
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
___ liquor (type of beer)
Malt
5A
Generic dog name like Spot or Rover
Fido
9A
Was in first place
Led
12A
Living ___ (pretending to be something you’re not): 2 wds.
A Lie
13A
Tennis player Kournikova who retired in 2007 at the age of 21
Anna
14A
Actress Mendes of Hitch
Eva
15A
The Beatles’ bass guitarist: 2 wds.
Paul McCartney
18A
Back muscle for short
Lat
19A
Charged particles
Ions
20A
___! at the Disco (rock band)
Panic
23A
Assist
Help
26A
Image on a PC screen
Icon
27A
Temperamental female star
Diva
28A
Chop off as a tree surgeon would
Lop
31A
1982 single sung by Michael Jackson and 15-Across: 4 wds.
The Girl Is Mine
34A
___ Aviv (city in Israel)
Tel
35A
Contact by phone
Call
36A
Early Peruvian
Inca
37A
Seeks handouts
Begs
38A
Pays to play a hand
Antes
39A
___ entry (low-level computer job)
Data
42A
The House With a Clock in Its Walls director Roth
Eli
43A
1982 single sung by Stevie Wonder and 15-Across: 3 wds.
Ebony And Ivory
50A
Key that’s often used with Control and Delete
Alt
51A
David Bowie’s widow
Iman
52A
Song from Carmen or La Bohème
Aria
53A
I Don’t Dance country singer Brice
Lee
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Pocket bread
Pita
55A
Body part where you might see a hickey
Neck
1A
It directs you from here to there
Map
2A
___ carte menu: 2 wds.
A La
3D
Ally McBeal costar Lucy
Liu
4D
You’re ___ me! (I agree entirely!)
Telling
5D
Undeniable truth
Fact
6D
Walmart ___ (retail giant): Abbr.
Inc
7D
Kendrick Lamar hit from his album Damn.
DNA
8D
Boating tool that’s similar to a paddle
Oar
9D
Former late-night host Jay
Leno
10D
Like all numbers that end in 6
Even
11D
There are 365 or 366 of them in a year
Days
16D
Computer made by Apple
Mac
17D
A dollar given to the bellhop for example
Tip
20D
Ocean’s Eleven actor Brad
Pitt
21D
Feel a steady pain
Ache
22D
The First ___ (Christmas song)
Noel
23D
Places to sled
Hills
24D
Sinister
Evil
25D
___ Vegas Strip
Las
27D
Pull along the ground
Drag
28D
Navel or pocket fuzz
Lint
29D
You’re ___ twice three times a lady (Commodores lyric)
Once
30D
Green vegetables that are sometimes strained in baby food
Peas
32D
Cold transparent cubes
Ice
33D
Chrysler Pacifica or Honda Odyssey for example
Minivan
37D
Officially outlaw
Ban
38D
Heavyweight great Muhammad
Ali
39D
Let’s Make a ___ (Wayne Brady game show)
Deal
40D
Let us know if you’re ___ to attend
Able
41D
Large canvas bag
Tote
42D
Krabappel who was Bart Simpson’s teacher
Edna
44D
Shrill bark in a kennel
Yip
45D
Who ___ to say?: 2 wds.
Am I
46D
Actor/singer Wolff
Nat
47D
It’s mined then refined
Ore
48D
Pro wrestler Flair
Ric
49D
Animal whose name can also mean talk a lot
Yak