1/4/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/4/23
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Flower’s stalk
Stem

5A
Brand of cooking spray
Pam

8A
Incalculably vast time span
Eon

11A
Largest of the three bears in a fairy tale
Papa

12A
Black Friday store event
Sale

13A
Group with Raptors and Hawks: Abbr.
NBA

14A
Base line on a graph
Axis

15A
Lean a little to the side
Tilt

16A
___ out (be happily lazy)
Veg

17A
Child star who is the second-youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee ever at age 19 for 1939’s Babes in Arms: 2 wds.
Mickey Rooney

20A
Mendes who directed Skyfall
Sam

21A
Gadget like a hammer saw or wrench
Tool

22A
Final part
End

25A
Get ___ of (toss out)
Rid

27A
Singer Diana of the Supremes
Ross

30A
The Little Colonel actress who received the Academy’s first Juvenile Award at age 6 in 1935: 2 wds.
Shirley Temple

34A
Nickname for Egypt’s ruler who was buried with her lover Mark Antony
Cleo

35A
Make mistakes
Err

36A
Word that can go before shadow or liner in cosmetics
Eye

37A
Come to a complete halt
Stop

40A
In the past
Ago

42A
Our Gang actor who is the youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee ever at age 9 for 1931’s Skippy: 2 wds.
Jackie Cooper

47A
Animal that jumped over the moon in a nursery rhyme
Cow

48A
Bar that a wheel rotates around
Axle

49A
Greater in number
More

50A
Third-largest country by population: Abbr.
USA

51A
Tubers resembling sweet potatoes
Yams

52A
Proposed way to proceed
Plan

53A
And crown ___ good with brotherhood …
Thy

54A
Those finishing high school: Abbr.
Srs

55A
Emcee on a game show
Host

1D
Junk email
Spam

2D
Alternative to Uber or Lyft
Taxi

3D
Grand heroic tale
Epic

4D
Face coverings
Masks

5D
Two mittens or two boots for example
Pair

6D
Parcel out
Allot

7D
You’re not the only one: 2 wds.
Me Too

8D
A letter goes inside it for mailing
Envelope

9D
Follow orders
Obey

10D
Say Clean your room! 10 times in a single day perhaps
Nag

12D
Get in the way of
Stymie

18D
Member of the British nobility who’s not as high up as a duke
Earl

19D
Deviation from the ___ (unusual occurrence)
Norm

22D
Top-left computer key
ESC

23D
Stanley Cup organization: Abbr.
NHL

24D
Gradually peters out and then disappears: 2 wds.
Dies Away

26D
Substance for making highlights in hair
Dye

28D
Sneaky
Sly

29D
Hmm let me ___ …
See

31D
College military group: Abbr.
ROTC

32D
Tracks down as lost luggage
Taraces

33D
And thus …
Ergo

38D
Gives consent for
Okays

39D
Turning Red film studio
Pixar

41D
Get-up-and-go
Oomph

42D
Tease good-naturedly
Josh

43D
Trees whose leaves have serrated edges
Elms

44D
Equestrian sport
Polo

45D
Statistics for baseball pitchers: Abbr.
Eras

46D
Lease as an apartment
Rent

47D
___ and paste (keyboard actions)
Cut