1/21/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/21/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
“Ain’t Too Proud to ___” (Temptations song)
BEG

4A
Flow away from the beach
EBB

7A
In a powered-down state
OFF

10A
“The Problem With ___” (2017 documentary about a “Simpsons” character)
APU

11A
Italian number after “due”
TRE

12A
Target number in golf
PAR

13A
“Dr. No” actor who played Captain Marko Ramius in “The Hunt for Red October”: 2 wds.
SEANCONNERY

16A
Prefix for “colon” or “weekly”
SEMI

17A
What an air freshener might mask
ODOR

18A
Fitness facility
GYM

20A
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie who died in 2021
WATTS

24A
Feels sore
ACHES

26A
___ Claire (city in Wisconsin)
EAU

27A
With 28-Across, “The Right Stuff” actor who played Commander Bart Mancuso in “The Hunt for Red October”
SCOTT

28A
See 27-Across
GLENN

30A
Pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
ALA

31A
“Stop ___ so dramatic!”
BEING

32A
Vibrant Dutch flower
TULIP

35A
Gun, as an engine
REV

36A
Captain America, for one
HERO

38A
Actress Fisher of “The Great Gatsby”
ISLA

42A
“Beetlejuice” actor who played CIA analyst Jack Ryan in “The Hunt for Red October”: 2 wds.
ALECBALDWIN

45A
“Maude” actress Arthur
BEA

46A
Frozen block
ICE

47A
Ginger ___ (soft drink)
ALE

48A
What a Waymo user gets into
CAR

49A
“___ sells seashells by the seashore”
SHE

50A
Pull to a mechanic’s shop, perhaps
TOW

1D
Fish with “striped” and “smallmouth” varieties
BASS

2D
Fencing blade
EPEE

3D
Micronesian island that’s a territory of the US
GUAM

4D
And others: Abbr.
ETC

5D
Sweeping implements
BROOMS

6D
River curve
BEND

7D
Classical music piece with acts and singers
OPERA

8D
Distant
FAR

9D
Cook in boiling oil
FRY

14D
Period between dusk and dawn
NIGHT

15D
At the present moment
NOW

19D
“You ain’t seen nothing ___!”
YET

21D
Word that’s a suffix in seven numbers between 10 and 20
TEEN

22D
Wu-___ Clan
TANG

23D
What Mercury and Mars orbit
SUN

24D
Group that defends personal freedoms: Abbr.
ACLU

25D
Fuel mined from mountains
COAL

27D
Occupied a chair
SAT

28D
“I’ll be darned!”
GEE

29D
Irate
LIVID

31D
Bring up, as a sensitive topic
BROACH

33D
“Do ___ wedding bells?”: 2 wds.
IHEAR

34D
Chest muscle, for short
PEC

37D
Stat for a baseball slugger: Abbr.
RBIS

39D
Hit, like an annoying fly
SWAT

40D
“___ & Stitch” (2025 movie remake)
LILO

41D
Seeing things in ___ light: 2 wds.
ANEW

42D
“Shark Tank” network
ABC

43D
Actress Michele in the 2025 Broadway revival of “Chess”
LEA

44D
“Freakier Friday” star Jamie ___ Curtis
LEE