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Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Homophone of bore
Boar
5A
Word that can follow twin or turbo
Jet
8A
Svelte
Thin
12A
Ron Howard’s role on The Andy Griffith Show
Opie
13A
Texter’s I think
Imo
14A
Person who might wear a cape
Hero
15A
Blues guitarist/singer whom Eric Clapton described as the best guitar player alive: 2 wds.
Buddy Guy
17A
Seacrest who’s been named the next host of Wheel of Fortune
Ryan
18A
Fill to capacity
Sate
19A
___ Came to Me (2023 Peter Dinklage movie)
She
21A
___ bomb (nuclear device)
Atom
24A
Long-ago Greek writer known for his fables
Aesop
28A
Participate in a round of applause
Clap
31A
Names on Facebook photos
Tags
33A
Vigoda who played Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather
Abe
34A
Blues guitarist who wrote such classics as Cross Road Blues: 2 wds.
Robert Johnson
37A
Member of the primate family
Ape
38A
Barn owl’s noise
Hoot
39A
___ up (exhausts the supply of)
Uses
40A
Prove false
Belie
42A
Lopsided win
Rout
44A
Stuff in a car’s tank
Gas
46A
Torn-in-half ticket
Stub
49A
Children’s author Roald
Dahl
52A
Blues singer nicknamed Mother of the Blues: 2 wds.
Ma Rainey
56A
State that’s the birthplace of seven US presidents
Ohio
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57A
Spanish interjection that sounds like Olay
Ole
58A
Blade’s sharp side
Edge
59A
Hard-to-see clothes for a hunter for short
Camo
60A
Space between front teeth
Gap
61A
Diana who has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Ross
1D
Actor Odenkirk
Bob
2D
Magnum ___ (artist’s greatest work)
Opus
3D
Opera about an Ethiopian princess and an Egyptian king
Aida
4D
Bureaucratic impediment to progress: 2 wds.
Red Tape
5D
Lively Irish dance
Jig
6D
Large bird that has claws on its wings
Emu
7D
Things in Santa’s sack
Toys
8D
Number of leaves on a shamrock
Three
9D
___ Baby (2001 No Doubt song)
Hey
10D
Nest-egg financial plan: Abbr.
Ira
11D
Opposite of oui in France
Non
16D
Are we having fun ___?
Yet
20D
Corned beef dish
Hash
22D
The Simpsons bus driver
Otto
23D
Primary focus of study in college
Major
25D
Impertinent response
Sass
26D
Woodwind featured in the song I Got You Babe
Oboe
27D
Sheep enclosures
Pens
28D
Main ingredient in some seafood cakes
Crab
29D
Unhurried gait
Lope
30D
The Weeknd’s birth name ___ Tesfaye
Abel
32D
___ JAIL (words on a Monopoly space): 2 wds.
Goto
35D
Perlman of Cheers
Rhea
36D
More zany
Nuttier
41D
Arctic home made from snow blocks
Igloo
43D
247-year-old country: Abbr.
USA
45D
Polluted haze in the air
Smog
47D
Loosen like shoelaces
Undo
48D
Asks for a doggie treat maybe
Begs
49D
Shortest-named dwarf in a Disney animated movie
Doc
50D
The light has dawned!
Aha
51D
That fellow
Him
53D
___ carte: 2 wds.
Ala
54D
Sales staffer for short
Rep
55D
___-or-no answer
Yes