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Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Have a desire for
Want
5A
Careers
Jobs
9A
Class where students paint and draw
Art
12A
High-pitched woodwind
Oboe
13A
Send forth
Emit
14A
Jeer from a disgruntled spectator
Boo
15A
Out-of-control crowds
Mobs
16A
One of the Jacksons in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Tito
17A
Is there ___ reason I shouldn’t?
Any
18A
1968 action film in which Steve McQueen plays a San Francisco detective who takes part in an iconic car chase
Bullitt
20A
Published in a newspaper
Ran
22A
Vapor from a kettle
Steam
23A
Mortgage provider
Lender
26A
Moisturizing shower-gel ingredient
Aloe
29A
Dog in The Wizard of Oz
Toto
30A
1992 erotic thriller in which Michael Douglas plays a San Francisco detective obsessed with a suspect: 2 wds.
Basic Instinct
35A
Analogous (to)
Akin
36A
Medical sitcom set during wartime
Mash
37A
___ Stadium (baseball venue in the Bronx)
Yankee
39A
Hall & ___ (Kiss on My List duo)
Oates
44A
Place for a school dance often
Gym
45A
1958 thriller in which Jimmy Stewart plays an ex-San Francisco detective with a fear of heights
Vertigo
47A
___ give it some thought
Ill
49A
European retailer that opened its first US location in 1985
Ikea
51A
Old-timey poet
Bard
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
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Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Tavern owner on The Simpsons
Moe
53A
Pants on fire person
Liar
54A
Word that can go before rug or code
Area
55A
Nova network
Pbs
56A
Southern pronoun for multiple people
Yall
57A
Permanent skin designs for short
Tats
1D
Gestation places
Wombs
2D
Something to Talk ___ (Bonnie Raitt song)
About
3D
Like a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords
Noble
4D
Company whose first car was the Roadster in 2008
Tesla
5D
Rock singer and guitarist Joan
Jett
6D
Skip over
Omit
7D
___-O-Honey (taffy candy)
Bit
8D
Department ___
Store
9D
Leave behind
Abandon
10D
Filmmaker Howard who was a TV star on Happy Days
Ron
11D
Lite-Brite or Slinky for example
Toy
19D
All-in-one desktop computer
Imac
21D
Prefix that means opposed to
Anti
23D
To a smaller extent
Less
24D
And lots more: Abbr.
Etc
25D
Dry ___ (lumber problem)
Rot
27D
Fruit whose juice is used in daiquiris
Lime
28D
Go out ___ limb: 2 wds.
On A
30D
San Francisco ___ (body of water)
Bay
31D
Alias: Abbr.
Aka
32D
Album tracks that are also released individually
Singles
33D
Dark like a squid’s fluid
Inky
34D
Marvel superhero from Asgard
Thor
38D
Actress Blunt of Oppenheimer
Emily
40D
Ready to attempt to hit a baseball: 2 wds.
At Bat
41D
Jeweled headpiece for a princess
Tiara
42D
White wading bird
Egret
43D
Fountain drinks
Sodas
45D
Meat used in Wiener schnitzel
Veal
46D
___ Grey (type of tea)
Earl
47D
Little brat
Imp
48D
Tennis shot that’s often intended to buy some time
Lob
50D
Carmaker that produces the Forte
Kia