1/31/24
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Comic actor Brooks
Mel
4A
Board game where the goal is mate
Chess
9A
___ Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985 movie)
Mad
12A
Selma director DuVernay
Mad
13A
Fable writer of yore
Ava
14A
Promissory letters
Iou
15A
The Kids in the Hall cast member who played evil host Sir Simon Milligan: 2 wds.
Kevin McDonald
18A
Wipe as computer memory
Erase
19A
Small particle of matter
Atom
20A
Letters on a rush order
ASAP
23A
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes actress Davis
Viola
27A
Lamb’s cry
Baa
29A
New Hampshire neighbor
Maine
32A
Negative words
Nos
33A
The Kids in the Hall cast member who played crude womanizer Cabbage Head: 2 wds.
Bruce McCulloch
36A
Mammal that flies
Bat
37A
Filled out a ballot
Voted
38A
Irritate
Irk
39A
Took illegally
Stole
41A
Air traveler’s selection
Seat
43A
Candice Patton’s role on the 2014-2023 series The Flash
Iris
46A
Feeling regretful about
Ruing
50A
The Kids in the Hall cast member who played gay bar owner Buddy Cole: 2 wds.
Scott Thompson
54A
TV network with the slogan Positively Entertaining
Ion
55A
Africa’s third largest city
Cairo
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Student welfare organization: Abbr.
PTA
57A
___ Equis (Mexican beer)
Dos
58A
Like someone on a sugar rush say
Hyper
59A
And ___ … (Still …)
Yet
1D
We all ___ mistakes
Make
2D
At any point
Ever
3D
It flows during a volcanic eruption
Lava
4D
Walking sticks
Canes
5D
Stitched edge
Hem
6D
Panic key on a keyboard
Esc
7D
Word that can follow baking or club
Soda
8D
Jupiter’s Great Red ___
Spot
9D
Second-most visited city in the US after New York
Miami
10D
ISP that was very popular in the 1990s
Aol
11D
Bomb that doesn’t go off
Dud
16D
Scientist Newton
Isaac
17D
Long work of fiction
Novel
21D
Mortar shells for example
Ammo
22D
Warsaw ___ (Cold War agreement)
Pact
24D
Would you like the TV ___ off?: 2 wds.
On Or
25D
Secure with a key
Lock
26D
Barbecue grill residue
Ash
27D
Kid who enjoys misbehaving
Brat
28D
Sedan or SUV for example
Auto
30D
Decorates as a cupcake
Ices
31D
Painting of an unclothed person
Nude
33D
Pellets in kids’ weapons
BBs
34D
Tennis player Chris who won the French Open seven times
Evert
35D
Illuminated as a Christmas tree: 2 wds.
Lit Up
40D
Mufasa Scar and Simba
Lions
42D
Knight’s wear
Armor
44D
Feeling after a bug bite often
Itch
45D
___ put (don’t move)
Stay
47D
Visual identification game: 2 wds.
Ispy
48D
Part of a musical scale
Note
49D
Tiny pesky insect
Gnat
50D
Punk musician ___ Vicious
Sid
51D
Bill and ___ (behave romantically)
Coo
52D
Pelvic joint
Hip
53D
Tater tots maker ___-Ida
Ore