7/15/26
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Bridge the ___ (fit into different groups)
GAP
4A
Box with a training partner
SPAR
8A
College reunion group
CLASS
13A
Lance who was the judge in a notable 1995 trial
ITO
14A
Shag carpet feature
PILE
15A
Title of songs by Adele and Lionel Richie
HELLO
16A
Band whose 1979 song “Dance the Night Away” features a cowbell intro: 2 wds.
VAN HALEN
18A
Major producer of microprocessors
INTEL
19A
Razor’s sharp part
EDGE
20A
What surrounds Hawaii
OCEAN
22A
___ jobs (work for a handyman)
ODD
23A
Pure Food and Drug ___
ACT
25A
Venue that serves beer and cocktails
BAR
27A
Do some whittling on a block of wood
CARVE
30A
“Small” word in some rappers’ names
LIL
32A
In the ___ (nearby)
AREA
36A
Band whose 1976 song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” features an iconic cowbell part: 3 wds.
BLUE OYSTER CULT
39A
Observed
SEEN
40A
Do some basic math
ADD
41A
Jeans material
DENIM
42A
Circular ___ (kind of tool)
SAW
44A
___ fly (runner-advancing play in baseball)
SAC
45A
Do a lawn chore
MOW
48A
Cottonmouth, for one
SNAKE
51A
“___ No Sunshine” (Bill Withers song)
AIN’T
55A
Opera divas’ solos
ARIAS
57A
Band whose 1981 song “Working for the Weekend” features a cowbell intro
LOVERBOY
59A
Rank above corporal, informally
SARGE
60A
Sonnet or limerick writer
POET
61A
Most particularly: Abbr.
ESP
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
62A
Winter downpour consisting of ice pellets
SLEET
63A
Vegetable with edible green pods
OKRA
64A
Peg at the start of a golf hole
TEE
1D
“Don’t ___ up your day job!”
GIVE
2D
Ever so slightly: 2 wds.
ATAD
3D
The first commercially successful video game
PONG
4D
Healthful resort
SPA
5D
Sully was one in the movie “Sully”
PILOT
6D
“Star Wars” actor Guinness
ALEC
7D
Actress Russo of “Get Shorty”
RENE
8D
The Great Wall of ___
CHINA
9D
Novelist Deighton
LEN
10D
Voice between soprano and tenor
ALTO
11D
Item for coasting downhill
SLED
12D
Got rid of on eBay
SOLD
17D
“___ to Betsy!” (old-timey exclamation)
HEAVENS
21D
“___ to leap tall buildings in a single bound …”
ABLE
24D
Honcho at a corporation: Abbr.
CEO
26D
Indianapolis 500 vehicle: 2 wds.
RACE CAR
27D
“NCIS” network
CBS
28D
Ginger ___ (fizzy drink)
ALE
29D
Zendaya’s character on “Euphoria”
RUE
30D
1960s hallucinogen: Abbr.
LSD
31D
“___ be my honor!”
ITD
33D
Baseball score
RUN
37D
Sound of exhaustion
YAWN
38D
Nutritional initials on a food label
RDA
43D
It’s a good thing
ASSET
44D
Break, as diplomatic ties
SEVER
45D
Bulk, to a bodybuilder
MASS
46D
Non-written, like some exams
ORAL
47D
Barbed ___ fence
WIRE
49D
Big brand of dog food
ALPO
50D
Zany person
KOOK
52D
“Sure sure” : 2 wds.
IBET
53D
Center of a face
NOSE
54D
“Sorry, you’re just not my ___” (romantic rejection)
TYPE
56D
“Avengers: ___ of Ultron”
AGE
58D
Expected landing hour: Abbr.
ETA