7/26/23
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Small particle with protons and electrons
Atom
5A
___ job is worth doing it’s worth doing well: 2 wds.
If A
8A
Genre for the Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals
Ska
11A
Non-comedic show
Drama
12A
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts voice actor Perlman
Ron
13A
Word that can go after bull or pig
Pen
14A
Goodbye to a Parisian
Adieu
15A
Noah’s construction
Ark
16A
Hotel with a keeper
Inn
17A
The Rookie actor who played Doc Holliday in 1994’s Wyatt Earp: 2 wds.
Dennis Quaid
20A
Insect you might see in the crack of a sidewalk
Ant
21A
Talent of someone who sinks a free throw
Aim
22A
___ limits (restrictions for elected officials)
Term
25A
Uses a sign
Adds
27A
Organization expert Kondo
Marie
28A
With 31-Across On the Road Again singer who played Doc Holliday in the 1986 TV movie Stagecoach
Willie
31A
See 28-Across
Nelson
32A
Stayed home for dinner: 2 wds.
Ate In
33A
We can’t ___ on him (He’s undependable)
Rely
34A
Wild guess
Stab
35A
Dim ___ (Chinese food)
Sum
36A
___ my brother’s keeper?: 2 wds.
Am I
39A
Spartacus actor who played Doc Holliday in 1957’s Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: 2 wds.
Kirk Douglas
43A
Glide on snow
Ski
45A
Positive answer to Patchy the Pirate in the SpongeBob Squarepants theme song
Aye
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
Asian city that hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics
Seoul
47A
___ down (prepare to go to sleep)
Lie
48A
Chin-___ (certain exercises)
Ups
49A
Kitchen appliance
Stove
50A
Piece of equipment in a rowboat
Oar
51A
Grant permission to
Let
52A
Yard tool with a long handle
Rake
1D
Elizabeth ___ (cosmetics company with a Superstart line)
Arden
2D
Contaminate
Taint
3D
It could be seen as a bad sign
Omen
4D
Moana demigod voiced by Dwayne Johnson
Maui
5D
Natives of Baghdad
Iraqis
6D
Online message board
Forum
7D
Singer/songwriter Paul who wrote My Way
Anka
8D
Creatures feared by people who have arachnophobia
Spiders
9D
Novelist Follett
Ken
10D
Former Today anchor Curry
Ann
11D
Baby’s name for her father maybe
Dada
18D
Pop singer with the hit Smooth Operator
Sade
19D
European country whose longest river is the Po
Italy
23D
Brazilian city that hosted the 2016 Summer Games for short
Rio
24D
Fellows
Men
25D
Criminal defendant’s excuse
Alibi
26D
Cacophony
Din
27D
Lethal Weapon star Gibson
Mel
28D
If I ___ Your Girlfriend (Prince song)
Was
29D
Hairy cousin on The Addams Family
Itt
30D
Less watertight
Leakier
31D
Title clownfish in a 2003 animated movie
Nemo
33D
Least courteous
Rudest
35D
FaceTime alternative
Skype
36D
Take ___ and tell me what you think: 2 wds.
A Look
37D
Pale purple shade
Mauve
38D
Most of Cast Away was set on one
Isle
40D
TV and theater star Esparza
Raul
41D
Country that Belarus was part of: Abbr.
USSR
42D
___ charge out of (really enjoy): 2 wds.
Get A
43D
___-mo
Slo
44D
South Korea’s leading carmaker
Kia