7/31/19
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
“The Marvelous ___ Maisel”
Mrs.
4A
Compete in the backstroke or freestyle for example
Swim
8A
Minor blemish
Flaw
12A
Skinny finless fish
Eel
13A
Cryptogram
Code
14A
Molten material spewed from a volcano
Lava
15A
Ending for a scholastic URL
Edu
16A
Chamber or the title of a 2015 Brie Larson film
Room
17A
Peak point
Apex
18A
Actor who appeared on “The Dating Game” 15 years before his TV stardom on “Magnum P.I.”: 2 wds.
Tom Selleck
21A
Ribbon decoration on top of a wrapped present
Bow
22A
Relaxes
Rests
26A
Location
Area
28A
“___ is money” (taskmaster’s phrase)
Time
31A
Deepest sorrow
Woe
32A
Actress who appeared on “The Dating Game” 7 years before her TV stardom on “Charlie’s Angels”: 2 wds.
Farrah Fawcett
35A
93 for Queen Elizabeth II
Age
36A
Suffix for “Oktober” that means “party”
Fest
37A
Opposite of more
Less
38A
Not as polite
Ruder
40A
Scorching
Hot
41A
Actor who appeared on “The Dating Game” 10 years before his TV stardom on “Three’s Company”: 2 wds.
John Ritter
47A
Container for a violin
Case
50A
___ of the Pig (now in the Chinese zodiac)
Year
51A
“What ___ the chances?”
Are
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Group that controls the prices of crude oil: Abbr.
OPEC
53A
Tree with needles and cones
Pine
54A
“XO Tour Llif3” rapper ___ Uzi Vert
Lil
55A
All the words printed on a page
Text
56A
Fraternal group with local “lodges”
Elks
57A
1 and ! are on the same one on a typewriter
Key
1D
Get together as to discuss business
Meet
2D
Try another makeover say
Redo
3D
Slept peacefully
Slumbered
4D
Have a ___ loose (be crazy)
Screw
5D
Sheep shearers’ crop
Wool
6D
Beloved celebrity
Idol
7D
Briefly popular image or saying on the Internet
Meme
8D
Tiny bit of a blizzard
Flake
9D
Place to hold a toddler
Lap
10D
It might intersect a street: Abbr.
Ave
11D
___ and wane (grow and diminish like the moon)
Wax
19D
Fly like an eagle
Soar
20D
People who work on a boat
Crew
23D
Affectionate language: 2 wds.
Sweet Talk
24D
Very little kids
Tots
25D
___ off alarm bells (sounds dangerous)
Sets
26D
Way off in the distance
Afar
27D
Rival of Classico and Prego
Ragu
28D
___ Weeknd (“Call Out My Name” singer)
The
29D
What-___ (uncertainties)
Ifs
30D
After-shower floor protector
Mat
33D
Hairstyle also called a “natural”
Afro
34D
Accumulation that could be prevented by a blood thinner
Clot
39D
Jet fighter’s bailout button
Eject
40D
Takes on a new employee
Hires
42D
Over-the-top promotional buzz
Hype
43D
Astronaut Armstrong
Neil
44D
Military level like general or sergeant
Rank
45D
Great Lake bordering Ohio
Erie
46D
___ on (put trust in)
Rely
47D
Simple bed
Cot
48D
Grape ___ (purple gorilla of 1970s cartoons)
Ape
49D
One reason a movie might receive an R rating
Sex