7/5/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/5/23
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Leg or arm
Limb

5A
Microbe
Germ

9A
Key that closes a dialog box, on Macs
ESC

12A
Pioneering video game company
Atari

14A
Big name in sneakers
Avia

15A
____-jongg (Chinese tile game)
Mah

16A
Justice League, actor who played an actor in Shakespeare’s company in Shakespeare in Love: 2 wds.
Ben Affleck

18A
___ had quite enough of this!
Ive

19A
Side in the US Civil War that surrendered in 1865: Abbr.
CSA

20A
Sewing kit items that are used with thread
Needles

22A
Microsoft web browser
Edge

25A
___ and paste (keyboard actions)
Cut

27A
Dark wines
Reds

28A
Could you ___ little faster? 2 wds.
Go A

29A
Implore
Beg

30A
Actress Arthur who played Dorothy on The Golden Girls
Be A

32A
The Avengers actress who played Shakespeare’s love interest, Viola, in Shakespeare in Love: 2 wds.
Gwyneth Paltrow

38A
___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Its

39A
What Indiana Jones sought, in a 1981 movie
Ark

40A
Kick it ___ notch: 2 wds.
Up A

41A
Star ____: Lower Decks
Trek

44A
Channel that aired The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles
TNT

45A
Hardens, like gelatin
Sets

46A
____ the Karken (line at Seattle hocky games
Release

49A
Call from an umpire
Out

51A
The Addams Family cousin
Itt

52A
The King’s speech actor who played Viola’s fiance in Shakespeare in Love: 2 wds.
Colin Firth

57A
Athlete who draws a salary
Pro

58A
Not spicy
Mild

59A
Briny fruit in a Greek salad
Olive

60A
John David Washington, to Denzel Washington
Son

61A
Princess who becomes queen in Frozen
Elsa

62A
Profit and ___ statement
Loss

1D
Where an evil scientist might concoct bioweapon
Lab

2D
Suffix for Suburban or Israel
Ite

3D
The Old ___ (Jeff Bridges FX series)
Man

4D
Support for a leg injury
Brace

5D
Actress Gadot of the upcoming movie Heart of Stone
Gal

6D
In any ___ (regardless)
Event

7D
Paella ingredient
Rice

8D
You can’t __ me! (I won’t do it!)
Make

9D
Actor Hirsch
Emile

10D
Rescued
Saved

11D
Game that might end in stalemate
Chess

13D
Hypothetical situations
Ifs

17D
Sides of a gemstone
Facets

21D
Rats!
Drat

22D
Easte ___ hunt
Egg

23D
____ Jones industrial Average
Dow

24D
Not heterosexual, perhaps
Gay

26D
Blecch
Ugh

29D
Place wagers
Bet

30D
Clint ___ (the MCU’s Hawkeye, played by Jeremy Renner)
Barton

31D
Antlered animal in the Hartford insurance logo
Elk

33D
Company with the slogan Just Do It
Nike

34D
Kitchen implement that might be nonstick
Pan

35D
Main character on Euphoria
Rue

36D
Choose
Opt

37D
That ___ a close one
Was

41D
Vacations, maybe
Trips

42D
Dated yet trendy
Retro

43D
Daniel singer ___ John
Elton

44D
___ on (rats out)
Tells

45D
Not moving a muscle
Still

47D
Wile E. Coyote’s equipment supplier
Acme

48D
Potting ___ (dirt used by gardeners)
Soil

50D
Sci-fi saucer: Abbr.
UFO

53D
Easter neighbor of Washington: Abbr.
Ida

54D
Subcompact car from Kia
Rio

55D
Hotel room amenities
Tvs

56D
___ the DJ, I’m the Rapper (album by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince)
Hes