6/16/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/16/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Signal that ends a round, in boxing
Bell

5A
“Don’t ___ stranger!”: 2 wds.
Be A

8A
“Hold on just a ___!”
Sec

11A
Sword used in fencing
Epee

12A
Liquor in a daiquiri
Rum

13A
Key next to a Q, on a keyboard
Tab

14A
Fred Astaire’s dance partner in 10 films, including “Top Hat”: 2 wds.
Ginger Rogers

17A
Monk’s hood
Cowl

18A
Breaded and fried pod vegetable that’s a side dish at Cracker Barrel
Okra

19A
Ambulance initials: Abbr.
Ems

21A
Fill with wonder
Amaze

25A
Horse-stopping cry
Whoa

28A
Lyft and Venmo, for example
Apps

31A
“Anna Karenina” author Tolstoy
Leo

32A
Fred Astaire’s dance partner in “Funny Face”: 2 wds.
Audrey Hepburn

35A
___ Lanka (Asian island nation)
Sri

36A
In its current condition: 2 wds.
As Is

37A
Singer Tori
Amos

38A
Defendants’ responses to the charges against them
Pleas

40A
“___ the ramparts we watched …”
Oer

42A
You might do it by hunting and pecking
Type

45A
“I’m really enjoying this!”
Whee

48A
Fred Astaire’s dance partner in “You Were Never Lovelier”: 2 wds.
Rita Hayworth

52A
Prince that Aladdin pretends to be, in the Disney movie
Ali

53A
“My lips ___ sealed”
Are

54A
Falafel bread
Pita

55A
Special attention paid to a patient: Abbr.
TLC

56A
Channel that’s aired reruns of “Supernatural” since 2010
TNT

57A
Email from a Nigerian prince, probably
Scam

1A
“I ___ to differ”
Beg

2A
Monumental story
Epic

3D
Jay with a CNBC “Garage”
Leno

4D
Stockings and knee-highs, for example
Leg Wear

5D
“It’s freezing!”
Brr

6D
Money in Slovenia and Slovakia
Euro

7D
Run ___ (go out of control)
Amok

8D
What a whistling teakettle gives off
Steam

9D
“Let’s just play things by ___”
Ear

10D
Network for “Evil” and “The Equalizer”
CBS

15D
Stately shade tree
Elm

16D
“A man’s reach should exceed his ___”
Grasp

20D
Recites
Says

22D
School graduate, for short
Alum

23D
Number that’s neither positive nor negative
Zero

24D
Extremely long periods of time
Eons

25D
Insect that stings
Wasp

26D
Throw hard
Hurl

27D
Dog in “Garfield”
Odie

29D
The NFL’s Eagles, on scoreboards
Phi

30D
Currency in Cuba
Peso

33D
Piece-of-cake college course: 2 wds.
Easy A

34D
Goes from pub to pub
Bar Hops

39D
Room just under a roof
Attic

41D
“That’s disgusting!”
Eww

43D
Excellent, in former slang
Phat

44D
Deserve to receive
Earn

46D
Actor ___ Dane who stars on HBO’s “Euphoria”
Eric

47D
Soul singer ___ James
Etta

48D
Kind of animal that Templeton is, in “Charlotte’s Web”
Rat

49D
“___ be seeing you!”
Ill

50D
Until this point
Yet

51D
Meat in a Cuban sandwich
Ham