6/17/20
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Space between two teeth
Gap
4A
Trudge through mud
Slog
8A
Santa’s holiday for short
Xmas
12A
Web address: Abbr.
URL
13A
Two ___ Coladas (Garth Brooks hit)
Pina
14A
Italy’s capital to Italians
Roma
15A
Guitarist Frehley of the band Kiss
Ace
16A
… happily ___ after
Ever
17A
Declare without reservation
Avow
18A
Love Affair actor who played Gregory Anton in 1944’s Gaslight: 2 wds.
Charles Boyer
21A
Like yesterday’s news
Old
22A
Many Madison Avenue agencies create them
Ads
23A
CNN Heroes cohost Kelly
Ripa
26A
It was twenty years ___ today … (Beatles lyric)
Ago
27A
Craft used in an invasion of Earth in sci-fi: Abbr.
UFO
30A
Casablanca actress who played Paula Alquist in Gaslight: 2 wds.
Ingrid Bergman
34A
Word repeated before black sheep in a nursery rhyme
Baa
35A
___ good deed (be helpful): 2 wds.
Do A
36A
Decides
Opts
37A
Be under the weather
Ail
38A
Professional group for healers: Abbr.
AMA
40A
Citizen Kane actor who played Inspector Brian Cameron in Gaslight: 2 wds.
Joseph Cotton
46A
Word that can follow bird or bubble
Bath
47A
English or French instrument in an orchestra
Horn
48A
Watchmen channel
HBO
49A
___ Britt (Nicollette Sheridan’s Desperate Housewives role)
Edie
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
___ dead people (The Sixth Sense line): 2 wds.
I See
51A
Grain in some muffins
Oat
52A
Eliot ___ (hero in The Untouchables)
Ness
53A
Sparrow’s home
Nest
54A
Grain that rhymes with eye
Rye
1D
Avocado dip for short
Guac
2D
Shape of a St. Louis landmark
Arch
3D
___ bargain (deal between a prosecutor and a defendant)
Plea
4D
Incantation for Harry Potter
Spell
5D
Short-___ (lasting only a little while)
Lived
6D
Little ___ (kids and babies)
Ones
7D
Rubbish or the name of Shirley Manson’s band
Garbage
8D
Pictures taken by dentists: Hyph.
Xrays
9D
Outta my way!
Move
10D
Spanish word for love
Amor
11D
Tool whose jig variety isn’t actually used to make puzzles
Saw
19D
Tiger’s sound
Roar
20D
Skunk’s defense
Odor
23D
___-tickling (hilarious)
Rib
24D
___ bind (stuck): 2 wds.
In A
25D
Group for athletes who use irons and woods: Abbr.
PGA
26D
Organization for attorneys: Abbr.
ABA
27D
Kill the ___! (angry cry at a baseball game)
Ump
28D
What dieters want to lose
Fat
29D
Add-___ (optional extras)
Ons
31D
I’ll remember this until the day ___: 2 wds.
I Die
32D
Animal similar to a porpoise
Dolphin
33D
Billy or nanny
Goat
37D
Reduced to ___ (completely burned)
Ashes
38D
Units of farmland
Acres
39D
Impressionist painter Claude
Monet
40D
Gemstone from China
Jade
41D
Try a Little Tenderness singer Redding
Otis
42D
Tube attached to a lawn sprinkler
Hose
43D
Marvel Comics superhero inspired by Norse mythology
Thor
44D
Website with auctions
Ebay
45D
Brief bit of correspondence
Note
46D
Founding father Franklin
Ben