6/24/26
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Price
COST
5A
Dangerous substance in cigarettes
TAR
8A
X marks the ___
SPOT
12A
Island where Waikiki Beach is
OAHU
13A
Campfire residue
ASH
14A
Longtime iPod model
NANO
15A
Like ___ of bricks: 2 wds.
ATON
16A
Demure
COY
17A
Cookie with a pickle-flavored variety released in 2026
OREO
18A
“There Goes My Baby” band with the 1960 hit song “This Magic Moment”: 2 wds.
THEDRIFTERS
21A
Biodegrade
ROT
22A
“Laughing” scavengers
HYENAS
25A
Online site that has bidding wars
EBAY
27A
“A Horse With No Name” band with the 1982 hit song “You Can Do Magic”
AMERICA
28A
What bartenders refer to as “rocks”
ICE
29A
“Matlock” network
CBS
30A
Church bench
PEW
31A
“Drive” band with the 1984 hit song “Magic”: 2 wds.
THECARS
34A
Commotion
FUSS
36A
Triangular snack chip
DORITO
37A
“The lowest form of humor,” supposedly
PUN
38A
“Born to Be Wild” band with the 1968 hit song “Magic Carpet Ride”
STEPPENWOLF
43A
Spa treatment that may include a hand massage, for short
MANI
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45A
What a pale person might try to acquire at the beach
TAN
46A
Train track part
RAIL
47A
Botanical ingredient in skin care products
ALOE
48A
“Go Your ___ Way” (Fleetwood Mac song)
OWN
49A
Length times width, for a rectangle
AREA
50A
They might be “open” or “running” at a pub
TABS
51A
“Gangnam Style” rapper
PSY
52A
Attention-getting sound
PSST
1A
Layer of mascara
COAT
2A
Sworn statement
OATH
3D
Lofer or sneaker, for example
SHOE
4D
Arctic plain
TUNDRA
5D
Unspoken, as an understanding
TACIT
6D
___ late (recently): 2 wds.
ASOF
7D
Musical patterns
RHYTHMS
8D
Loud sleeper
SNORER
9D
Root vegetables similar to carrots
PARSNIPS
10D
Number of countries that begin with the letter Y
ONE
11D
“This time you’ve gone ___ far!”
TOO
19D
Rob ___ (cocktail named for a Scottish folk hero)
ROY
20D
Hurricane’s calm point
EYE
23D
Las Vegas WNBA team
ACES
24D
Wood-cutting tool
SAW
25D
Rebounding sound
ECHO
26D
Smug brew “expert”: 2 wds.
BEERSNOB
27D
Muscles that Pilates can strengthen
ABS
28D
“___ be a real shame if …”
ITD
29D
Midriff-exposing shirt: 2 wds.
CROPTOP
32D
“A Tale of Two ___” (Dickens novel)
CITIES
33D
Consumed
ATE
34D
Enjoyable
FUN
35D
Open on Christmas morning
UNWRAP
40D
Rowing blades
OARS
41D
Untruths
LIES
42D
Not bumpy
FLAT
43D
Yoga surface
MAT
44D
Mobile’s state: Abbr.
ALA