6/3/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/3/20
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Sound that means Pardon me …
Ahem

5A
Prepare for book club perhaps
Read

9A
Furious
Mad

12A
Temperamental female singer
Diva

13A
With the greatest of ___ (effortlessly)
Ease

14A
Death Wish director Roth
Eli

15A
Kristoff’s reindeer in the Frozen movies
Sven

16A
Boats like one in Genesis
Arks

17A
It might be folded and put into a glove compartment
Map

18A
I Shot the Sheriff singer with the 1992 song Tears in Heaven: 2 wds.
Eric Clapton

21A
That’s a ___ to take in
Lot

22A
___-hoo! (excited yell)
Woo

23A
With 36-Across Summer of ’69 singer with the 1985 song Heaven
Bryan

26A
Necessary item not included with many electronic toys
Battery

30A
Blurb in an About the Author section for short
Bio

31A
Beam of sunlight
Ray

32A
Gold ___ (brand of socks)
Toe

33A
Made a throat-clearing sound
Coughed

36A
See 23-Across
Adams

38A
Big lug
Oaf

39A
Place to get a facial
Spa

40A
Black Dog band with the 1971 song Stairway to Heaven: 2 wds.
Led Zeppelin

45A
Repair
Fix

46A
Residential ___ (neighborhood)
Area

47A
Bird on a Canadian $1 coin
Loon

49A
Actress Thurman who has two kids with ex Ethan Hawke
Uma

50A
Bring up as children
Rear

51A
Go ___ (head off the rails figuratively)
Awry

52A
Animal represented by the zodiac sign Aries
Ram

53A
Piece of furniture that can follow writing or standing
Desk

54A
It’s the ___ old story
Same

1D
They air between the Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds
Ads

2D
Queen bee’s place
Hive

3D
Does he ___ stop talking?
Ever

4D
Type of folder named for the capital of the Philippines
Manila

5D
Fail to have a poker face
React

6D
Nobleman who’s married to a countess
Earl

7D
Don’t be shy with questions!: 2 wds.
Ask Away

8D
Tyrant
Despot

9D
Quick correspondence from the boss
Memo

10D
Die Hard actor Rickman
Alan

11D
Quick swim in the pool
Dip

19D
___ Air (1997 action movie starring Nicolas Cage)
Con

20D
Rug rat
Tot

23D
TV network that airs Luther and Call the Midwife
BBC

24D
City that hosted the 2016 Olympic Games for short
Rio

25D
What were ___ thinking?
You

26D
___ to the Bone (George Thorogood and the Destroyers hit)
Bad

27D
Predicted landing hour: Abbr.
ETA

28D
CD-___
Rom

29D
For sure!
Yes

31D
Official who calls fouls
Referee

34D
Apollo or Odin for example
God

35D
___ a guess (take a shot in the dark)
Hazard

36D
Orangutan for one
Ape

37D
Texas city where the Mavericks play their home games
Dallas

39D
Visible bit of electrical discharge
Spark

40D
Capital of Peru
Lima

41D
Entrance ___ (admissions test)
Exam

42D
Round green vegetables
Peas

43D
State whose second-biggest city is Cedar Rapids
Iowa

44D
Former SNL cast member Macdonald
Norm

45D
Bear’s hair
Fur

48D
Bill ___ the Science Guy
Nye