3/1/17
Wayback Wednesday
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Flash in the ____ (briefly popular thing) | Pan |
1A
Scientific researcher’s workplace
Lab
4A
Person in charge
Boss
8A
Edinburgh native, for example
Scot
12A
The AP’s rival newspaper wire service: Abbr.
UPI
13A
Grand in scale
Epic
14A
Open-and-shut ____
Case
15A
Engagement for a singer
Gig
16A
Equipment
Gear
17A
Leer at
Ogle
18A
Actor who played news writer Murray on “The Mary Tyler Moor Show”: 2 wds.
Gavin MacLeod
21A
Flash in the ____ (briefly popular thing)
Pan
22A
Teeny amount
Tad
23A
“House” actor Omar
Epps
25A
Non-Macintosh computers: Abbr.
Pcs
26A
Soak (up)
Sop
29A
Actress who played Mary’s best friend Rhoda on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”: 2 wds.
Valerie Harper
33A
Sailor’s “yes”
Aye
34A
Has no ____ for (really hates)
Use
35A
Breezy
Airy
36A
Hereditary material in a living organism: Abbr.
DNA
37A
Insect that’s eaten by an aardvark
Ant
38A
Actress who played anchorman Ted Baxter’s wife on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”: 2 wds.
Georgia Engel
44A
Singer Ruess of the band Fun
Nate
45A
Marijuana or morphine, for example
Drug
46A
Antagonist
Foe
48A
Fifth book of the New Testament, after John
Acts
49A
Saddle ____ (horse riding problem)
Sore
50A
Australian brand of boots
Ugg
51A
“____ That Girl” (#1 hit for Madonna)
Whos
52A
Noticeable smell
Odor
53A
Like a bump on a ____
Log
1A
Carry with difficulty
Lug
2A
Make ___ of oneself (overeat): 2 wds.
A Pig
3D
The _____ (fruity nickname for New York City): 2 wds.
Big Apple
4D
Start
Begin
5D
With ___ arms (fully welcoming)
Open
6D
Old name for Thailand
Siam
7D
Relieve an itch with fingernails
Scratch
8D
Give a reprimand
Scold
9D
“Luke ___” (Netflix show starring Mike Colter)
Cage
10D
Norway’s capital
Oslo
11D
off (very annoyed)
Teed
19D
Container to display cut flowers
Vase
20D
House, in Havana
Casa
23D
Actress Longoria
Eva
24D
“Crime does not ____”
Pay
25D
“___-wee’s Playhouse” (Paul Reubens kid show)
Pee
26D
Mean-spirited for no good reason
Spiteful
27D
“____ the ramparts we watched ….”
Oer
28D
Stick your nose in someone else’s business
Pry
30D
Step of a ladder
Rung
31D
“Because ____!” (mom’s no-nonsense explanation): 3 wds.
I Said So
32D
Telephoned
Rang
36D
“Project Runway” creation
Dress
37D
Infuriate
Anger
38D
Bite like a rat
Gnaw
39D
“To ___ his own”
Each
40D
Dr. Octavius’s first name, in Spider-Man comics
Otto
41D
Nickname of a former Yankee who won 10 Silver Slugger Awards: Hyph.
A-Rod
42D
Monetary unit in Spain and France
Euro
43D
Taco Bell’s bell or Apple’s apple, for example
Logo
47D
“Last one in’s a rotten ___!”
Egg
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