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Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Domesticated
TAMED
6A
Fraudulent scheme
SCAM
10A
Dracula’s animal form
BAT
13A
“All kidding ___ …”
ASIDE
14A
“The Floor” host and “Parks and Recreation” actor
LOWE
15A
Get along in years
AGE
16A
Driving ___ (golf practice facility)
RANGE
17A
Neighbor of Saudi Arabia
OMAN
18A
“The Golden Girls” costar McClanahan
RUE
19A
“Mrs. Doubtfire” actor who played James Bond (2 wds.)
PIERCEBROSNAN
22A
Salty body of water
SEA
23A
Stat for a baseball pitcher: Abbr.
ERA
24A
Nwodim who left “Saturday Night Live” in 2025
EGO
27A
Weapon with bullets
GUN
30A
With the mouth hanging open
AGAPE
34A
“Wild Things” actress who played Dr. Christmas Jones (2 wds.)
DENISERICHARDS
38A
Reduce drastically
SLASH
39A
To the ___ degree (as much as possible)
NTH
40A
“Shifting Gears” star Dennings
KAT
41A
___ Vegas Strip
LAS
43A
Do Michael B. Jordan’s job
ACT
46A
“Eragon” actor who played Victor “Renard” Zokas (2 wds.)
ROBERTCARLYLE
53A
Exclamation similar to “Oho!”
AHA
54A
Place with a diving board
POOL
55A
Pseudonym
ALIAS
57A
Balsam ___ (type of tree)
FIR
58A
“Legally Blonde” protagonist Woods
ELLE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
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Word Whizzle
Words Crush
59A
What the first “M” in “MGM” stands for
METRO
60A
Kid in preschool
TOT
61A
Items cast by fishermen
NETS
62A
Word that can follow “printing” or “bench”
PRESS
1D
Paving goo
TAR
2D
___ Rocky (rapper/actor)
ASAP
3D
Skirt that doesn’t cover the knees
MINI
4D
Outer boundaries
EDGES
5D
John ___ (tractor manufacturer)
DEERE
6D
___ gin fizz (cocktail)
SLOE
7D
Tangle-removing hair tool
COMB
8D
In the know
AWARE
9D
Hanukkah item that holds nine candles
MENORAH
10D
Red building that might be near a silo
BARN
11D
Water, to a Spanish speaker
AGUA
12D
Typical prom attendee or student driver
TEEN
20D
Enclosure for a pet macaw
CAGE
21D
“Candy Crush ___” (game app)
SAGA
24D
Sheeran and Asner, for two
EDS
25D
Squishy stuff in some shoe insoles
GEL
26D
“Based ___ true story”: 2 wds.
ONA
28D
Large decorative vase in a garden
URN
29D
Tiny criticism
NIT
31D
What Noah built
ARK
32D
PalmPilot, for one: Abbr.
PDA
33D
Word ending that means “most”
EST
35D
Bit of land in the middle of the ocean
ISLE
36D
Make pointier, as a pencil
SHARPEN
37D
Prefix with “grilled” or “broiled”
CHAR
42D
Was a burglar
STOLE
44D
Carpentry device that grips
CLAMP
45D
Mary ___ Moore
TYLER
46D
Something you might float on in a small lake
RAFT
47D
Cleveland’s state
OHIO
48D
Oldest child of Homer and Marge
BART
49D
Male counterpart of a filly, on a horse farm
COLT
50D
Beers that may be pale
ALES
51D
___-Brite (toy with colorful pegs)
LITE
52D
Corn servings
EARS
56D
Message from a shipwreck
SOS