3/6/24
Wayback Wednesday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
What bridge and poker are played with
Cards
6A
Tale on a grand scale
Epic
10A
Resort that might offer mud baths
Spa
13A
Give it ___! (Enough of that!): 2 wds.
A Rest
14A
Tomb raider Croft
Lara
15A
Youngster
Kid
16A
Boy Meets World actor who played president-to-be John Adams in 1776 (1976): 2 wds.
William Daniels
19A
Put into words
Say
20A
Music purchases that debuted in 1982 with Billy Joel’s 52nd Street: Abbr.
Cds
21A
Senator who ran against Clinton in 1996
Dole
22A
Stringed instrument of Hawaii, for short
Uke
23A
Salty water
Brine
25A
With 37-Across, The Grapes of Wrath actor who played president-to-be Abraham Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Henry
28A
Peruse
Read
29A
Just a ___ (not very much)
Tad
32A
You brought this ___ yourself!
Upon
33A
Get ready for a selfie
Pose
34A
Piece of change
Coin
35A
Keyboard key for indenting
Tab
36A
New York ___ (tabloid newspaper)
Post
37A
See 25-Across
Fonda
38A
Spooky
Eerie
40A
Veterinarian on Schitt’s Creek
Ted
41A
Fashion magazine with a French title
Elle
42A
____ moment (when everything becomes clear)
Aha
43A
Mrs. America actress Graynor
Ari
46A
Charly actor who played president-to-be John Kennedy in PT 109 (1963): 2 wds.
Cliff Robertson
50A
Horselike animal in some of Aesop’s fables
Ass
51A
Jane ___ (2011 movie based on an 1847 novel)
Eyre
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Downloaded novel: Hyph.
Ebook
53A
___ Out of Hell (classic Meat Loaf album)
Bat
54A
___ Steel (2011 Hugh Jackman movie with a rhyming title)
Real
55A
Looney Tunes duck
Daffy
1D
Crow sounds
Caws
2D
Las Vegas Strip resort named for a type of song
Aria
3D
Depend (on)
Rely
4D
High-speed Internet option: Abbr.
DSL
5D
Like honey and double-sided tape
Sticky
6D
Shady trees
Elms
7D
Word that can follow mattress or mouse
Pad
8D
401(k) alternative: Abbr.
Ira
9D
Honest and forthcoming
Candid
10D
Body’s bony framework
Skeleton
11D
Heap
Pile
12D
They try to reach consumers
Ads
17D
Suffix for orange or lime
Ade
18D
Lithium-___ battery
Ion
22D
Crowd-sized coffee server
Urn
23D
Greatest
Best
24D
Black Beatles duo ___ Sremmurd
Rae
25D
Simple structure that might be made with branches and palm fronds
Hut
26D
Federal agency that deals with cleaning up oil spills: Abbr.
Epa
27D
Person who’s won an international award for literature or peace, for example
Nobelist
28D
Got up from a chair
Rose
30D
Lend a hand to
Aid
31D
MyHeritage ___ (service named for the genetic material it tests)
DNA
33D
Pasty food in Honolulu
Poi
34D
Fish with rock and blue varieties
Cod
36D
Rate more highly
Prefer
37D
Was scared of
Feared
39D
Santa’s assistant
Elf
40D
Spill ___ beans
The
41D
The Fate of the Furious actress Pataky
Elsa
42D
The brother in the question Am I my brother’s keeper
Abel
43D
Dating from: 2 wds.
As Of
44D
Housetop
Roof
45D
Like newsprint that’s fresh off the press
Inky
46D
Vehicle outside an airport or tain station
Cab
47D
Ham on ___ (deli sandwich)
Rye
48D
Are you a man ___ mouse?: 2 wds.
Or A
49D
More info later, on a schedule: Abbr.
TBA