5/13/26
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Mary ___ Lincoln (19th-century First Lady)
TODD
5A
___ shot (hockey move)
SLAP
9A
Malcolm’s father on “Malcolm in the Middle”
HAL
12A
Hand lotion ingredient
ALOE
13A
“Mani” counterpart in a nail salon
PEDI
14A
“___ changed my mind”
IVE
15A
“Bewitched” costar who was the frequent “center square” on “The Hollywood Squares”: 2 wds.
PAUL LYNDE
17A
Action star Diesel
VIN
18A
One of Iraq’s western neighbors
SYRIA
19A
Meghan Markle’s royal title
DUCHESS
21A
View through an airplane window
SKY
23A
Vegetable that may be “black-eyed”
PEA
24A
Muscles bared by a crop top
ABS
27A
Switzerland’s setting: Abbr.
EUR
29A
___ opera (daytime drama)
SOAP
33A
Host of “The Hollywood Squares” throughout the 1970s: 2 wds.
PETER MARSHALL
37A
Queen of Arendelle, in “Frozen”
ELSA
38A
Like freshly applied paint
WET
39A
Soar through the air
FLY
40A
Resort offering meditation, sometimes
SPA
43A
Key ___ (electronic accessory for a car)
FOB
45A
Mexican dish on a flat tortilla
TOSTADA
49A
Chicken farm’s perch
ROOST
53A
“Should I know that name?”
WHO
54A
“The Dick Van Dyke Show” costar who was a frequent panelist on “The Hollywood Squares”: 2 wds.
ROSE MARIE
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56A
Yoko who was married to John Lennon
ONO
57A
Touch-up at a barbershop
TRIM
58A
Instruction to a stockbroker
SELL
59A
Bart, to Marge
SON
60A
Stool or bench, for example
SEAT
61A
Hammer, drill, or saw
TOOL
1D
Bedtime tune, in the army
TAPS
2D
Maker of Regenerist anti-aging skin treatments
OLAY
3D
Gloomy
DOUR
4D
Sandwich shops
DELIS
5D
Surveillance expert
SPY
6D
Allow to use temporarily
LEND
7D
Find the total of: 2 wds.
ADD UP
8D
___ de résistance (outstanding item)
PIECE
9D
Bees’ home
HIVE
10D
“We try harder” car-rental company
AVIS
11D
Clear component of a camera or a microscope
LENS
16D
Los Angeles basketballer
LAKER
20D
Diner dish made from corned beef
HASH
22D
“This tastes great!”
YUM
24D
Chimpanzee, for one
APE
25D
___ Air (neighborhood of Los Angeles)
BEL
26D
They might cross avenues: Abbr.
STS
28D
Unedited, as video footage
RAW
30D
Buffoon
OAF
31D
“That’s ___, folks!”
ALL
32D
Layer of a paper towel
PLY
34D
Toward the sunrise
EAST
35D
Basketball official who might be booed, for short
REF
36D
Violent weather event
STORM
41D
___ and labor (components of a mechanic’s bill)
PARTS
42D
Be wild about
ADORE
44D
Toot your own horn
BOAST
45D
Terrible ___ (toddler phase)
TWOS
46D
Cry of distress: 2 wds.
OH NO
47D
In a little while
SOON
48D
Earth’s largest continent
ASIA
50D
Cookie with a creme center
OREO
51D
Missile-housing structure
SILO
52D
“As far as I could ___ …”
TELL
55D
Attendant in an ambulance: Abbr.
EMT