5/19/21
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
“Lovecraft Country” premium cable channel
HBO
4A
Parts of the foot you can wiggle
Toes
8A
Drips when heated, like wax or ice cream
Melts
13A
One of the largest mammals in North America
Elk
14A
Sacred celebration, such as baptism
Rite
15A
Dimwit
Idiot
16A
Classic Hollywood actor Mineo
Sal
17A
“Is there anything ___ I can get you?”
Else
18A
Spock portrayer Leonard
Nimoy
19A
“Reservoir Dogs” actor who played “cleaner” Winston Wolfe in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film “Pulp Fiction”: 2 wds.
Harvey Keitel
22A
What a salon employee cuts and styles
Hair
23A
Panasonic appliances
TVs
24A
Wide-eyed in wonder
Agog
26A
Greek vowel before kappa
Iota
28A
Human alternative to TurboTax: Abbr.
CPA
31A
“Snakes on a Plane” actor who played criminal Jules Winnfield in “Pulp Fiction”: 3 wds.
Samuell Jackson
35A
Ryder Cup organization: Abbr.
PGA
36A
“It’ll cure what ___ you”
Ails
37A
“___, meeny …”
Eeny
38A
Catering company’s coffee dispenser
Urn
39A
“Match Game” host Baldwin
Alec
41A
“Saturday Night Fever” actor who played criminal Vincent Vega in “Pulp Fiction”: 2 wds.
John Travolta
46A
Vaudeville-style show with comedy skits and musical numbers
Revue
47A
Cookie with a new Strawberry Frosted Donut variety
Oreo
48A
“Eww, that looks gross!”
Ick
50A
Swerves sharply
Veers
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Extra benefit for a valued employee
Perk
52A
“… ___ reasonable facsimile thereof”: 2 wds.
Ora
53A
Nursery rhyme character with a no-fat diet
Sprat
54A
Dines
Eats
55A
Cargo ___ (mesh item used for loading things onto a ship)
Net
1D
“For ___ a jolly good fellow …”
Hes
2D
Expression uttered when sick or bored
Blah
3D
US state that’s also the name of a musical
Oklahoma
4D
___ Fountain (tourist attraction in Rome)
Trevi
5D
Houston NFL player, prior to the team relocating to Tennessee
Oiler
6D
Website selling handicrafts
Etsy
7D
Hide-and-___
Seek
8D
Handheld dustbuster appliance, briefly
Minivac
9D
Makes changes before publication
Edits
10D
Barkeep’s small, green garnish
Lime
11D
Item in a carpenter’s “kit”
Tool
12D
Fenced-in enclosure on a pig farm
Sty
20D
Spaghetti sauce brand
Ragu
21D
“At Last” singer ___ James
Etta
24D
Venomous snake in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
Asp
25D
Stand-up comedian’s bit
Gag
26D
Not in the pink of health
Ill
27D
Drinks that are high in vitamin C: Abbr.
Ojs
28D
Surgical means of delivering a baby: Hyph.
C Section
29D
“___ de Replay” (Rihanna’s first hit)
Pon
30D
“Baa, baa, black sheep, have you ___ wool?”
Any
32D
Sincere and well-meaning
Earnest
33D
Fluffy debris in a dryer’s “trap”
Lint
34D
On an even ___ (steady)
Keel
38D
“Star Trek” role first played by Nichelle Nichols
Uhura
39D
Deflect or turn away
Avert
40D
Takes a gander
Looks
41D
Grand Cherokee automaker
Jeep
42D
“When hell freezes ___!”
Over
43D
Lasso
Rope
44D
What “a” often stands for in geometry equations
Area
45D
Measurement that equals 660 feet x 66 feet
Acre
46D
Winnebago-style campers: Abbr.
RVs
49D
Mayim’s title role on a current sitcom
Kat