5/20/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/20/20
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Stuff in smokers’ trays
Ashes

6A
Pull as a water-skier
Tow

9A
___ your time (wait patiently)
Bide

13A
Chew noisily
Chomp

14A
Celebratory poem
Ode

15A
Celebrity who’s revered by millions
Idol

16A
Tooth that grinds
Molar

17A
Dr. Evil to Austin Powers
Foe

18A
Tim who’s the CEO of Apple
Cook

19A
Trading Places actor who played ad executive Marcus Graham in 1992’s Boomerang: 2 wds.
Eddie Murphy

22A
Switched at Birth actress Thompson
Lea

23A
Religious subgroups
Sects

26A
Juan Perón’s first lady in Argentina in the 1940s
Eva

29A
Synonym and rhyme for grab
Nab

32A
Criminal’s assumed name
Alias

34A
Bad Boys actor who played Marcus’s friend Tyler Hawkins in Boomerang: 2 wds.
Martin Lawrence

38A
Group that may call a strike
Union

39A
Garland for someone vacationing in Hawaii
Lei

40A
Abbreviation before a 32-Across
Aka

41A
Fry in a pan
Saute

43A
This ___ good sign (I’m optimistic): 2 wds.
Is A

46A
A Rage in Harlem actress who played Marcus’s boss Jacqueline Broyer in Boomerang: 2 wds.
Robin Givens

52A
Big hunk of meat
Slab

55A
Woman without a mother in Christianity
Eve

56A
Asian country whose capital is Kathmandu
Nepal

57A
Where Diamond Head and Waikiki are
Oahu

58A
Like footage that hasn’t been edited yet
Raw

59A
Little Women director Gerwig
Greta

60A
Health resorts
Spas

61D
Demolition compound: Abbr.
TNT

62D
Almost straight up and down as a cliff
Steep

1D
Corporation in Road Runner cartoons
Acme

2D
Not barefoot
Shod

3D
Wrestling maneuver
Hold

4D
Online messages
Email

5D
Shop ’til you drop trip
Spree

6D
Bean curd used in vegan dishes
Tofu

7D
Emanation at a landfill
Odor

8D
Sobs
Weeps

9D
Vehicle that might have a kickstand
Bicycle

10D
Words spoken by the bride and groom: 2 wds.
I Do

11D
Whoop-de-___!
Doo

12D
Moose’s cousin
Elk

20D
Pop vocalist Aimee or keyboardist Manfred
Mann

21D
Now ___ this! (Listen up!)
Hear

24D
What’s Love Got to Do With It vocalist Turner
Tina

25D
Tackle the quarterback for a loss
Sack

26D
Six-foot Australian bird
Emu

27D
Airport shuttles
Vans

28D
Soprano’s big number
Aria

30D
It’s ___ or nothing
All

31D
Modern equivalent of sweetie or honey
Bae

33D
___ salt (condiment that comes from the ocean)
Sea

35D
Vehicle for a rock band that’s on the road: 2 wds.
Tour Bus

36D
Everything is falling ___ place
Into

37D
Bridesmaids actress Kristen
Wiig

42D
Film critic Roger who died in 2013
Ebert

44D
Performs a tune
Sings

45D
Stave off as a crisis
Avert

47D
___ Drago (Rocky’s opponent in Rocky IV)
Ivan

48D
Small salamander
Newt

49D
Fencing sword with a French name
Epee

50D
Comic actor Corddry
Nate

51D
___ on the wrist (minor punishment)
Slap

52D
Help! signal
Sos

53D
Racetrack circuit
Lap

54D
Cry of enlightenment
Aha