11/17/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/17/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Rock band’s booking
Gig

4A
Piece of grass
Blade

9A
Seedy fruit of the Mediterranean
Fig

12A
“___ not making myself clear?”: 2 wds.
Am I

13A
Superhero who later became Nightwing
Robin

14A
Kanga’s kid, in A.A. Milne stories
Roo

15A
“The Buddy Holly Story” actor who played FBI agent Angelo Pappas in 1991’s “Point Break”: 2 wds.
Gary Busey

17A
Finish
End

18A
Wheel-to-wheel shaft
Axle

19A
Not wild, like a house pet
Tame

21A
Trades
Swaps

25A
Birds that deliver mail to Hogwarts
Owls

28A
Relative of reggae
Ska

31A
“The White Lotus” channel
HBO

32A
Slow-moving animal with a shell
Snail

33A
“Ghost” actor who played surfer and bank robber Bodhi in “Point Break”: 2 wds.
Patrick Swayze

36A
Raise the hem of, perhaps
Alter

37A
Clean-air watchdog group: Abbr.
EPA

38A
Feeling miserable
Sad

39A
“___ Lights” (Demi Lovato song)
Neon

40A
Portrait holder
Frame

42A
“The ___ Housewives of Atlanta”
Real

44A
Credit card that features a hologram of a dove
Visa

48A
“The Kitchen God’s Wife” novelist Amy
Tan

50A
“A League of Their Own” actress who played surfing instructor Tyler Ann Endicott in “Point Break”: 2 wds.
Lori Petty

54A
Stone ___ (“The Flintstones” time period)
Age

55A
Word that can follow “barbecue” or “tomato”
Sauce

56A
Take to court
Sue

57A
High spirits
Joy

58A
Web-footed mammal in a river
Otter

59A
Commercials
Ads

1D
“Love for Sale” collaborator Lady ___
Gaga

2D
Large-screen movie format
IMAX

3D
“Gossip ___” (2021 reboot of a Blake Lively teen drama)
Girl

4D
“I need a short break,” in a chat room
Brb

5D
Actor Ferrigno who once played the Hulk
Lou

6D
Stomach muscles
Abs

7D
Cuts down on calories
Diets

8D
Irish vocalist featured on Mario Winans’s 2004 hit, “I Don’t Wanna Know”
Enya

9D
High-speed roads without tolls
Freeways

10D
___ blaster (Emperor Zurg’s weapon in the “Toy Story” movies)
Ion

11D
Recipient of prayers
God

16D
Possible response in the game Twenty Questions
Yes

20D
“___ Lisa” (painting in the Louvre)
Mona

22D
Blender’s sound
Whir

23D
First three letters
ABC

24D
Card game involving raising and folding
Poker

26D
Oscar-winning actress Minnelli
Liza

27D
Vehicle in the Iditarod race
Sled

28D
Distance from tip to tip
Span

29D
Crinkly-leafed ingredient in smoothies
Kale

30D
F. Lee Bailey, for one
Attorney

32D
Did the breaststroke, say
Swam

34D
“Ransom” actress Russo
Rene

35D
Pampering place
Spa

40D
Hover in the air
Float

41D
She was exiled from Eden
Eve

43D
“What’s more …”
Also

45D
“___ pleasure doing business with you”: 2 wds.
it’s a

46D
Simple earring
Stud

47D
Opposite of nays, in a formal vote
Ayes

48D
___ Mahal
Taj

49D
In days gone by
Ago

51D
Wheel track in a dirt road
Rut

52D
Break the ___ (start a conversation)
Ice

53D
For each
Per