11/18/20
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Run ___ at the mouth
Off
4A
Past midlife
Old
7A
Oodles
Lots
11A
Series of battles
War
12A
Look at
See
13A
Furniture chain founded in Sweden
Ikea
14A
Gun supporters’ group: Abbr.
NRA
15A
Baseball Hall of Famer Ripken
Cal
16A
First-born son on “The Brady Bunch”
Greg
17A
Singer in Rufus whose solo hits include “I Feel for You”: 2 wds.
Chaka Khan
20A
Role player
Actor
22A
Waterlogged
Wet
23A
Electric fan’s sound
Whir
24A
Play things by ___ (improvise)
Ear
25A
“Venom” star Hardy
Tom
28A
Singer in the Commodores whose solo hits include “All Night Long (All Night)”: 2 wds.
Lionel Richie
31A
___ Diego, California
San
32A
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” bartender
Dee
33A
Punch lines to knock-knock jokes, typically
Puns
34A
Church leader’s title: Abbr.
Rev
35A
“Woof!” sounds
Barks
36A
Singer in the Supremes whose solo hits include “Upside Down”: 2 wds.
Diana Ross
39A
Personal assistant supported on Apple TV
Siri
40A
Money deducted from paychecks
Tax
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
41A
Record lines for, as a movie’s soundtrack
Dub
44A
The Bard of ___ (William Shakespeare)
Avon
45A
Mined mineral
Ore
46A
“___ matter of fact …”: 2 wds.
As A
47A
Powerful desires
Yens
48A
Ruby, scarlet, or crimson
Red
49A
“I have not ___ begun to fight!”
Yet
1D
Have possession of
Own
2D
“As ___ as I can tell …”
Far
3D
3/4ths or 5/8ths, for example
Fraction
4D
Grouch on a kids’ TV show
Oscar
5D
Security breach
Leak
6D
State that Joe Biden represented in the Senate
Delaware
7D
Opposite of heavy
Light
8D
Pod in gumbo recipes
Okra
9D
___ Choice Awards (honors with such categories as “Choice Hissy Fit” and “Choice Liplock”)
Teen
10D
Droop down
Sag
18D
A unicorn has one
Horn
19D
R&B singer Hilson
Keri
20D
Puncturing tools
Awls
21D
___ Pet (novelty item made from terra-cotta)
Chia
24D
Alternative to stairs
Elevator
25D
Part of the week when Thanksgiving is always celebrated
Thursday
26D
Animal sound in a pigpen
Oink
27D
Very cluttered place
Mess
29D
Where Eve offered Adam the forbidden fruit
Eden
30D
IRS form experts: Abbr.
CPAs
34D
“When it ___, it pours!”
Rains
35D
Went a few rounds, à la Muhammad Ali
Boxed
36D
Jump from a swimming pool’s board
Dive
37D
Metal in a Marvel superhero’s name
Iron
38D
Highly uncommon
Rare
39D
“You don’t ___!”
Say
42D
Put into operation
Use
43D
Item a baseball player takes into the on-deck circle
Bat