11/4/20
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Black fuel burned in a furnace
Coal
5A
Citibank device: Abbr.
ATM
8A
Round, flat piece of sausage
Patty
13A
You need them to play Monopoly or Yahtzee
Dice
14A
Spooky cry on Halloween
Boo
15A
Really love
Adore
16A
Hit a ___ (not go smoothly)
Snag
17A
Make a miscalculation
Err
18A
Martin Van ___ (president after Andrew Jackson)
Buren
19A
“Cheers” actress who played Mollie Jensen in 1989’s “Look Who’s Talking”: 2 wds.
Kirstie Alley
22A
Roll-___ (some antiperspirants)
Ons
23A
Rollaway bed at a hotel
Cot
24A
Italian city where Christopher Columbus was born
Genoa
27A
“Shop ___ you drop”
Til
29A
Tarzan’s foster parent
Ape
32A
“Moonstruck” actress who played Mollie’s mother Rosie in “Look Who’s Talking”: 2 wds.
Olympia Dukakis
36A
“Live Free or ___ Hard” (2007 movie)
Die
37A
“Survivor” network
CBS
38A
Pass, as legislation
Enact
39A
“Peggy ___ Got Married” (Kathleen Turner movie)
Sue
41A
Liquid in pens and markers
Ink
42A
“Grease” actor who played James Ubriacco in “Look Who’s Talking”: 2 wds.
John Travolta
48A
Mideast city with the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa
Dubai
49A
Otherworldly spacecraft: Abbr.
UFO
50A
Make less difficult
Ease
52A
Disinclined to move
Inert
53A
Make a dent or scratch in
Mar
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Math class where you’d learn the law of sines, for short
Trig
55A
Video calling service
Skype
56A
“I don’t mean to ___, but …” (start of a nosy question)
Pry
57A
Father of a fawn
Stag
1D
Shiny, round music holders: Abbr.
CDs
2D
Pig’s comment
Oink
3D
Healthy berry in a smoothie
Acai
4D
Space for stretching on an airplane
Leg Room
5D
Assists a felon
Abets
6D
First name of the author of the celebrity memoir “Spelling It Like It Is”
Tori
7D
___ than enough (sufficient)
More
8D
Artist Picasso
Pablo
9D
“___ Education” (1984 hit for Hall & Oates)
Adult
10D
Shredded
Tore
11D
Card that’s one higher than a deuce
Trey
12D
Strong longing
Yen
20D
Break off, like a twig
Snap
21D
Group that has a Women’s Rights Project: Abbr.
ACLU
24D
Hinduism’s Brahma or Roman myth’s Bacchus, for example
God
25D
___ Lilly (pharmaceutical manufacturer)
Eli
26D
It’s celebrated on December 31: Abbr.
NYE
27D
Key near the Caps Lock and Q keys
Tab
28D
Bartenders often check them: Abbr.
IDs
29D
Letters that indicate an alias
Aka
30D
Instagram upload, for short
Pic
31D
Superlative suffix
Est
33D
Actor/rapper best known for playing Fin Tutuola: Hyph.
Ice T
34D
Las Vegas number-picking game
Keno
35D
Socks that don’t cover your calves
Anklets
39D
Like a knife that slices well
Sharp
40D
Join, as in marriage
Unite
41D
Elephant tusk material
Ivory
42D
___ mail (unwanted postal deliveries)
Junk
43D
Go by the rules
Obey
44D
___ roast (type of steak)
Rump
45D
Quite a ways away
Afar
46D
Small fruit pie
Tart
47D
Continent bordered by three oceans
Asia
48D
Bad-mouth, in slang
Dis
51D
What a bird lays
Egg