11/1/23
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Flatbread with a pocket
Pita
5A
Numbers that aren’t evens
Odds
9A
___ out (loses one’s cool)
Wigs
13A
Very slightly: 2 wds.
A Tad
14A
Black Adam actor Centineo
Noah
15A
Purina pet food brand
Alpo
16A
He played adventurer Jack T. Colton in the 1984 film Romancing the Stone: 2 wds.
Michael Douglas
19A
Grime on Santa’s outfit
Soot
20A
Sierra ____ (country in West Africa)
Leone
21A
We ___ Work It Out (Beatles song)
Can
23A
Young bird that hoots
Owlet
27A
____-fi (Dune and Arrival genre)
Sci
30A
Sections of the brain
Lobes
34A
Opera made into an Elton John musical
Aida
35A
She played romance novelist Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone: 2 wds.
Kathleen Turner
38A
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse actress Rae
Issa
39A
Gave false expectations to: 2 wds.
Led On
40A
Letters on a cartoon stick of dynamite
TNT
41A
Torment playfully
Tease
43A
Source of bacon
Pig
45A
Lead-____ paint
Based
49A
Shade similar to aqua
Teal
52A
Oscar-winning director of Forrest Gump who also directed Romancing the Stone: 2 wds.
Robert Zemeckis
57A
___ vera (medicinal plant that grows in warm climates)
Aloe
58A
Words after a rough estimate: 2 wds.
Or So
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
59A
Weight unit in a drug bust
Kilo
60A
You __ the world to me
Mean
61A
Rouse from slumber
Wake
62A
Black, banded stone
Onyx
1D
Character who married Jim on The Office
Pam
2D
Suffix for senior or sinus
It Is
3D
Food item you might order at Qdoba
Taco
4D
Kind of temporary committee: 2 wds.
Adhoc
5D
Number of time zones in China
One
6D
Bratz toy
Doll
7D
Miami-___ County, Florida
Dade
8D
Get lost
Shoo
9D
Engage in military conflict: 2 wds.
Wage War
10D
Feverish, say
Ill
11D
It might be 4.0 for a straight-A student: Abbr.
GPA
12D
Telegraphed distress call
Sos
17D
In the slightest: 2 wds.
At All
18D
Game with Reverse cards
Uno
22D
The Great British Bake Off cohost Fielding
Noel
24D
Stuff in a clothes dryer trap
Lint
25D
Book of Genesis garden
Eden
26D
Pop-___ (toaster pastry)
Tart
27D
Comedy sketch
Skit
28D
Job for a sleuth
Case
29D
___ jungle out there!: 2 wds.
Its A
31D
Hive insect
Bee
32D
Football line position
End
33D
Dot on a transit map
Stop
36D
Washed-up celeb: Hyph.
Has Been
37D
Bring together
Unite
42D
Let’s just play things by ___
Ear
44D
Lizard with toe pads
Gecko
46D
___ away (hide on a ship)
Stow
47D
The Flash actor Miller
Ezra
48D
A professor sits behind one
Desk
50D
Similar (to)
Akin
51D
Alyson Hannigan on How I Met Your Mother
Lily
52D
Male sheep
Ram
53D
Hooray! from a soccer fan
Ole
54D
Cabaret singer’s neckpiece
Boa
55D
Frequent recipient of Bart’s prank calls, on The Simpsons
Moe
56D
White ____ (Chicago baseball team)
Sox