11/4/26
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Donkey
ASS
4A
“You Shook Me All Night Long” band
ACDC
8A
Broken piece of pottery
SHARD
13A
Beach ____ (seaside regular)
BUM
14A
____ butter (ingredient in some lotions)
SHEA
15A
Faked a romantic interest in: 2 wds.
LED ON
16A
“War and Peace” novelist Tolstoy
LEO
17A
Replacement for a staff member who’s on leave
TEMP
18A
Course where good grades aren’t hard to come by: 2 wds.
EASY A
19A
Musician whose namesake “Group” performed the 1973 hit “Frankenstein”: 2 wds.
EDGAR WINTER
22A
Elation
JOY
23A
Shocker of a sports result
UPSET
26A
“Awkward Black Girl” creator and star Rae
ISSA
29A
Fingernail treatment at a salon, for short
MANI
31A
Through, on an itinerary
VIA
33A
Musician whose namesake “Band” performed the 1979 hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”: 2 wds.
CHARLIE DANIELS
37A
Some boxing victories: Abbr.
KOS
38A
State in Tornado Alley: Abbr.
OKLA
39A
Lengthy, arduous journey
TREK
40A
Monstro is one, in “Pinocchio”
WHALE
42A
Arm of the Department of Justice: Abbr.
FBI
44A
Musician whose namesake “Project” performed the 1982 hit “Eye in the Sky”: 2 wds.
ALAN PARSONS
50A
Gaming giant of the 1970s and 1980s
ATARI
53A
Where Cedar Rapids is
IOWA
54A
Cleaning tool that can be replaced by some Roombas
MOP
55A
Punctuation within a list
COLON
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Let borrow
LEND
57A
“____ done my part”
IVE
58A
Knotting up
TYING
59A
Website for selling handcrafted goods
ETSY
60A
Just a ____ (very little)
TAD
1D
Qualified for the job at hand
ABLE
2D
Sought legal redress from
SUED
3D
Type of urban pollution
SMOG
4D
Prefix for “physics” or “logical”
ASTRO
5D
Like taffy or mochi
CHEWY
6D
Actress Moore or singer Lovato
DEMI
7D
____ Crunch (cereal with a nautical mascot)
CAPN
8D
Ignore one’s alarm: 2 wds.
SLEEP IN
9D
Catches word of
HEARS
10D
They precede many YouTube videos
ADS
11D
Rock singer Orbison
ROY
12D
Genetic molecule: Abbr.
DNA
20D
Slightly cracked, as a door
AJAR
21D
Fish in a salade niçoise
TUNA
24D
At least once
EVER
25D
Square piece of flooring
TILE
26D
“Oh, gross!”
ICK
27D
“The Cosby ____”
SHOW
28D
Accessory for a pageant contestant
SASH
29D
Blanc who voiced Porky Pig
MEL
30D
Junior prosecutor: Abbr.
ADA
32D
“If you want to know, just ____”
ASK
34D
Lying around idly
LOLLING
35D
Swedish store whose largest location is in the Philippines
IKEA
42D
Offspring of stags and does
IT IS
43D
“The ____ Bunch” (classic sitcom)
AARON
45D
Africa’s longest river
FAWNS
46D
Langston Hughes, for one
BRADY
47D
Neglect to include
NILE
48D
____ Scotia, Canada
POET
49D
Drove too fast
OMIT
50D
“____ your age!” (“Grow up!”)
NOVA
51D
Stocking stuffer
SPED
52D
“Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” star Mahershala
ACT