10/17/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/17/18
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Opposite of shut
Open

5A
___ your age!
Act

8A
They’re very popular for a short period
Fads

12A
All you need according to the Beatles
Love

13A
Just ___ your best
Try

14A
Breakfast chain known by its initials
IHOP

15A
Smart ___ (wiseacre)
Alec

16A
Word that’s said twice before Hooray!
Hip

17A
Not difficult
Easy

18A
1991 film starring Bette Midler as a USO entertainer: 3 wds.
For the Boys

21A
Sorry ___ disturbing you?: 2 wds.
Am I

22A
Specialty of Mad magazine
Satire

26A
1979 film starring Bette Midler as a troubled rock star: 2 wds.
The Rose

30A
Wild enthusiasm
Mania

31A
Farm ___ (annual benefit concert that started in 1985)
Aid

32A
The Detour cable channel
TBS

34A
Lifesaving skill: Abbr.
CPR

35A
Radiohead’s biggest hit
Creep

38A
1988 film starring Bette Midler as a Broadway star with a dying friend
Beaches

41A
Five-___ (fraction that’s equivalent to one-half)
Tenths

43A
___ in the Family (1970s sitcom)
All

44A
1993 film starring Bette Midler as a witch: 2 wds.
Hocus Pocus

49A
Thor’s villainous brother
Loki

52A
Yoko who sang on Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Ono

53A
Like many pizza orders: 2 wds.
To Go

54A
Cartman’s first name on South Park
Eric

55A
So quiet you could hear a ___ drop
Pin

56A
Had in one’s hands
Held

57A
Family rooms
Dens

58A
Non-earthlings: Abbr.
ETs

59A
Ireland’s best-selling solo recording artist
Enya

1D
Count ___ (antagonist in the Lemony Snicket books)
Olaf

2D
Marco ___ (13th-century explorer)
Polo

3D
At any time
Ever

4D
Liquid food for hummingbirds
Nectar

5D
Person who doesn’t believe in God
Atheist

6D
Bed in a nursery
Crib

7D
Mistakes found by proofreaders
Typos

8D
Cinco de Mayo party
Fiesta

9D
Finally I understand!
Aha

10D
___ and don’ts
Dos

11D
The ___ Who Dumped Me (2018 movie)
Spy

19D
Medical plan option: Abbr.
HMO

20D
Candied vegetable at Thanksgiving
Yam

23D
1/63 360 of a mile
Inch

24D
Like a red tomato or a yellow banana
Ripe

25D
Big parts of a Mickey Mouse hat
Ears

26D
Peacekeeping skill
Tact

27D
Give jobs to
Hire

28D
Where humanity started in Christianity
Eden

29D
Flow back from the shore
Ebb

33D
Summer and winter for example
Seasons

36D
Branch of philosophy concerned with right and wrong
Ethics

37D
Soup in Vietnamese restaurants
Pho

39D
French or Austrian peak
Alp

40D
Cover with a garment
Clothe

42D
Device that helps someone aim a rifle at a target
Scope

45D
Central processing ___
Unit

46D
Filmmaking brother Joel or Ethan
Coen

47D
Like a fairy-tale duckling
Ugly

48D
Dr Pepper for one
Soda

49D
Played the first card
Led

50D
Contents of a mine cart
Ore

51D
Relatives
Kin