10/5/22
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Boring dead-end routine
Rut
4A
Cry one’s heart out
Sob
7A
Actress Jessica who cofounded The Honest Company
Alba
11A
… three men in ___ (line from a nursery rhyme): 2 wds.
A Tub
13A
Number of people on a beach volleyball team
Two
14A
1979 Sigourney Weaver sci-fi classic
Alien
15A
Braided hair on the back of a dressage horse’s neck
Mane
16A
Purple minus blue
Red
17A
Gas-powered scooter
Moped
18A
1965 chart-topper for the Supremes: 4 wds.
I Hear a Symphony
21A
___ Mater (character in Cars)
Tow
22A
Mad ___ wet hen: 2 wds.
As A
23A
Lessen in intensity
Abate
26A
Candy whose flavors include grape and pineapple
Pez
28A
Like all eight of a menorah’s candles on the final night of Hanukkah
Lit
31A
With 33-Across 1964 chart-topper for the Supremes
Baby
32A
Bottom of the foot
Sole
33A
See 31-Across
Love
34A
Cul-de-___ (street that you can’t drive through)
Sac
35A
Convenience store’s money dispenser: Abbr.
ATM
36A
Scattered as seeds
Sowed
37A
Dubble Bubble or Dentyne for example
Gum
39A
Item accompanying a business letter: Abbr.
Enc
40A
1964 chart-topper for the Supremes: 4 wds.
Come See About Me
48A
By oneself
Alone
49A
Massage
Rub
50A
Actor LaBeouf
Shia
51A
Less colorful
Paler
52A
Hot temper
Ire
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
___-up (something that could go either way)
Toss
54A
Little sprouts on potatoes
Eyes
55A
Reprehensible man
Cad
56A
North Carolina governor Cooper
Roy
1D
Bohemian Rhapsody star Malek
Rami
2D
Home to the NBA’s Jazz since 1979
Utah
3D
Fix the sound of as a piano
Tune
4D
Building material for the first of the Three Little Pigs’ houses
Straw
5D
Is in debt to
Owes
6D
Heavenly ___ (sun or moon for example)
Body
7D
Hawaiian hello
Aloha
8D
Fat-suctioning cosmetic procedure for short
Lipo
9D
___ there done that
Been
10D
Raggedy Ann’s sibling
Andy
12D
Annette Bening’s husband Warren
Beatty
14D
Pieces of band equipment that boost sound
Amps
19D
___ v. Wade (Supreme Court case overturned in 2022)
Roe
20D
Labyrinth
Maze
23D
Six-pack muscles
Abs
24D
Sound from a sheep pasture
Baa
25D
Network with The Conners and The Goldbergs
ABC
26D
___ roast (beef dish)
Pot
27D
Street terrorized by Freddy Krueger
Elm
28D
Swing ___ Sweet Chariot (Christian hymn)
Low
29D
___ got a sneaking suspicion …
Ive
30D
Main character on How I Met Your Mother
Ted
32D
Cut from the ___ cloth
Same
33D
Swarming bug in an Exodus plague
Locust
36D
___-Cat (vehicle at a ski resort)
Sno
37D
Units of heredity contained in chromosomes
Genes
38D
Person who takes advantage of someone else
User
39D
Flowed back
Ebbed
40D
Fashion accessory worn by Doctor Strange and Zorro
Cape
41D
Skin-care brand whose name sounds like a Spanish cheer
Olay
42D
Whac-A-___ (arcade game)
Mole
43D
Modern Family actor Stonestreet
Eric
44D
Mystical emanation
Aura
45D
Norse god with a hammer called Mjölnir
Thor
46D
Soy paste that gives its name to a Japanese soup
Miso
47D
Simple
Easy