10/1/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/1/23
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Word with Jersey and Mexico in state names
New

4A
Serpent that’s mentioned in Antony and Cleopatra
Asp

7A
Pygmalion playwright George Bernard ___
Shaw

11A
Tool that might be held over one’s shoulder
Axe

12A
Not quiet
Loud

14A
Remove the skin of as a potato
Pare

15A
Type of shirt that’s often worn untucked
Tee

16A
Extraction 2 actress Kurylenko
Olga

17A
Nora’s mother on The Flash
Iris

18A
1966 country song by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass that’s instrumental: 2 wds.
Spanish Flea

21A
___ up (really frustrated)
Fed

22A
Live and ___ Die (James Bond movie)
Let

23A
One of the Great Lakes
Erie

26A
Pardon me ___ (polite alternative to hey man)
Sir

27A
Degree from Wharton or MIT Sloan: Abbr.
MBA

30A
1965 country song by the Beatles that features a sitar: 2 wds.
Norwegian Wood

34A
Fabric coloring
Dye

35A
Large vessel that may contain 34-Across
Vat

36A
Make your way through a novel
Read

37A
Kilometers ___ hour (speed measure)
Per

38A
Farrow of Rosemary’s Baby
Mia

40A
1971 country song by Don McLean about the day the music died: 2 wds.
American Pie

45A
Annual payment to the Shriners for example
Dues

46A
Went down a firehouse pole say
Slid

47A
Grab hold of
Nab

49A
Cut out some paragraphs perhaps
Edit

50A
Sharpen with a grindstone
Hone

51A
Everyday ___ Winding Road (Sheryl Crow song): 2 wds.
Is A

52A
Features of fish and some classic cars
Fins

53A
Nickname for a cowboy from Dallas maybe
Tex

54A
Chopped host ___ Allen
Ted

1D
The Christmas Song singer ___ King Cole
Nat

2D
People who went through a divorce
Exes

3D
Shed tears
Weep

4D
All by oneself
Alone

5D
Sturdily built
Solid

6D
Flat-faced dogs
Pugs

7D
Don’t cry over ___ milk
Spilt

8D
Tortoise’s rival in one of Aesop’s fables
Hare

9D
Opera diva’s solo
Aria

10D
Actor Bentley of Yellowstone
Wes

13D
The Black ___ (2006 Josh Hartnett movie)
Dahlia

19D
Not very many: 2 wds.
Afew

20D
Plant that has fronds
Fern

23D
Come to a close
End

24D
Rob ___ (Scotch cocktail)
Roy

25D
Angry feeling
Ire

26D
Succeed in a round of musical chairs
Sit

27D
Eeny meeny miney ___ …
Moe

28D
Scarf that might gradually lose feathers
Boa

29D
___ fuel to the fire
Add

31D
Be it ___ so humble …
Ever

32D
Overly tacky
Garish

33D
Cylindrical sandwich
Wrap

37D
Pains in the neck
Pests

38D
State that’s famous for lobsters
Maine

39D
Back-of-the-book list
Index

40D
Luxury division of Volkswagen
Audi

41D
Let ___! (Open up!): 2 wds.
Mein

42D
Coagulate like blood
Clot

43D
There’s no future ___: 2 wds.
In It

44D
Ill at ___ (anxious)
Ease

45D
Word that precedes Leppard and Jam
Def

48D
Michael Jackson’s next album after Thriller
Bad