10/21/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/21/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Corn on the ___
COB

4A
Volcanic material that buried Pompeii
ASH

7A
Storage building
SHED

11A
Artist and activist Yoko
ONO

12A
Prefix for “natal” or “liberal”
NEO

13A
“___ Island” (reality series)
LOVE

14A
Press ___ (media packet)
KIT

15A
Opal or sapphire, for example
GEM

16A
Country to the north of the Strait of Hormuz
IRAN

17A
Broadway star of “Gypsy” who played Mrs. Marcus in the 1963 comedy “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”: 2 wds.
ETHEL MERMAN

20A
“Creation of ___” (Bible-themed painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel)
EVE

21A
“The ___ We Were” (Streisand song)
WAY

22A
Take a chance
DARE

24A
Overinflated balloon’s sound
POP

25A
Slump
SAG

28A
“Adam’s Rib” actor who played a police captain in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”: 2 wds.
SPENCER TRACY

31A
Had followers
LED

32A
“The End of ___ Street” (recent sci-fi movie)
OAK

33A
Part of a list
ITEM

34A
___ fly (baseball play that advances a runner)
SAC

35A
Part of a Harvard email address
EDU

36A
Pioneering TV comedian who played a businessman in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”: 2 wds.
MILTON BERLE

41A
Marvel-based TV series starring Tom Hiddleston
LOKI

42A
Pigeon’s cry
COO

43A
River-blocking structure
DAM

44A
Biblical garden setting
EDEN

45A
Resident of the Mojo Dojo Casa House in “Barbie”
KEN

46A
Darth Vader’s boyhood nickname
ANI

47A
Warp-resistant tropical wood
TEAK

48A
Tricky
SLY

49A
“You ain’t seen nothin’ ___!”
YET

1D
Soft drink introduced in 1886
COKE

2D
“… as if my life depended ___”: 2 wds.
ON IT

3D
Annoyed
BOTHERED

4D
Protractor measurement
ANGLE

5D
Look (like)
SEEM

6D
School assignment done outside of class time
HOMEWORK

7D
Covered in goop
SLIMY

8D
Dance sometimes performed to “Hava Nagila”
HORA

9D
“Dear ___ Hansen” (musical)
EVAN

10D
Animal lair
DEN

18D
Like this clue’s number
EVEN

19D
Totally spellbound
RAPT

22D
Broadband connection: Abbr.
DSL

23D
Animal such as a bonobo
APE

24D
Birds with showy tails
PEACOCKS

25D
“___ Night’s Alright for Fighting” (1973 Elton John hit)
SATURDAY

26D
Best pitcher on a softball team
ACE

27D
Bodybuilder’s workout site
GYM

29D
Parka, for one
COAT

30D
Sally ___ (first American woman in space)
RIDE

34D
Move stealthily
SLINK

35D
Shiny black hardwood
EBONY

36D
Depeche ___ (British band)
MODE

37D
Furniture chain based in Sweden
IKEA

40D
Give out, as heat
NOEL

41D
“Don’t ___ me stop you!”
LANE