10/28/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/28/26
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Old King ___ (nursery rhyme about a “merry old soul”)
COLE

5A
What a treasure hunter may follow
MAP

8A
Place with comfy robes for customers to use
SPA

11A
Greeting to a sailor
AHOY

12A
Actor Vigoda who costarred on “Barney Miller”
ABE

13A
“Ocean’s Eleven” actor Bernie ___
MAC

14A
2004 Destiny’s Child hit that was the lead single from their final album, “Destiny Fulfilled”: 3 wds.
LOSE MY BREATH

17A
“Love ___ many-splendored thing”: 2 wds.
IS A

18A
Pennsylvania city that’s about 80 miles from Buffalo, New York
ERIE

19A
Sends lots of junk email to
SPAMS

23A
Voices below sopranos in a chorus
ALTOS

24A
Hard-to-resist impulse
URGE

25A
Solid object with no corners
ORB

27A
2001 Destiny’s Child hit that samples Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen”
BOOTYLICIOUS

33A
“___ a pinch of salt” (recipe phrase)
ADD

34A
Hoodwink
DUPE

35A
Tie the knot
MARRY

39A
From the same place as the Vikings
NORSE

40A
Berry in a Brazilian bowl
ACAI

41A
“Every kiss begins with ___” (tagline for a jewelry store)
KAY

43A
2000 Destiny’s Child hit whose title consists of the same word twice: 2 wds.
JUMPIN JUMPIN

49A
Material such as bauxite or galena
ORE

50A
“20,000 Leagues Under the ___”
SEA

51A
“This looks like trouble!”: 2 wds.
OHNO

52A
Participated in a 10K, for example
RAN

53A
That girl’s
HER

54A
Hugo ___ (fashion company)
BOSS

1D
Nickname of former US president Coolidge
CAL

2D
“So the truth comes out!”
OHO

3D
The “L” in “UCLA”
LOS

4D
Body part whose name reads the same forward and backward
EYE

5D
Baseball Hall of Famer Willie
MAYS

6D
Swedish band that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974
ABBA

7D
Miles ___ hour
PER

8D
Like a genius
SMART

9D
Restaurant’s outdoor dining area
PATIO

10D
Is sore after exercising
ACHES

15D
Prefix meaning “wrongly”
MIS

16D
Long fish that’s never served raw
EEL

19D
Temporary teacher, for short
SUB

20D
Con’s opposite, on a list
PRO

21D
“That was ages ___!”
AGO

22D
Became acquainted with
MET

23D
“High Potential” network
ABC

25D
Like newspapers that have turned yellow
OLD

26D
Disposed (of)
RID

28D
“Woo-hoo!”
YAY

29D
Promise at the altar: 2 wds.
I DO

30D
“A Mighty Fortress Is ___ God” (hymn)
OUR

31D
___ and downs
UPS

32D
Visualize
SEE

35D
Army rank below lieutenant colonel
MAJOR

36D
Maker of the Integra
ACURA

37D
Noodle soup from Japan
RAMEN

38D
“Let ‘er ___!” (“Go for it!”)
RIP

42D
Not fully shut
NYU

44D
Suffix that means “or thereabouts”
KNEE

45D
Chaotic mass of people
AJAR

46D
Noodle soup from Vietnam
ISH

47D
Walk-___ (customers without appointments)
MOB

48D
Negative answers
PHO