10/4/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/4/23
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Defrost
Thaw

5A
Air ___ (movie about a basketball-playing dog)
Bud

8A
Hairy cousin of Gomez Addams
Itt

11A
Swedish pop band with four members
Abba

12A
Quick ___ wink: 2 wds.
As A

13A
Last name for someone who prefers to remain anonymous
Doe

14A
Wicked actor who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 1972’s Cabaret: 2 wds.
Joel Grey

16A
Completed the final leg of a triathlon
Ran

17A
Ending for Fantasy, Frontier, Adventure, and Tomorrow in Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Land

18A
Failed guess in the game Battleship
Miss

19A
Sport for an American flag pin
Lapel

22A
___ makes waste
Haste

23A
___-ida (brand of French fries)
Ore

24A
Pirate captain in Peter Pan
Hook

26A
Arthur actress who won the Best actress Oscar for Cabaret: 2 wds.
Liza Minnelli

32A
California valley that’s a wine hub
Napa

33A
Commonly pierced body part
Ear

34A
Scrumptious
Tasty

37A
Follows commands, like a well-trained dog
Obeys

39A
Natural ingredient in after-sun lotions
Aloe

40A
Ingredient in some vegan hot dogs
Tofu

42A
Get ___ of (dump)
Rid

43A
All That Jazz filmmaker who won the Best Director Oscar for Cabaret: 2 wds.
Bob Fosse

47A
Evidence in some paternity suits: Abbr.
DNA

48A
Rock genre that originated in the mid-1980s
Emo

49A
Strong desires
Yens

50A
Okey-doke!
Yes

51A
My goodness!
Gee

52A
Word on an eight-sided road sign
Stop

1D
___ Mahal (UNESCO World Heritage Site in India)
Taj

2D
Cable network whose streaming service is called Max
HBO

3D
Maggie Simpson’s grandfather
Abe

4D
2008 Pixar movie about a trash-compacting robot: Hyph.
Walle

5D
Word that can go before dance or owl
Bard

6D
Like most consignment-shop items
Used

7D
24-hour period
Day

8D
Hijack star Elba
Idris

9D
Breakfast food that pops up when it’s ready
Toast

10D
In need of a massage, perhaps
Tense

15D
___ pal (female BFF)
Gal

18D
Let’s ___ a Deal
Make

19D
That’s funny in a text
Lol

20D
Shapiro of NPR
Ari

21D
Brick-shaped candy brand
Pez

22D
Term of endearment like sweetie or darling
Hon

24D
Shoot from the ___ (act impulsively)
Hip

25D
Would you like to go ___ date sometime?: 2 wds.
On A

27D
First chips into the poker pot
Ante

28D
Month with the shortest name
May

29D
Author Chlid who created Jack Reacher
Lee

30D
___ Down Sally (Eric Clapton song)
Lay

31D
Agency that investigates tax evaders: Abbr.
Irs

34D
Arriving after the school bell rings
Tardy

35D
Drop me ___ sometime: 2 wds.
A Line

36D
Ginger ale and root beer, for two
Sodas

37D
And they’re ____! (horse-race announcement)
Off

38D
Floating markers in the ocean
Buoys

40D
If it were up ___….: 2 wds.
Tome

41D
Instrument that an orchestra tunes to
Oboe

43D
Plead
Beg

44D
___ the world on fire (be extremely successful)
Set

45D
___-Cat (ski resort vehicle)
Sno

46D
Clairvoyance: Abbr.
Esp