9/14/22
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
United ___ Emirates (Middle Eastern country)
Arab
5A
Playing card with the letter A in two corners
Ace
8A
Fitbit unit of measurement
Step
12A
Dopesick actress Winningham
Mare
13A
Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas
Las
14A
Diminutive Jedi guru
Yoda
15A
1/12 of a foot
Inch
16A
Ambulance staffer: Abbr.
Emt
17A
Strap attached to a horse’s bit
Rein
18A
1973 horror movie about a young girl’s demonic possession: 2 wds.
The Exorcist
21A
One Day ___ Time: 2 wds.
At A
22A
Napoleonic ___ (segment in French history covering 1799-1815)
Era
23A
With 35-Across actress who played Regan MacNeil in 18-Across
Linda
26A
Word that can go before West or Largo
Key
27A
Grumpy comment from Scrooge
Bah
30A
Eye part that is sometimes blue
Iris
31A
Dog trainer’s basic command
Sit
32A
Remove the rind from
Pare
33A
Doctor dealing with rabies and distemper for short
Vet
34A
Forever Young singer ___ Stewart
Rod
35A
See 23-Across
Blair
36A
Hard-to-catch fish
Eel
37A
___ Fighters (Best of You band)
Foo
38A
Swedish-born actor who played Father Lankester Merrin in 18-Across: 3 wds.
Max Vonsydow
43A
Animal whacked in a carnival game
Mole
44A
Gymnast’s landing pad
Mat
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45A
Tie score
Draw
47A
Like a slightly open door
Ajar
48A
Performance artist Yoko
Ono
49A
New York Times columnist and podcast host Klein
Ezra
50A
___ wait up!
Don’t
51A
Siesta
Nap
52A
With dashes they make up Morse code letters
Dots
1D
What ___ doing here?: 2 wds.
Am I
2D
Long angry speech
Rant
3D
Shape that’s similar to an upside-down U
Arch
4D
Uses a guillotine on
Beheads
5D
Amazon’s competitor to Google Assistant
Alexa
6D
Mottled military garb for short
Camo
7D
Bruce Springsteen and the ___ Band: 2 wds.
Estreet
8D
Country west of Iraq
Syria
9D
Digits that are pampered during a pedicure
Toes
10D
Use a blue pencil on
Edit
11D
Skillet
Pan
19D
When a plane is due in: Abbr.
ETA
20D
Shed some tears
Cry
23D
___ Golf (controversial new sports organization)
Liv
24D
Fury
Ire
25D
Pick a ___ (complain about something unimportant)
Nit
26D
Billy the ___ (outlaw)
Kid
27D
Sheep’s comment
Baa
28D
Actress Graynor of Apple TV ‘s Surface
Ari
29D
R&B artist who has been nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy for the last three years
Her
31D
Biblical king who once proposed splitting a baby in half
Solomon
32D
Slogged along
Plodded
34D
Gun as an engine
Rev
35D
___ George (Culture Club singer)
Boy
36D
Apply as pressure
Exert
37D
Aperture setting on a camera: Hyph.
Fstop
38D
Source of Austin Powers’s power
Mojo
39D
Actor Tudyk
Alan
40D
___ Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (1969 song): 2 wds.
Nana
41D
Rice-shaped pasta
Orzo
42D
Frog king in Super Mario video games
Wart
43D
Seething
Mad
46D
It ___ nice meeting you
Was