9/28/22
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Voting coalition
Bloc
5A
Golf score than can be broken
Par
8A
Honey Bunches of ___ (breakfast cereal)
Oats
12A
2018 Mexican drama that won three Oscars
Roma
13A
McClanahan who costarred with Bea Arthur on Maude and The Golden Girls
Rue
14A
Locale
Area
15A
Country that Ayatollah Khomeini once led
Iran
16A
Law & Order junior prosecutor: Abbr.
Ada
17A
Titles for British knights
Sirs
18A
Laverne & Shirley actress who played Laurie Henderson in American Graffiti: 2 wds.
Cindy Williams
21A
James Bond creator Fleming
Ian
22A
Software that Apple’s mobile devices run on
Ios
23A
With 35-Across The Man Who Fell to Earth actress who played Debbie Dunham in American Graffiti
Candy
26A
Psychic’s claim: Abbr.
Esp
27A
Hawaiian taro preparation
Poi
30A
Push-ups and demi-cups for example
Bras
31A
Kitty
Cat
32A
Homophone of pare and pair
Pear
33A
Overhead expanse
Sky
34A
Taken ___ granted
For
35A
See 23-Across
Clark
36A
Actor Simu ___ with the 2022 memoir We Were Dreamers
Liu
37A
The Raven poet Edgar Allan ___
Poe
38A
Three’s Company actress who played The Blonde in the T-Bird in American Graffiti: 2 wds.
Suzanne Somers
45A
On the summit of
Atop
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
You ___ dog! (Aren’t you clever?)
Sly
47A
Cookie that released a 110th Birthday Chocolate Confetti Cake version in 2022
Oreo
48A
Sheet of window glass
Pane
49A
Button at the upper left of many keyboards
ESC
50A
El ___ (Pacific ocean current)
Nino
51A
Kid-lit author Silverstein
Shel
52A
___-di-dah
Lah
53A
Get off ___-free (receive no punishment)
Scot
1D
___-a-brac
Bric
2D
Shark Tank regular Greiner
Lori
3D
Nation whose capital is Muscat
Oman
4D
Unposed photos
Candids
5D
Large shrimp
Prawn
6D
Automaker from Bavaria
Audi
7D
Pragmatic sort of person
Realist
8D
Desert watering hole
Oasis
9D
Song in Tosca or Turandot for example
Aria
10D
Two years for a US representative
Term
11D
Impudence
Sass
19D
Hooray!
Yay
20D
Prune as a dying branch
Lop
23D
Survivor network
CBS
24D
Lost object that was raided in the first Indiana Jones movie
Ark
25D
Opposite of aye
Nay
26D
Elf’s pointy part of the body
Ear
27D
Split ___ soup
Pea
28D
Lifeboat item
Oar
29D
Vex
Irk
31D
Give guidance as a school advisor might
Counsel
32D
The Power of the Dog actor Jesse
Plemons
34D
Flipper for a fish
Fin
35D
Sound like a pigeon
Coo
36D
Place for a boutonniere
Lapel
37D
Former USA series starring James Roday and Dulé Hill
Psych
38D
Suckers
Saps
39D
The Beehive State
Utah
40D
The Z in TMZ or DMZ
Zone
41D
Actress Pataky who’s played Elena in the Fast & Furious franchise
Elsa
42D
Euphoria actor Dane
Eric
43D
City in western Nevada
Reno
44D
Grime that a chimney sweep deals with
Soot