9/4/13
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Cram tightly
Stuff
6A
Important period in history
Era
9A
House pet that might be named Fluffy or Whiskers
Cat
12A
“The Voice” judging group, for example
Panel
13A
Existed
Was
14A
Cheer for a matador
Ole
15A
With 21-Across, violet-eyed star of 48-Across
Elizabeth
17A
Say no to, informally
Nix
18A
Small, unimportant complaint
Nit
19A
Property owned, such as stocks, bank deposits, and houses
Assets
21A
See 15-Across
Taylor
24A
Noggin
Head
27A
Motorcycle daredevil Knievel
Evel
29A
Beatles drummer Starr
Ringo
30A
Costar (and later, husband) of 15-/21-Across: 2 wds.
Richard Burton
34A
Online messages
Email
35A
Floral gifts for visitors to Hawaii
Leis
36A
Ping-____ (table tennis)
Pong
37A
Mark ____ (30-Across’ role in 48-Across)
Antony
41A
1996 Robert de Niro/Wesley Snipes thriller: 2 wds.
The Fan
45A
“The Tell-Tale Heart” writer
Poe
46A
Coffee, slangily
Joe
48A
Blockbuster movie epic that premiered in June 1963
Cleopatra
51A
Sense of wonder
Awe
52A
Not him
Her
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Roster of important people: Hyph.
A List
54A
Fellows
Men
55A
Kitchen gadget brand name that looks like a tic-tac-toe line
Oxo
56A
Runs in a track meet
Races
1D
Used up, as money
Spent
2D
____ Shire, actress in “The Godfather” and “Rocky”
Talia
3D
Togetherness
Unity
4D
Tasseled Turkish hat … or Wilmer Valerrama’s “That ’70s Show” character
Fez
5D
Where Orlando is: Abbr.
Fla
6D
Lambs’ mothers
Ewes
7D
Alley rodents
Rats
8D
Tennis great Arthur ___
Ashe
9D
Agree (to)
Consent
10D
Boxer called “The Greatest”
Ali
11D
The Rangers, in a baseball box score
Tex
16D
Less decorated
Barer
20D
Feeling that’s remedied by drinking a beverage
Thirst
22D
University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Lehigh
23D
Shape of many racetracks
Oval
25D
Long, long ___
Ago
26D
___ Juan, legendary fictional lover
Don
28D
The “bad” cholesterol: Abbr.
LDL
29D
Destroy completely
Ruin
30D
One who makes sales calls, for short
Rep
31D
“Here’s what I think,” in Internet lingo
Imo
32D
Hiker’s water container
Canteen
33D
Anti-gas dietary supplement
Beano
38D
Fiber-____ network (technology used in telecommunications)
Optic
39D
Branch of mythology with Thor and Odin
Norse
40D
Irish poet William Butler ____
Yeats
42D
Sound in a canyon
Echo
43D
Bend, as a muscle
Flex
44D
Prefix for space or nautical
Aero
46D
Traffic gridlock
Jam
47D
Be in debt to
Owe
49D
Golfer’s goal
Par
50D
____ mode (with ice cream): 2 wds.
A La