9/1/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/1/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Reddish building block
Brick

6A
Animal sound that Little Bo-Peep would have heard
Baa

9A
Long part of a flower
Stem

13A
Small donkey
Burro

14A
Result of three strikes
Out

15A
Subdue, as a wild animal
Tame

16A
Spread messily
Smear

17A
They might appear between levels of an app game
Ads

18A
X or Y line on a graph
Axis

19A
Harlem Renaissance singer who starred in the 1929 short film “St. Louis Blues”: 2 wds.
Bessie Smith

22A
Small, artful tree
Bonsai

25A
“___ Baba and the Forty Thieves”
Ali

26A
“Much ___ About Nothing”
Ado

27A
Number that’s considered for college admissions: Abbr.
GPA

30A
“The Pilot’s Wife” novelist Shreve
Anita

34A
Harlem Renaissance singer and actress known for dancing in a banana skirt: 2 wds.
Josephine Baker

38A
Venue for sports and concerts
Arena

39A
“Be a ___!” (“Help me out!”)
Pal

40A
Grazing animal of the western US
Elk

41A
“___ the season to be jolly …”
Tis

43A
People who aren’t visitors
Locals

46A
Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds.
Ethel Waters

51A
“One Day at a Time” creator Norman
Lear

52A
Card “in the hole”
Ace

53A
Falling ___ at the seams
Apart

57A
Puzzle that includes dead ends
Maze

58A
New title for a bride
Mrs

59A
Green areas around houses
Lawns

60A
What Rosebud is, in “Citizen Kane” (spoiler!)
Sled

61A
Stroke gently, as a dog
Pet

62A
Move stealthily
Sneak

1D
Little metal pellets for guns
BBS

2D
Liquor for a piña colada
Rum

3D
Outrage
Ire

4D
Grumpy people, or certain seafood
Crabs

5D
Asian peninsula split between North and South
Korea

6D
Snakes that suffocate their prey
Boas

7D
European car company with a four-ring logo
Audi

8D
Deployed on a submarine, perhaps: 2 wds.
At Sea

9D
Staying power
Stamina

10D
Vehicle you might hail from the sidewalk
Taxi

11D
Send forth, as light
Emit

12D
Go together really well
Mesh

20D
Sound of frustration
Sigh

21D
Large, thick piece
Slab

22D
___ Fresh (chain of Tex-Mex restaurants)
Baja

23D
Target of an air freshener
Odor

24D
Body part that detects 23-Down
Nose

28D
Member of Gladys Knight’s backup group
Pip

29D
___ de Armas of the upcoming “No Time to Die”
Ana

31D
Store that includes a Swedish Food Market
Ikea

32D
“___ Her About It” (Billy Joel hit)
Tell

33D
Biblical boats
Arks

35D
Went in
Entered

36D
Homophone of “pale”
Pail

37D
Actress Fanning of “Maleficent”
Elle

42D
Marshy wetland in the Everglades
Swamp

44D
Exams where grad students give spoken responses
Orals

45D
TV channel focused on the US government: Hyph.
Cspan

46D
State trees for North Dakota and Massachusetts
Elms

47D
Blue-green shade
Teal

48D
Cloudiness in the air
Haze

49D
Unit of farmland
Acre

50D
Classroom assessment
Test

54D
Astonishment
Awe

55D
Cell substance needed for protein synthesis: Abbr.
RNA

56D
“For shame” sound
Tsk