9/15/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/15/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
Boxing gloves cover them
Fists

6A
Spot on a playing card or domino
Pip

9A
“___ better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”
Tis

12A
Alfa ___ (Italian sports car)
Romeo

13A
It’s opposite WSW on a compass: Abbr.
Ene

14A
“Eh, ___ seen better”
Ive

15A
Best New Artist Grammy, for example
Award

16A
Beverage that sounds like “ail”
Ale

17A
It includes Manhattan and Queens: Abbr.
NYC

18A
“Vision of Love” singer who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1991: 2 wds.
Mariah Carey

21A
Suffix for “depend” or “respond”
Ent

22A
Put in sutures
Sew

23A
___ Candy (Steve Trevor’s assistant in “Wonder Woman”)
Etta

26A
Charged atom
Ion

28A
___ Black (Harry Potter’s godfather)
Sirius

30A
With 33-Across, “Blue” singer who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1997
Leann

33A
See 30-Across
Rimes

34A
Breathed heavily, like an overheated dog
Panted

36A
Professional’s cost
Fee

37A
Shape on Texas’s flag
Star

38A
Group that can help drivers locked out of their cars: Abbr.
AAA

40A
“___-Ra and the Princesses of Power” (Netflix animated series)
She

43A
“Another Sad Love Song” singer who won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1994: 2 wds.
Toni Braxton

47A
Bill and ___ (talk lovingly)
Coo

49A
Card game with Wild Draw Four cards
Uno

50A
“To say the ___!”
Least

51A
Hydroelectric facility
Dam

52A
“Floribama Shore” cable channel
MTV

53A
Furious feeling
Anger

54A
Where swine are confined
Sty

55A
“Adios!”
Bye

56D
Likely to talk back
Sassy

1D
Incriminate with false evidence
Frame

2D
Person from the Hawkeye State
Iowan

3D
Like a straight-A student
Smart

4D
Actress Garr or Hatcher
Teri

5D
Dr Pepper, for example
Soda

6D
Opposite of war
Peace

7D
Relatives acquired through marriage: Hyph.
Inlaws

8D
Fellow member of a jury
Peer

9D
“A Christmas Carol” boy who uses a crutch: 2 wds.
Tiny Tim

10D
Plant that could climb a trellis
Ivy

11D
“Hang on just a ___”
Sec

19D
Cable rival of QVC
HSN

20D
Macabre
Eerie

24D
Second day of the workweek, usually: Abbr.
Tue

25D
Donkey
Ass

26D
Opening credits sequence, for short
Intro

27D
“Are You the ___?” (reality show)
One

29D
Wrath
Ire

30D
Old-style record albums: Abbr.
LPS

31D
Snack on hummus and pita, say
Eat

32D
“Grey’s ___” (drama starring Ellen Pompeo)
Anatomy

35D
Small and delicate
Dainty

36D
A bridge too ___ (something overly ambitious)
Far

39D
Opposite of below
Above

40D
Mates for does
Stags

41D
They attach to yard sprinklers
Hoses

42D
Contest submission
Entry

44D
Under the effects of novocaine
Numb

45D
“What a pity!”
Alas

46D
Lucy Lawless’s most famous role
Xena

47D
AOL once sent out millions of them: Abbr.
CDs

48D
Cracklin’ ___ Bran (breakfast cereal)
Oat