9/22/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/22/21
Wayback Wednesday

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1A
___ hands (showed affection, in a way)
Held

5A
“My country, ___ of thee …”
Tis

8A
Asian money that can be found backwards in the word “money”
Yen

11A
Look like death warmed ___
Over

12A
Female name that sounds like the male name Yves
Eve

13A
Prefix that means the same thing as, and rhymes with, “hemi-” and “demi-“
Semi

14A
“Farewell”: Hyph.
Tata

15A
Deli bread
Rye

16A
“___ unrelated matter …”: 2 wds.
On An

17A
Simple card game
War

19A
With 41-Across, “Psycho” actor who played Juror 1 in the 1957 film “12 Angry Men”
Martin

21A
Element which pairs with “Old Lace” in a classic movie title
Arsenic

25A
Country shaped like a boot
Italy

26A
“On Golden Pond” actor who played Juror 8 in “12 Angry Men”: 2 wds.
Henry Fonda

28A
Guns N’ Roses front man Rose
Axl

29A
Emotion you’re feeling when you get your dander up
Ire

30A
___ Young Band (“Love Ain’t” group)
Eli

33A
“Heaven Can Wait” actor who played Juror 7 in “12 Angry Men”: 2 wds.
Jack Warden

37A
Very excited, in slang
Amped

40A
Burial garments, such as a famous one in Turin
Shrouds

41A
See 19-Across
Balsam

43A
Read the riot ___ (issue a severe warning)
Act

44A
“Sad to say …”
Alas

45A
Honda FourTrax, for example: Abbr.
ATV

47A
Color applied to a car window
Tint

51A
Trigonometry function
Sine

52A
Go on dates with
See

53A
College class that might be “micro” or “macro”: Abbr.
Econ

54A
Consume
Eat

55A
“The Little Red ___” (kids’ story)
Hen

56A
Conservative politician Gingrich
Newt

1D
Scorching
Hot

2D
“Dumbo” actress Green
Eva

3D
___ your hair down (relax)
Let

4D
Part of a desk
Drawer

5D
Splendid
Terrific

6D
Vine growing on Harvard buildings
Ivy

7D
Appear to be
Seem

8D
Jewish term for a gossipy person
Yenta

9D
Online correspondence
Email

10D
Silly goose
Ninny

13D
Word that’s similar to “kinda”
Sorta

18D
“___ port in a storm”
Any

20D
Assistance
Aid

21D
Exclamation when having a light-bulb moment
Aha

22D
Name that sounds like “wrecks”
Rex

23D
Show whose most frequent guest host has been Alec Baldwin (17 times): Abbr.
SNL

24D
They’re popped from champagne bottles
Corks

27D
Home to Yale University: 2 wds.
New Haven

30D
Domain that follows the dot in Yale’s URL
Edu

31D
Was sitting atop the scoreboard
Led

32D
Shoo-___ (clear winners)
Ins

33D
“Jungle Cruise” actor Plemons
Jesse

34D
Organization that approves toothpastes: Abbr.
Ada

35D
Path of a tennis lob
Arc

36D
Spoiled, like a bad apple
Rotten

37D
Degrade
Abase

38D
Obama sister who enrolled at Harvard in 2017
Malia

39D
Put into the ground, like a new shrub
Plant

42D
Crush, as potatoes
Mash

46D
Collarless casual shirt
Tee

48D
The “rocks” in a cocktail
Ice

49D
Buy It ___ (option on eBay)
Now

50D
Dynamite initials
TNT