9/23/20
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
___ out (misbehaves)
Acts
5A
Muscles that might be hiding behind belly flab
Abs
8A
Big ___ (burgers that compete with Burger King’s Whoppers)
Macs
12A
Demigod character in “Moana”
Maui
13A
Opposite of “yeah”
Nah
14A
Uncomfortable feeling, as in the stomach
Ache
15A
Actress who starred with Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Notorious”: 2 wds.
Ingrid Bergman
18A
A hairstylist might mix a batch of it
Dye
19A
“FoxTrot” cartoonist Bill
Amend
20A
General Mills cereal that contains lots of vitamins
Total
24A
By way of, to a traveler
Via
25A
With 35-Across, actress who starred with Cary Grant in Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief”
Grace
26A
Professor Ludwig ___ Drake (Donald Duck’s uncle)
Von
27A
“Let me ___ you this …”
Ask
30A
The Emerald ___ (nickname for Ireland)
Isle
31A
What a boxer may hit with an uppercut
Jaw
32A
At no cost
Free
33A
Person who opposes you
Foe
34A
Until this very moment
Yet
35A
See 25-Across
Kelly
36A
Turn to compost
Rot
37A
Objects of admiration
Idols
38A
Entrée that’s often vegetarian
Salad
41A
“Masterpiece” airer
PBS
43A
Actress who starred with Cary Grant in Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest”: 3 wds.
Eva Marie Saint
49A
Pinot noir or Merlot, for example
Wine
50A
Longtime advice columnist Landers
Ann
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Planet orbiter
Moon
52A
Reindeer in “Frozen II”
Sven
53A
___ as a wet hen
Mad
54A
Mary, to Peter Parker in the “Spider-Man” universe
Aunt
1D
“___ my brother’s keeper?”: 2 wds.
Am I
2D
Container for baked beans
Can
3D
Give a hard yank
Tug
4D
What a soldier calls a male superior officer
Sir
5D
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Samberg
Andy
6D
1996 Oscar nominee whose title becomes a 2007 Oscar nominee if you add an L to the end
Babe
7D
“Isn’t ___ Lovely” (Stevie Wonder song)
She
8D
Underground lava
Magma
9D
Brand for Wile E. Coyote
Acme
10D
Jackie of 2010’s “The Karate Kid”
Chan
11D
Transmit, as a text
Send
16D
“The devil finds work for ___ hands”
Idle
17D
Weather that might ruin a picnic
Rain
20D
“Finally, the weekend!”: Abbr.
TGIF
21D
Approximately: 2 wds.
Orso
22D
Story
Tale
23D
Card that’s worth 1 or 11 in blackjack
Ace
24D
Unbreakable ___ (magical agreement in the Harry Potter books)
Vow
26D
Industrial-sized tub
Vat
27D
The good dinosaur in “The Good Dinosaur”
Arlo
28D
Offer for a price
Sell
29D
Florida ___ (area connected to the mainland by the Overseas Highway)
Keys
31D
Aircraft that might be “jumbo”
Jet
32D
Gave a meal to
Fed
34D
Baby ___ (nickname for “the child” on “The Mandalorian”)
Yoda
35D
Smooch
Kiss
36D
Noodle soup from Asia
Ramen
38D
Stitches
Sews
39D
Tel ___ (city in Israel)
Aviv
40D
An Olympic swimmer is assigned one
Lane
41D
___ colada
Pina
42D
Turn or curve
Bend
44D
Battering ___
Ram
45D
Group for hospital workers: Abbr.
AMA
46D
Promissory note letters
IOU
47D
Negative response, in France
Non
48D
“The Alienist” channel
TNT