1/19/22
Wayback Wednesday
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1A
Captain’s place on a ship
Helm
5A
Exchanges letters, in Words With Friends
Swaps
10A
“The Amazing Race” network
CBS
13A
Running shoe company
Avia
14A
___ grigio (type of white wine)
Pinot
15A
Frying liquid
Oil
16A
“Make up your ___!”
Mind
17A
“Glee” character who used a wheelchair
Artie
18A
Sob
Cry
19A
“I.O.U.” singer who had a hit in 2001 with “God Bless the U.S.A.”: 2 wds.
Lee Greenwood
22A
___ of the Covenant (container of the Ten Commandments)
Ark
23A
Cough syrup amount: Abbr.
Tsp
24A
Sound of a punch
Pow
27A
Plant whose gel might be applied after laser hair removal
Aloe
30A
Frozen waffle brand with a Chocolatey Chip variety
Eggo
34A
“Jack & Diane” singer who had a hit in 1986 with “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.”: 2 wds.
John Mellencamp
38A
“Leave, you pesky fly!”
Shoo
39A
Family pet on “The Flintstones”
Dino
40A
Back muscle toned by pull-ups, for short
Lat
41A
Dance style featuring shoes that click
Tap
44A
Farm animal that’s sacred in Hinduism
Cow
46A
“Good Vibrations” group who had a hit in 1963 with “Surfin’ U.S.A.”: 3 wds.
The Beachboys
52A
Cindy ___ Who (“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” kid)
Lou
53A
Car company that makes the MDX and RDX
Acura
54A
Water or gas carrier
Main
56A
“I have ___ on my face” (“I’m so embarrassed”)
Egg
57A
“Rocketman” star Egerton
Taron
58A
Pet food brand that once used Garfield in its advertising
Alpo
59A
Female rabbit or deer
Doe
60A
Pass, as a law
Enact
61A
Eliot ___ (hero in “The Untouchables”)
Ness
1D
Type of cured meat
Ham
2D
“Deliver us from ___” (part of the Lord’s Prayer)
Evil
3D
“This is where I draw the ___!”
Line
4D
Comic role for Tyler Perry
Madea
5D
Gleam brightly, like diamonds
Sparkle
6D
Electricity conductor
Wire
7D
Penny-___ (small-time)
Ante
8D
“That’s beside the ___” (“It’s irrelevant”)
Point
9D
Hearty dinners cooked in pots
Stews
10D
2017 Pixar film set in Mexico
Coco
11D
Crow or cardinal, for example
Bird
12D
Cunning
Sly
20D
Small metric mass unit
Gram
21D
Fossil-fuel cartel founded in 1960: Abbr.
Opec
24D
Flannel or silk nightclothes, for short
PJs
25D
“___ La La” (Britney Spears song)
Ooh
26D
“___ Wants to Be a Millionaire”
Who
28D
Like antiques
Old
29D
“The House With a Clock in Its Walls” director/actor Roth
Eli
31D
Actress Gadot of the upcoming film “Death on the Nile”
Gal
32D
ABC daytime show coanchored by Robin Roberts, for short
Gma
33D
Select
Opt
35D
Short message under a fridge magnet, maybe
Note
36D
Cast a bewitching spell on
Enchant
37D
Clueless beginner, in gamer slang
Noob
42D
Subside
Abate
43D
Nut used in pralines
Pecan
45D
“I’m Every ___” (1993 Whitney Houston hit)
Woman
46D
How food is ordered at a drive-thru: 2 wds.
Togo
47D
Gargantuan
Big
48D
Unearthly glow
Aura
49D
Popular plastic shoe
Croc
50D
Ivy League school with the shortest name
Yale
51D
Doesn’t guzzle
Sips
52D
Showed the way
Led
55D
Rejections
Nos
