9/24/16
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
“___Miserables” (Broadway musical)
Les
4A
“___ Good Men” (Jack Nicholson movie): 2 wds.
A Few
8A
Swampy stuff
Mire
12A
Nightclub routine
Act
13A
Hot stuff from a volcano
Lava
14A
In the center of
Amid
15A
“He said, ___ said”
She
16A
Apple cofounder who gave Stanford’s 2005 commencement speech: 2 wds.
Steve Jobs
18A
“The Wind in the Willows” amphibian
Toad
20A
“Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” captain
Nemo
21A
Oscar-winning actress who gave Barnard College’s 2010 commencement speech: 2 wds.
Meryl Streep
27A
Website that was originally known as AuctionWeb
Ebay
28A
Abbreviation on many Monopoly cards
Ave
29A
One-room apartment
Studio
32A
“___, Higher, Stronger” (English translation of the Olympic motto)
Faster
35A
Lifeboat paddle
Oar
36A
What you’d insert into an old-style camera
Film
37A
Former president who gave Yale’s 2010 commencement speech: 2 wds.
Bill Clinton
42A
Actor Gruffudd who was Mr. Fantastic in “Fantastic Four” (2005)
Ioan
43A
Valuable metal whose chemical symbol is Au
Gold
46A
British author who gave Harvard’s 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds.
JK Rowling
51A
Be sorry about
Rue
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
“___ Flux” (2005 Charlize Theron film)
Aeon
53A
___ the standings (in first place)
Atop
54A
Place for a file folder label
Tab
55A
Dark-colored breads
Ryes
56A
Joins in matrimony
Weds
57A
Islander’s house, sometimes
Hut
1D
“Indiana Jones and the ___ Crusade”
Last
2D
Acoustical rebound
Echo
3D
“Full ___ ahead!” (boat captain’s cry)
Steam
4D
Franken and Capone, for two
Als
5D
Not skinny
Fat
6D
In a balanced manner
Evenly
7D
What surfboards ride on top of
Waves
8D
___ league (top sports level)
Major
9D
“Here’s what I think,” in online lingo
Imo
10D
Bone in the chest
Rib
11D
Newspaper executives: Abbr.
Eds
17D
CPR provider, often: Abbr.
EMT
19D
Property owner’s document
Deed
22D
Baseball hitter’s stat: Abbr.
RBI
23D
Retired NBA star ___ Ming
Yao
24D
Enjoy a meal
Eat
25D
New Year’s ___ (celebration with a countdown)
Eve
26D
The “P” in “MPG”
Per
29D
Cry noisily
Sob
30D
____ chi (type of exercise)
Tai
31D
Address that begins “http”: Abbr.
URL
32D
Shark feature
Fin
33D
Control-___-Delete (common keyboard combination)
Alt
34D
Urban air pollution
Smog
36D
Having a limit, like a lifespan
Finite
38D
Animals that travel in a pride
Lions
39D
Dairy animal
Cow
40D
1980s-1990s legal drama set in Southern California: 2 wds.
LA Law
41D
Toward the top of a map
North
44D
Traditional Hawaiian party
Luau
45D
What red ink symbolizes
Debt
46D
Peanut butter container
Jar
47D
Peele’s comedy partner
Key
48D
___ v. Wade (landmark Supreme Court case)
Roe
49D
Affirmative head motion
Nod
50D
Navigation technology: Abbr.
GPS
37 across and 38 down does not work. A puzzle error…