7/7/18
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Kitchen utensil for boiling pasta
Pot
4A
Mammals that sleep upside-down
Bats
8A
Singe a little
Char
12A
“Well lookee here!”
Oho
13A
Drop like ___ potato: 2 wds.
A Hot
14A
Crafty ploy
Ruse
15A
Get ___ of (do away with)
Rid
16A
It may have a combination lock
Safe
17A
Extra-large film format
IMAX
18A
R.L. Stine book series that might spook little kids
Goose Bumps
21A
Headed up
Led
22A
Stories sometimes told over multiple movies
Epics
26A
Anthony Hopkins’s role in “Thor: Ragnarok”
Odin
28A
Catches some Z’s on the sofa
Naps
31A
Item that can catch a lot of fish at once
Net
32A
R.L. Stine book series that might spook middle schoolers: 2 wds.
Mostly Ghostly
35A
Key that’s often used with Control and Delete
Alt
36A
Long Island ___ tea (cocktail)
Iced
37A
Brazilian soccer player of the 1970s
Pele
38A
Hit the ___ button (go back to the start)
Reset
40A
“Give us this day ___ daily bread …”
Our
41A
R.L. Stine book series that might spook teenagers: 2 wds.
Fear Street
47A
Go hang gliding
Soar
50A
Tigger’s honey-loving friend
Pooh
51A
___ Lanka (country near India)
Sri
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
“A law ___ themselves”
Unto
53A
Prepare to be photographed
Pose
54A
Lightweight metal
Tin
55A
“I’ve ___ around the block a few times”
Been
56A
Hollywood Boulevard symbol
Star
57A
What can precede “rocket” or “scraper” in compound words
Sky
1D
Cute creature in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
Porg
2D
Midwestern state on Pennsylvania’s western border
Ohio
3D
They help you organize errands: 2 wds.
To Do Lists
4D
Headquartered
Based
5D
Revenge-fueled sea captain of literature
Ahab
6D
Soybean food product
Tofu
7D
___ cell research
Stem
8D
Like fresh snack crackers
Crisp
9D
What you can do if you don’t want to sing along
Hum
10D
Nutty ___ fruitcake: 2 wds.
As A
11D
Tyrannosaurus ___
Rex
19D
Delivered as a text
Sent
20D
Mexican monetary unit
Peso
23D
Things that you like paying attention to
Interests
24D
Prisoner’s room
Cell
25D
Swelling on the eyelid
Stye
26D
Major league baseball’s Vizquel or Infante
Omar
27D
Last name of former senators Bob and Elizabeth
Dole
28D
City nicknamed “the Big Apple”: Abbr.
NYC
29D
Number on a birthday cake
Age
30D
College professor’s degree: Abbr.
PHD
33D
Low-calorie in beverage names
Lite
34D
Cowboy boot attachment
Spur
39D
Zac of the “High School Musical” movies
Efron
40D
This that and the ___
Other
42D
iPhone downloads
Apps
43D
What to do “for the home team” according to a song
Root
44D
Six-time Silver Slugger Award winner Sammy
Sosa
45D
Actor Estrada
Erik
46D
Minuscule
Tiny
47D
Sandwich from Jimmy John’s or Jersey Mike’s for short
Sub
48D
Twenty minus nineteen
One
49D
Took part in a feast
Ate