3/16/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/16/19
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Group whose headquarters includes a firearms museum: Abbr.
NRA

4A
Healthful resort
Spa

7A
Has in one’s hands
Holds

12A
Morsel in a horse’s feed bag
Oat

13A
Female chicken
Hen

14A
To no ___ (in vain)
Avail

15A
“___ had just about enough of this!”
Ive

16A
A billion years
Eon

17A
Pace of a piece of music
Tempo

18A
Donald Trump press secretary who resigned after 182 days on the job: 2 wds.
Sean Spicer

21A
Ticklish Muppet
Elmo

22A
Actress ___ Michele who was nominated for a 2010 Emmy
Lea

23A
Brewery tank
Vat

26A
Take legal action against
Sue

28A
Al who played Michael Corleone
Pacino

31A
With 34-Across Ronald Reagan press secretary for whom a gun bill is named
James

34A
See 31-Across
Brady

35A
Pink part of a pencil
Eraser

37A
___-fi (“Star Trek” genre)
Sci

38A
Midmorning hour
Ten

39A
___ Dhabi (wealthy city in the Middle East)
Abu

41A
Very grand in scale
Epic

45A
George W. Bush press secretary who became a commentator on Fox News: 2 wds.
Dana Perino

48A
“Speak of the ___!”
Devil

51A
“Cheap Thrills” singer
Sia

52A
Good buddy
Pal

53A
“Not that I’m ___ of” (“Nothing I know about”)
Aware

54A
Shut-___ (recipients of Meals on Wheels perhaps)
Ins

55A
“It’s not the ___ of the world” (“Cheer up!”)
End

56A
They’re worn around the waist
Belts

57A
Word before a maiden name
Nee

58D
High-___ graphics
Res

1D
Loud racket
Noise

2D
Get tangled up like string
Ravel

3D
Group of athletes who don’t warm the bench: Hyph.
A Team

4D
“___ a Lady” (Tom Jones song)
Shes

5D
Human beings
People

6D
Musical with the song “Tomorrow”
Annie

7D
Can’t stand
Hate

8D
___-the-counter medication
Over

9D
On the ___ (fleeing the law)
Lam

10D
Salsa or guacamole for example
Dip

11D
___-pitch softball
Slo

19D
They smell things
Noses

20D
Baseball fan’s headwear
Cap

23D
By means of
Via

24D
Word represented by an ampersand
And

25D
Something to play with
Toy

27D
Find a function for
Uses

29D
“Good Morning America” network
ABCs

30D
Town ___ (person who yelled the news long ago)
Crier

31D
Shade of black or a kind of plane
Jet

32D
“___ we there yet?”
Are

33D
Guy
Man

36D
Sprinted
Ran

37D
Lying on one’s back as opposed to prone
Supine

40D
Washroom sink
Basin

42D
Pay the ___ (bear the consequences)
Piper

43D
Really silly
Inane

44D
“Common” ailments
Colds

45D
___ cheap (very inexpensive)
Dirt

46D
Saloon orders
Ales

47D
With the greatest of ___ (effortlessly)
Ease

48D
Pat with a cotton ball
Dab

49D
Ram’s mate
Ewe

50D
“The Doors” star Kilmer
Val