10/12/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/12/19
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Storage building for tools
Shed

5A
Opposite of cold
Hot

8A
Nickname for the 16th US president
Abe

11A
Covered with concrete
Paved

13A
Desperate Housewives actress Longoria
Eva

14A
Like soda that is no longer fizzy
Flat

15A
A brand name for the anti-inflammatory pain reliever naproxen
Aleve

16A
My Fair Lady star Harrison
Rex

17A
___ ‘n Honey (Nature Valley granola bar flavor)
Oats

18A
Beloved author who died August 5 and who was the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize: 2 wds.
Toni Morrison

21A
The L in LAPD
Los

22A
Turn a book into a film for example
Adapt

25A
A penny saved ___ penny earned: 2 wds.
Is A

28A
Lady Love singer Rawls
Lou

31A
To ___ Mockingbird (Harper Lee novel): 2 wds.
Killa

32A
Presidential honor awarded to 18-Across in 2012 by Barack Obama: 3 wds.
Medal of Freedom

36A
I ___ idea! (That’s news to me!): 2 wds.
Had No

37A
Egg ___ yung
Foo

38A
Fill with wonder
Awe

39A
Leaves out
Omits

40A
By way of to a motorist
Via

43A
18-Across’s first novel published in 1970: 3 wds.
The Bluest Eye

50A
Creamy French cheese
Brie

52A
A Beautiful Mind director Howard
Ron

53A
Foot-operated part of a piano
Pedal

54A
Cutting-___ floor (where unused scenes from a movie end up)
Room

55A
Scorpion actor Stidham
Ari

56A
Drops to the bottom of the ocean
Sinks

57A
Black Love cable channel
Own

58A
NBA player based in Brooklyn
Net

59A
Organization that developed space shuttles: Abbr.
NASA

1D
Minor tiff
Spat

2D
Heavenly ring
Halo

3D
Tied in score
Even

4D
Creature in hell
Devil

5D
Mr. in Germany
Herr

6D
Bending ___ backwards
Over

7D
Sitcom with such characters as Elaine Nardo and Latka Gravas
Taxi

8D
M*A*S*H star who won the SAG Life Achievement Award for 2018: 2 wds.
Alan Alda

9D
Mammal that can hang upside down
Bat

10D
Life-forms from outer space: Abbr.
Ets

12D
Floor model in a store
Demo

14D
Person who seeks out the best restaurants and recipes
Foodie

19D
Norway’s largest city
Oslo

20D
Well for Pete’s ___!
Sake

23D
Vehicle that removes snow
Plow

24D
Like animals that don’t bite
Tame

25D
If you ask me in a blog comment
IMHO

26D
Stitched part of a baseball
Seam

27D
Math exercise that uses plus signs
Addition

29D
Shake It ___ (2014 Taylor Swift single)
Off

30D
Sci-fi spaceship: Abbr.
UFO

33D
The Star-Spangled Banner or O Canada for example
Anthem

34D
Go down to defeat
Lose

35D
Wander around
Rove

41D
MSN and AOL for example: Abbr.
ISPs

42D
Polished off some leftovers perhaps: 2 wds.
Ate In

44D
Ingredient in a high-fiber muffin
Bran

45D
Data’s android twin on Star Trek: the Next Generation
Lore

46D
Individual part of a condo complex
Unit

47D
Former Simpsons character ___ Krabappel
Edna

48D
Hairy Tibetan beasts
Yaks

49D
Main character in the upcoming movie Frozen 2
Elsa

50D
Sis’s sibling
Bro

51D
Spreadsheet line
Row