8/29/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/29/20
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Person with careless, messy habits
Slob

5A
Mark that remains after a wound has healed
Scar

9A
Circular pattern performed by a stunt pilot
Loop

13A
1/24 of a day
Hour

14A
Shredded by hand
Tore

15A
Assistant to a senator
Aide

16A
Author of the dystopian novel “Parable of the Sower” and its sequel, “Parable of the Talents”: 3 wds.
Octavia E. Butler

19A
Honey ___! (Post breakfast cereal)
Ohs

20A
Knee part that’s injury-prone: Abbr.
ACL

21A
Perfectly phrased
Apt

22A
“___ the Knife” (Bobby Darin oldie)
Mack

24A
Offshoot religious groups
Sects

28A
___ even keel (steady): 2 wds.
On An

30A
Elude
Evade

34A
Kanga’s child, in children’s books
Roo

35A
Author of the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its sequel, “The Testaments”: 2 wds.
Margaret Atwood

38A
Ending for “column” or “panel”
Ist

39A
“___ Is Born” (Lady Gaga movie): 2 wds.
A Star

40A
Performs in a Broadway play, perhaps
Acts

41A
Police weapon that delivers an electric current
Taser

43A
Major corn syrup brand
Karo

45A
Eggs in caviar
Roe

47A
Graynor who played a feminist lawyer in “Mrs. America”
Ari

48A
“___ Another Day” (2002 James Bond movie)
Die

51A
Author of the dystopian novel “The Hunger Games” and its sequels, “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay”: 2 wds.
Suzanne Collins

56A
Jungle animals with “lesser” and “great” classifications
Apes

57A
Scandinavian capital where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded
Oslo

58A
Pig’s messy dinner
Slop

59A
Hair on the back of a donkey’s neck
Mane

60A
Grimy film atop a brackish pond
Scum

61A
“For he’s a jolly good fellow, which nobody can ___”
Deny

1D
“Get outta here, housefly!”
Shoo

2D
Scotland’s ___ Ness monster
Loch

3D
Gets the better of in a battle of wits
Outsmarts

4D
TomboyX or Maidenform purchase
Bra

5D
Adhesive decals for a kid’s activity book
Stickers

6D
Power plant fuel extracted from mines
Coal

7D
“___ we there yet?”
Are

8D
McEntire who’s hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards many times
Reba

9D
Drink with steamed milk and coffee
Latte

10D
Liquid in a deep fryer
Oil

11D
Poem written as a tribute
Ode

12D
Words ___ minute (typing speed measure)
Per

17D
Carpet-cleaning tool, for short
Vac

18D
Sad and/or mad
Upset

23D
“Brokeback Mountain” director ___ Lee
Ang

25D
Alligator relative
Crocodile

26D
Horn sound that’s lighter than a honk
Toot

27D
Lays down new lawn
Sods

28D
Forget to mention
Omit

29D
Group that uses the Kennedy Space Center: Abbr.
NASA

31D
Pet doctor, for short
Vet

32D
“Am I catching you ___ bad time?”: 2 wds.
At A

33D
Traditional photographer’s place for developing film
Dark Room

36D
Packers quarterback Rodgers
Aaron

37D
Armed conflict on a large scale
War

42D
Dry-___ board
Erase

44D
Verb that’s a homophone of “ale”
Ail

46D
“Good Omens” actress Mireille
Enos

47D
Human rights defense group: Abbr.
ACLU

49D
“I’ll let you ___ a little secret”: 2 wds.
In On

50D
Award won by Simone Biles and Serena Williams
ESPY

51D
Friend of Frodo in the “Lord of the Rings” books
Sam

52D
Put ___ good fight: 2 wds.
Up A

53D
___ garden (place to meditate)
Zen

54D
Computer key that lets you back out of a process
ESC

55D
Psychedelic drug also known as “acid”: Abbr.
LSD