3/27/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/27/21
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Shoebox cover
Lid

4A
Material that’s sent off to be smelted
Ore

7A
Purse
Bag

10A
“The gloves ___ off”
Are

11A
___ XING (sign at a crosswalk)
Ped

12A
Muscle quality
Tone

13A
Horror director Craven who died in 2015
Wes

14A
Second person in Genesis
Eve

15A
“It’s a thin line between love and ___”
Hate

16A
Former Congressional Black Caucus chair who received the Profile in Courage Award in 2010: 2 wds.
Karen Bass

19A
Devoted follower
Fan

20A
On, as a kerosene lamp
Lit

21A
“All I Could Do Was Cry” singer ___ James
Etta

24A
“___ your head!”
Use

26A
___ Schwarz (chain of toy stores)
Fao

29A
41st US president who received the Profile in Courage Award in 2014: 4 wds.
George H W Bush

32A
Gender pay ___
Gap

33A
“God Bless the ___” (1984 country song)
USA

34A
Too
Also

35A
Woman who takes religious vows
Nun

37A
Buddy
Pal

39A
Civil rights leader and longtime Georgia congressman who received the Profile in Courage Award in 2001: 2 wds.
John Lewis

42A
Honda or Hyundai, for example
Auto

43A
Civil rights pioneer ___ B. Wells
Ida

44A
___ Smacker (brand of mouth balm)
Lip

47A
Unit for measuring snowfall
Inch

48A
Big ___ (mountainous region of California)
Sur

49A
Manjula’s husband on “The Simpsons”
Apu

50A
“I’m unimpressed”
Meh

51D
Hairy animal with “lesser” and “greater” varieties
Ape

52D
___ for gold (what forty-niners did)
Pan

1D
The ___ of the jungle
Law

2D
Pique
Ire

3D
Where a newspaper editor sits
Desk

4D
“Madama Butterfly,” for example
Opera

5D
Income tax collections
Revenues

6D
“East of ___” (Steinbeck novel)
Eden

7D
Constantly talking about one’s accomplishments
Boastful

8D
Industrious insects
Ants

9D
“My gosh!”
Gee

12D
Cuisine with fish sauce and lemongrass
Thai

17D
Way out there
Afar

18D
Huffed and puffed
Blew

21D
Food in a shell
Egg

22D
Midafternoon snack in England, or the drink consumed with it
Tea

23D
First-rate: Hyph.
Top Notch

25D
Got physically fit: 2 wds.
Shaped Up

27D
Balaam’s animal, in the Book of Numbers
Ass

28D
Exclamation that’s a US state if you insert the letter I
Oho

30D
Anna of “Breaking Bad”
Gunn

31D
Island east of Java
Bali

36D
“I think I goofed”: Hyph.
Uhoh

38D
Fully informed
Aware

39D
Month when summer officially starts
June

40D
“This Is Life With _____ Ling” (CNN documentary series)
Lisa

41D
___ on the back (hearty greeting)
Slap

42D
Skill for a shuffleboard player
Aim

45D
Triple ____ (extremely hoppy beer): Abbr.
Ipa

46D
Dad joke, sometimes
Pun