10/23/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/23/21
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
“Beauty and the ___” (1991 animated movie)
Beast

6A
Rogue computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey”
Hal

9A
Rapper Khalifa
Wiz

12A
Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks, say
Actor

13A
NHL’s Coyotes, on a scoreboard
Ari

14A
Island country with a UK border: Abbr.
Ire

15A
“… said ___ ever”: 2 wds.
No One

16A
Hands-on component of a chemistry class
Lab

17A
Part of a fish, or slang for a $5 bill
Fin

18A
Muckraker whose 1890 photography book “How the Other Half Lives” exposed conditions in New York City slums: 2 wds.
Jacob Riis

21A
Fleet of warships
Armada

24A
Day this puzzle was released: Abbr.
Sat

25A
Feathery wrap
Boa

26A
Peculiar
Odd

28A
All that and ___ of chips: 2 wds.
A Bag

32A
Muckraker whose 1906 novel “The Jungle” exposed conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking industry: 2 wds.
Upton Sinclair

36A
It may be shed by an onion chopper
Tear

37A
“Thanks, Captain Obvious”
Duh

38A
Group opposing most gun control: Abbr.
Nra

39A
Approximate number: Abbr.
Est

42A
___ together (slowly merged)
Melded

44A
Muckraker whose 1887 exposé “Ten Days in a Mad-House” exposed conditions at New York’s Women’s Lunatic Asylum: 2 wds.
Nelliebly

47A
Clear hair care product that may offer “extra hold”
Gel

48A
Cherry pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
A La

49A
Nickname of the young girl who’s the narrator of “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Scout

53A
Root vegetable often mixed up with a sweet potato
Yam

54A
Three-foot distances: Abbr.
Yds

55A
Use the non-pointy end of a pencil
Erase

56A
___ Fields (brand of cookies)
Mrs

57A
Use your eyes
See

58A
Hip-hop singer Carter
Aaron

1D
Forbid
Ban

2D
___-friendly (environmentally conscious)
Eco

3D
From ___ Z (totally): 2 wds.
A To

4D
Olympic figure skating legend Henie
Sonja

5D
“Don’t ___ Me” (early US flag slogan): 2 wds.
Tread On

6D
Glow surrounding an angel’s head
Halo

7D
Most natives of Jordan and Yemen
Arabs

8D
Zodiac sign represented by scales
Libra

9D
What a hotspot might provide: Hyph.
Wifi

10D
Crime and romance novelist Johansen
Iris

11D
“Your Moment of ___” (final segment of “The Daily Show”)
Zen

19D
Ungentlemanly guys
Cads

20D
Slanted letters: Abbr.
Ital

21D
Touch along an edge
Abut

22D
You could tie a knot in it
Rope

23D
___ Hari (World War I spy)
Mata

27D
Performed, as a chore
Did

29D
Music group
Band

30D
Suffix for “million”
Aire

31D
___ school (where to go for an advanced degree, for short)
Grad

33D
Former Dodgers pitcher Hershiser who was nicknamed “Bulldog”
Orel

34D
Unfeeling
Numb

35D
Bill and Hillary’s daughter
Chelsea

40D
What Buffy does to a vampire
Slays

41D
Squiggle over the “n” in “señorita”
Tilde

43D
Stretchy fiber used in athleticwear
Lycra

44D
Close by
Near

45D
Trees that might be “slippery”
Elms

46D
With the greatest of ___ (smoothly)
Ease

47D
Venue for doing crunches and burpees
Gym

50D
Rowboat propeller
Oar

51D
Group that brings entertainers to the troops: Abbr.
USO

52D
Number that’s the basis of the decimal system
Ten