7/02/22
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Play divisions made up of scenes
Acts
5A
Cleveland NBA player for short
Cav
8A
Attack savagely
Maul
12A
It could end with a knockout
Bout
13A
1600 Pennsylvania ___ (the White House’s address): Abbr.
Ave
14A
Type of music that Rubén Blades is known for
Salsa
15A
Like feet without shoes or socks
Bare
16A
Tiny speck of ink
Dot
17A
___ stomach (queasiness)
Upset
18A
Dynamite inventor for whom element #102 is named: 2 wds.
Alfred Nobel
21A
Vine on Princeton buildings
Ivy
22A
Let’s Make ___ (Wayne Brady game show): 2 wds.
A Deal
25A
Postal ___ (item for weighing envelopes)
Scale
28A
Angry dog’s sound
Grr
30A
Pooh’s little marsupial buddy
Roo
32A
Theory of relativity physicist for whom element #99 is named: 2 wds.
Albert Einstein
36A
Open ___ night (event for stand-up comedy beginners)
Mic
37A
Kid who’s a pain in the neck
Imp
38A
___ out (get rid of gradually)
Phase
39A
Any of 150 songs in an Old Testament book
Psalm
42A
The p in mph
Per
43A
One of two radioactivity pioneers for whom element #96 is named: 2 wds.
Pierre Curie
49A
Get married secretly
Elope
52A
Item for moving a galley or dinghy
Oar
53A
Soft drink
Soda
54A
Entrusts to the postal carrier
Mails
55A
Shot in the ___ (boost)
Arm
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Tips of boots
Toes
57A
Leer at
Ogle
58A
___ Moines
Des
59A
Number for a sports analyst for short
Stat
1D
Dancing Queen pop group
Abba
2D
Fuel source mined in West Virginia
Coal
3D
Artificial ___ (grass substitute)
Turf
4D
Completely free from germs
Sterile
5D
Small container for tea
Caddy
6D
Cosmetics company with Skin-So-Soft insect repellent
Avon
7D
Nix as a bill passed by Congress
Veto
8D
Kind of leaf on the Canadian flag
Maple
9D
Roker and Gore for two
Als
10D
Wield as a tool
Use
11D
Back muscle to a personal trainer
Lat
14D
Dragged into court
Sued
19D
Next-to-last word of many fairy tales
Ever
20D
Pottery ___ (home furnishings chain)
Barn
23D
Location
Area
24D
Daily Planet reporter Lane
Lois
25D
Muppet that’s a patriotic eagle
Sam
26D
Paper ___ (fastening device)
Clip
27D
The alphabet to preschoolers
ABCs
28D
Valuable stone
Gem
29D
Let ‘er ___!
Rip
31D
Two heads are better than ___
One
33D
Magazine that picked Elon Musk as its 2021 Person of the Year
Time
34D
Design detail for short
Spec
35D
Fencing maneuvers that are like lunges but without the foot movement
Thrusts
40D
Company associated with Steve Jobs
Apple
41D
Falsehoods
Lies
42D
Long-lasting treatments for curly hair
Perms
44D
Abbey ___ (Beatles album)
Road
45D
Common’s opposite
Rare
46D
Tree part that helps keep it in place
Root
47D
I haven’t the foggiest ___
Idea
48D
___ Coast (states on the Atlantic Seaboard)
East
49D
Wacky stand-up comedian Philips
Emo
50D
___ behind (be slower than everyone else)
Lag
51D
Fossil fuel that gushes from a gusher
Oil