9/10/22
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
___ A Sketch (toy with plastic knobs)
Etch
5A
Rolling Stones hit (I ___ Get No) Satisfaction
Cant
9A
Hospital area for closely monitored patients: Abbr.
ICU
12A
Musician’s moment in the spotlight
Solo
13A
___ vera juice (drink with antioxidants)
Aloe
14A
Stool pigeon
Rat
15A
Long walk off a short ___
Pier
16A
Highs’ opposites
Lows
17A
Chicken ___ king: 2 wds.
A La
18A
United States attorney general under President Obama (2015-2017): 2 wds.
Loretta Lynch
21A
Miner’s material
Ore
22A
Retired basketball great ___ Ming
Yao
23A
With 38-Across United States attorney general under President Biden (2021-present)
Merrick
27A
___ Hari (spy for Germany)
Mata
31A
Have bills to pay
Owe
32A
Pirate’s treasure holder
Chest
35A
Squirreled away
Hid
36A
Viral Internet sensation
Meme
38A
See 23-Across
Garland
40A
Mad scientist’s workplace
Lab
43A
___-hoo anyone home?
Yoo
44A
United States attorney general under President Trump (2017-2018): 2 wds.
Jeff Sessions
50A
Manhattan’s Madison or Fifth: Abbr.
Ave
51A
Kill as a dragon
Slay
52A
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the ___ (2005 movie)
Sith
54A
Comfortable room in a house
Den
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
One of the acting Fanning sisters
Elle
56A
Southernmost of the Great Lakes
Erie
57A
Most commonly used conjunction in the English language
And
58A
Homophone of tease
Tees
59A
Late comedian Macdonald
Norm
1D
So-called sixth sense: Abbr.
ESP
2D
Work like a dog
Toil
3D
Geppetto’s pet goldfish in Pinocchio
Cleo
4D
Stephen King genre
Horror
5D
Nickname of the school where the main characters on The Big Bang Theory worked
Cal Tech
6D
Aplenty: 2 wds.
A lot
7D
There’s ___ that really happened! (Don’t believe it!): 2 wds.
No Way
8D
Elon Musk’s automotive company
Tesla
9D
Nation on the Persian Gulf
Iran
10D
College math class for short
Calc
11D
Zion National Park’s state
Utah
19D
Actor McCormack
Eric
20D
___ Kippur (Jewish holy day)
Yom
23D
Mother
Mom
24D
Ram’s ma’am
Ewe
25D
Former rock band from Georgia
Rem
26D
Large container at a frat party
Keg
28D
Band that performed the theme to the Bond movie The Living Daylights: Hyph.
Aha
29D
Metal found in bronze and pewter
Tin
30D
Tack on
Add
33D
Accepts a proposal: 2 wds.
Says Yes
34D
Ship’s counselor Deanna on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Troi
37D
Santa’s assistant
Elf
39D
Let out a notch or two as a belt
Loosen
41D
Liability’s opposite
Asset
42D
Disney heroine who loved reading
Belle
44D
___ Pinkett Smith
Jada
45D
All tied up score-wise
Even
46D
___ for oneself (be self-reliant)
Fend
47D
Event where customers don’t pay full price
Sale
48D
Actor Robert De ___
Niro
49D
Blend like coffee and cream
Stir
53D
Bottom edge of a skirt
Hem