5/4/24
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Part of the eye that surrounds the pupil
Iris
5A
Captain for Ishmael and Queequeg in a Melville novel
Ahab
9A
Cry out loud
Sob
12A
Alternative to Discover or MasterCard
Visa
13A
Notre ___ (Indiana university)
Dame
14A
Should we give it ___? (Let’s try it): 2 wds.
Ago
15A
New Zealand mountaineer who became an honorary citizen of Nepal in 2003: 2 wds.
Edmund Hillary
18A
House in Spanish
Casa
19A
Kaplan who starred on Welcome Back Kotter
Gabe
20A
Fraught with risk
Dicey
23A
Humongous
Big
24A
Smell from a compost bin
Odor
25A
Chicago Fire actress Killmer
Kara
27A
Color of raspberry jam
Red
30A
South African president who became an honorary citizen of Canada in 2001: 2 wds.
Nelson Mandela
33A
Slight amount
Tad
34A
Instagram posts for short
Pics
35A
Like fish rich in omega-3
Oily
36A
Right for the occasion
Apt
37A
Songs
Tunes
38A
Coin in Tijuana
Peso
40A
Biting remark
Barb
42A
British racing driver who became an honorary citizen of Brazil in 2022: 2 wds.
Lewis Hamilton
47A
Don’t give ___ second thought: 2 wds.
It A
48A
Currency in Croatia
Euro
49A
___ meeny miney moe …
Eeny
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Room where a family might play board games
Den
51A
Search for
Seek
52A
___ gin fizz (cocktail including grapefruit juice)
Sloe
1D
___ made up my mind
Ive
2D
Hard to get ___ of (persistent)
Rid
3D
Ending for symbol or spiritual
Ism
4D
Flying ___ (UFOs)
Saucers
5D
Puts into a mixing bowl say
Adds
6D
Funny ‘strange’ or funny ‘___’?: Hyph.
Haha
7D
Bon ___ (cleanser brand)
Ami
8D
Brussels native
Belgian
9D
Former Swedish auto company
Saab
10D
Type of beast with a page on the website WikiShrek
Ogre
11D
Newborn in a blue blanket often
Boy
16D
Legislator’s vote that sounds like neigh
Nay
17D
Inconvenience for a Twitch stream
Lag
20D
___ even think about it!
Dont
21D
Brilliant concept
Idea
22D
Like winter in North Dakota
Cold
23D
Undergarments that might be seamless or strapless
Bras
25D
Close-___ family
Knit
26D
Movie chain that competes with Regal
Amc
27D
Strap on Santa’s sleigh
Rein
28D
SportsCenter anchor Duncan
Elle
29D
2024 has 366 of them
Days
31D
Votes against as a proposition
Opposes
32D
Tennis game where there are four players on the court
Doubles
36D
Just ___ thought!: 2 wds.
As I
37D
Prefix meaning three
Tri
38D
2014-2022 SNL comedian Davidson
Pete
39D
McGregor of the Paramount+ series A Gentleman in Moscow
Ewan
40D
Having no clothes on
Bare
41D
Run ___ (go out of control)
Amok
42D
Top of a cookie jar
Lid
43D
Shade that could be adjusted in Photoshop
Hue
44D
___ Aviv (city in Israel)
Tel
45D
Yoko with the 1984 album Milk and Honey
Ono
46D
Bill ___ the Science Guy
Nye