1/11/25
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Baseball Hall of Famer Ruth
BABE
5A
Skidded
SLID
9A
Word that can go before “top” or “socks”
TUBE
13A
Shaped like an ellipse
OVAL
14A
“Grand Theft ___”
AUTO
15A
Instrument related to the bassoon
OBOE
16A
American illustrator and painter known for his Saturday Evening Post covers: 2 wds.
NORMAN ROCKWELL
19A
“I don’t ___ you anything!” (“I’m not beholden to you!”)
OWE
20A
“The Butler” and “Precious” director Daniels
LEE
21A
Poindexter
NERD
22A
Broadcaster of the newsmagazine “Here and Now”
NPR
23A
Person next in line for a throne
HEIR
25A
“Once more ___ the breach”
UNTO
28A
“The Situation Room” host Blitzer
WOLF
29A
Woman teaching at a Catholic school, often
NUN
32A
American modernist painter known for her paintings of flowers, bones, and deserts: 2 wds.
GEORGIA OKEEFFE
36A
“___ do you like them apples?”
HOW
37A
Mile, yard, or foot
UNIT
38A
___ hot and cold (be indecisive)
BLOW
39A
Warped out of shape
BIAS
40A
It’s sometimes around a toddler’s neck at mealtime
BIB
42A
Slanted view
BIAS
44A
Pioneering Internet company
AOL
45A
Neon or argon, for example
GAS
48A
American abstract expressionist painter known for his “drip technique” and “action painting”: 2 wds.
JACKSON POLLOCK
52A
Sunburn-soothing gel
ALOE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Aid in the commission of a crime
ABET
54A
Prefix meaning “against”
ANTI
55A
On the ___ (getting better)
MEND
56A
Skin condition that might be bumpy and itchy
RASH
57A
The Wicked Witch of the ___
WEST
1D
U2’s front man
BONO
2D
Openly declare
AVOW
3D
Nude
BARE
4D
“A Nightmare on ___ Street 5: The Dream Child” (1989 sequel)
ELM
5D
More sensible
SANER
6D
Enticement for a fish
LURE
7D
“Who am ___ argue?”: 2 wds.
ITO
8D
“What’s up, ___?”
DOC
9D
Where Rapunzel was trapped
TOWER
10D
Lyft competitor
UBER
11D
Thick font setting
BOLD
12D
Snakelike fish
EEL
17D
Mountain in Switzerland or Slovenia, say
ALP
18D
Part of a place setting, along with a fork and spoon
KNIFE
22D
“Neither a borrower ___ a lender be”
NOR
23D
Sound that an owl makes
HOOT
24D
Large species of deer
ELK
25D
“Ick!”
UGH
26D
Hero of “The Matrix”
NEO
27D
What a wrecker might provide
TOW
28D
“Just a minute!”
WAIT
29D
Group with the Vince Lombardi Trophy: Abbr.
NFL
30D
Alien sight in the sky: Abbr.
UFO
31D
Never-used
NEW
33D
Speculate
GUESS
34D
Cozy place to stay over in the countryside
INN
35D
___ and flow
EBB
39D
Cooked in an oven
BAKED
40D
Voting enclosure
BOOTH
41D
Sick
ILL
42D
“American Hustle” actor Christian
BALE
43D
Clickable image on a desktop
ICON
44D
Orangutans and bonobos, for example
APES
45D
No longer around
GONE
46D
Performs onstage
ACTS
47D
Segment on “Saturday Night Live”
SKIT
48D
Paper ___ (clog in a printer)
JAM
49D
Blade for rowing a boat
OAR
50D
Nets’ and Nuggets’ league: Abbr.
NBA
51D
Attorney’s area of expertise
LAW