3/15/25
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Wrestling surface
MAT
4A
“So that’s your scheme!”
OHO
7A
Collector of classified information
SPY
10A
Q&A session on Reddit: Abbr.
AMA
11A
Jean-___ Picard (Patrick Stewart role)
LUC
12A
Alternative to a 401(k) plan: Abbr.
IRA
13A
Cole Porter song standard featured in 31 Across: 3 wds.
YOURE THE TOP
16A
“If I might be so bold ___ suggest …”: 2 wds.
AS TO
17A
Grain found in porridge
OAT
18A
Hydroelectric power construction
DAM
21A
“Hacksaw ___” (2016 war film starring Andrew Garfield)
RIDGE
25A
Freeloader
BUM
28A
Dip in the middle, as the roof of an old shack
SAG
30A
___ and void
NULL
31A
1934 Cole Porter Broadway musical set on an ocean liner: 2 wds.
ANYTHING GOES
34A
Order opposed to the Jedi in “Star Wars” films
SITH
35A
People’s Republic of China founder
MAO
36A
“I don’t ___ the issue here”
SEE
37A
Code of conduct
ETHIC
39A
Took the trophy
WON
41A
Numbered section on an airplane
ROW
43A
Every ___ in a while
ONCE
47A
Cole Porter song standard featured in 31 Across: 2 wds., hyph.
ITS DELOVELY
51A
Container for a houseplant
POT
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Outer part of the mouth
LIP
53A
Zendaya’s role on “Euphoria”
RUE
54A
Actress Ryan who plays Jan on “Only Murders in the Building”
AMY
55A
Live and ___ live
LET
56A
Made a meal for
FED
1D
Actress Hawke who voiced Anxiety in “Inside Out 2”
MAYA
2D
Singer/songwriter Tori
AMOS
3D
Having no slack, like a rope
TAUT
4D
The Grand ___ Opry
OLE
5D
Pizza ___ (chain whose logo has a red roof that looks like a hat)
HUT
6D
Eight, in Spanish
OCHO
7D
Using a chair
SITTING
8D
MacBook ___ (high-end Apple laptop)
PRO
9D
Small dog’s barking sound
YAP
14D
Serling who created “The Twilight Zone”
ROD
15D
Lend an ___ (listen)
EAR
19D
Gray stuff spewed from a volcano
ASH
20D
Cause severe injury to
MAIM
22D
Brother-sister acts, for example
DUOS
23D
Sheer happiness
GLEE
24D
“She’s not like everyone ___”
ELSE
25D
Headquarters
BASE
26D
Pound or pint, for example
UNIT
27D
Tale involving deities
MYTH
29D
Bite like a rodent
GNAW
32D
Parched
THIRSTY
33D
Squishy substance
GOO
38D
Cape ___, Massachusetts
COD
40D
Black Friday’s month: Abbr.
NOV
42D
In good health
WELL
44D
Brand of spongy sports equipment
NERF
45D
Game involving suspects, weapons, and rooms
CLUE
46D
Black ___ Peas (pop band)
EYED
47D
Type of beer that frequently has a punny name: Abbr.
IPA
48D
Hanks with a 2024 cameo on “The Simpsons”
TOM
49D
“This answer is four letters long,” for example
LIE
50D
___ in (agree to take part)
OPT