5/17/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/17/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
As I ___ saying…
WAS

4A
“Please, make yourself comfortable!”
SIT

7A
Palmolive product
SOAP

11A
Boxer Laila who had a record of 24-0
ALI

12A
“Oh, I’m well ___” (“Trust me, I know”)
AWARE

14A
“The Vampire Lestat” author Rice
ANNE

15A
Diamond or sapphire, for example
GEM

16A
Get started
BEGIN

17A
“___ Make a Deal” (game show)
LETS

18A
Cubist painter whose “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” is on display: 2 wds.
PABLO PICASSO

21A
___ year (period of interest to an accountant)
FISCAL

23A
Divine being
GOD

24A
Nickname of a longtime Yankees third baseman: Hyph.
A-ROD

25A
Interoffice message
MEMO

27A
Tit for ___ (equal retaliation)
TAT

30A
Post-Impressionist painter whose “The Starry Night” is on display: 3 wds.
VINCENT VAN GOGH

34A
Beast of burden
ASS

35A
Relocate
MOVE

36A
Length times width, for a rectangle
AREA

37A
Genre associated with the band Jimmy Eat World
EMO

38A
Most under the weather
ILLEST

40A
Surrealist painter of “The Persistence of Memory”: 2 wds.
SALVADOR DALI

45A
Succulent plant that yields a helpful gel
ALOE

46A
Unreliable narrators
LIARS

47A
“Orange Is the ___ Black”
NEW

50A
“A Different Man” actor Sebastian
STAN

51A
Singer played by Jacob Elordi in “Priscilla”
ELVIS

52A
___ Bo (fitness routine)
TAE

53A
Cottony
SOFT

54A
“I fully agree”
YES

55A
Not in the closet
OUT

1D
What gossipy tongues do
WAG

2D
Ginger ___
ALE

3D
Animated family that lives in Springfield
SIMPSONS

4D
Bloat
SWELL

5D
“Othello” antagonist
IAGO

6D
Stumble
TRIP

7D
Common first course
SALAD

8D
Bills often found in tip jars
ONES

9D
Insects in colonies
ANTS

10D
Currency that sometimes uses the abbreviation “Mex$”
PESO

12D
“Fernando” band
ABBA

13D
Difficult-to-crack riddle
ENIGMA

19D
Rock band whose lead guitarist is Angus Young
AC/DC

20D
“The White Lotus” actress Carrie
COON

21D
“I ate his liver with some ___ beans and a nice Chianti”
FAVA

22D
Goo Goo Dolls hit with the line “I just want you to know who I am”
IRIS

25D
Channel that originally aired “Punk’d”
MTV

26D
“The mother of all living,” in Genesis
EVE

27D
Roughly ripped open, as wrapping paper: 2 wds.
TOREINTO

28D
Gets on in years
AGES

29D
“Hey! What was ___ for?”
THAT

31D
Two-time Oscar winner Stone
EMMA

32D
Single strand of spaghetti
NOODLE

33D
Gumption
GALL

37D
Blessed ___ (birth)
EVENT

38D
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” voice actor Elba
IDRIS

39D
Scottish girl
LASS

40D
Mouth off to
SASS

41D
Vocal range between soprano and tenor
ALTO

42D
Baguette, for example
LOAF

43D
Covered in grease, like mechanics’ rags
OILY

44D
Glowing review
RAVE

48D
Water, to the French
EAU

49D
Like water
WET