9/14/25
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Sprinter’s race
DASH
5A
Vehicles that pick up fares
CABS
9A
___ character (protagonist)
MAIN
13A
Great Lake that borders Ohio
ERIE
14A
Gardener’s dirt
SOIL
15A
Woodwind that represents the duck in “Peter and the Wolf”
OBOE
16A
1993 film about a boy who tries to rescue a killer whale from an unscrupulous aquarium: 2 wds
FREEWILLY
18A
___ out of shape (very upset)
BENT
19A
Keen-sighted bird
EAGLE
20A
Actor Dan who appears in Homes.com commercials
LEVY
22A
Dark-colored deli bread
RYE
23A
Uncooked
RAW
26A
“What gets wetter the more it dries?,” for one
RIDDLE
30A
Yellow citrus fruit
LEMON
32A
Opposite of major
MINOR
33A
Luxury hotel chain
OMNI
36A
Front of a ship
PROW
38A
Ravens’ cries
CAWS
39A
Sites for solar panels
ROOFS
41A
Natural talent
KNACK
43A
“Please enter”: 2 wds
COMEIN
45A
Make a blunder
ERR
46A
Short vinyl recordings: Abbr.
EPS
49A
Beasts that could pull a plow
OXEN
51A
Like beer from a keg: 2 wds
ONTAP
53A
Grassy layer
TURF
56A
1940 animated film in which the title character is swallowed by a whale named Monstro
PINOCCHIO
59A
Initials that mean “Don’t delay!”
ASAP
60A
By an unknown author: Abbr.
ANON
61A
“If it ___ broke, don’t fix it”
AIN’T
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
62A
“G.I. Jane” actress Moore
DEMI
63A
Toy company with a California theme park
LEGO
64A
Parts of musicals
ACTS
1D
Postpone until later
DEFER
2D
Orderly grouping
ARRAY
3D
Prolonged attack upon a castle
SIEGE
4D
Location of Achilles’ vulnerability
HEEL
5D
Longtime CBS series set in Las Vegas
CSI
6D
“You’ve got mail” company
AOL
7D
Invoice
BILL
8D
More crafty
SLYER
9D
1956 film about Captain Ahab and his obsessive hunt for a white whale: 2 wds
MOBYDICK
10D
“The Godfather” actor Vigoda
ABE
11D
Atomic particle that’s positive or negative
ION
12D
Acrobat’s safety device
NET
17D
“The Way We ____” (1973 romantic drama)
WERE
21D
____ and vigor
VIM
24D
What a rock guitarist plugs their guitar into
AMP
25D
Employment
WORK
27D
Substance in genes: Abbr.
DNA
28D
Coldest temperature of the day
LOW
29D
Busy hospital areas: Abbr.
ERS
30D
2012 film about a teen who shares a boat with a tiger after a whale destroys his raft: 3 wds
LIFEOFPI
31D
Not any
NONE
33D
“The Lord of the Rings” brute
ORC
34D
Texas longhorn’s sound
MOO
35D
____ de plume (fake name)
NOM
37D
Armed conflict
WAR
40D
Half a dozen
SIX
42D
Swamp predator, for short
CROC
44D
Kathmandu is its capital
NEPAL
46D
Moral principle
ETHIC
47D
Wall covering applied with a brush or roller
PAINT
48D
Cheetah markings
SPOTS
50D
Number of batters in a baseball lineup
NINE
52D
Sports organization for student athletes: Abbr.
NCAA
53D
Smidgen
TAD
54D
Take advantage of
USE
55D
Lamb’s father
RAM
57D
Eggy Yuletide drink
NOG
58D
Peace activist Yoko
ONO