11/1/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

11/1/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Not excited
CALM

5A
Like two ___ in a pod
PEAS

9A
Capture, as a culprit
NAB

12A
Plant product in soothing gels
ALOE

13A
Gardening material made of wood chips or shredded bark
MULCH

14A
Didn’t bat an ___ (showed no surprise)
EYE

15A
Jacobs whose name is on fashion labels
MARC

16A
Take ___ with (argue about)
ISSUE

17A
Married
WED

18A
Private detective investigating a murder with wife Nora in Dashiell Hammett’s “The Thin Man”: 2 wds.
NICKCHARLES

21A
Hunky-dory: Hyph.
AOK

22A
Feature of many nightstand clocks
ALARM

24A
Compete in a downhill sport
SKI

27A
Meat in a cheesesteak
BEEF

30A
Fuel source from a mine
COAL

32A
Private detective investigating a divorce lawyer’s death in Sue Grafton’s “A” is for Alibi: 2 wds.
KINSEYMILLHONE

36A
Younger sister in “Frozen”
ANNA

37A
___ Puffs (cereal based on a cookie)
OREO

38A
“How I ___ Your Mother” (Josh Radnor sitcom)
MET

39A
Wise spiritual advisors
GURUS

42A
Wee sprite
ELF

44A
Private detective investigating a woman’s disappearance in Walter Mosley’s “Devil in a Blue Dress”: 2 wds.
EASYRAWLINS

49A
“Wolf ___” (2025 horror movie)
MAN

51A
Dutch-speaking island in the Caribbean
ARUBA

52A
Shrub’s “anchor”
ROOT

54A
Like senior citizens
OLD

55A
Small ravine
GULLY

56A
Place to keep valuables secure
SAFE

57A
Chinese chairman whose portrait is displayed at Tiananmen Gate
MAO

58A
Olympic sword
EPEE

59A
“Larger ___ Life” (Backstreet Boys song)
THAN

1D
Video recording device, for short
CAM

2D
“Reacher” star Ritchson
ALAN

3D
Greiner who’s a shark on “Shark Tank”
LORI

4D
Holiest city in Islam
MECCA

5D
“Don’t ___ your luck”
PUSH

6D
Elder sister in “Frozen”
ELSA

7D
Luxury line from Honda
ACURA

8D
Turtle’s protection
SHELL

9D
Where reporters have their desks
NEWSROOM

10D
Nautical “yes”
AYE

11D
No ___ of roses (not at all enjoyable)
BED

13D
Spillane who created hardboiled detective Mike Hammer
MICKEY

19D
Lakers legend Bryant
KOBE

20D
___ and every one
EACH

23D
Homophone of “main”
MANE

24D
Reggae precursor
SKA

25D
Male counterpart to a queen
KING

26D
Subtly sly suggestion
INNUENDO

28D
Genre for the band My Chemical Romance
EMO

29D
Evergreen tree that grows in colder regions
FIR

31D
“Don’t ___ the Sun Go Down on Me” (Elton John hit)
LET

33D
Bareilles who created the musical “Waitress”
SARA

34D
Freedom to move around
LEEWAY

35D
Lie around idly
LOLL

40D
Grammar topic
USAGE

41D
Stuff poured onto pancakes
SYRUP

43D
“The ___ Wives Club” (1996 movie)
FIRST

45D
___ of thumb (guiding principle)
RULE

46D
Qualified
ABLE

47D
Baumbach who directed the upcoming movie “Jay Kelly”
NOAH

48D
Couch potato’s place
SOFA

49D
Family member honored in May
MOM

50D
Brownie ___ mode: 2 wds.
ALA

53D
Number of syllables in the word “counterinstitutionalization”
TEN