12/20/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/20/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
“Braveheart” star Gibson
MEL

4A
Larry ___ Cable Guy
THE

7A
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” snake
ASP

10A
Appliance that may be “self-cleaning”
OVEN

12A
Hip-___ music
HOP

13A
Try to win the heart of
WOO

14A
Retired tennis star Sampras
PETE

15A
Mammals, birds, and reptiles, for example
ANIMALS

17A
With her husband Pierre, co-discoverer of radium in 1898: 2 wds.
MARIECURIE

19A
___ the door (escort out): 2 wds.
SEETO

21A
Main color of a Santa suit
RED

22A
Boxer whose original last name was Clay
ALI

23A
“Straight ___ Compton” (2015 movie)
OUTTA

27A
Chemist and peace activist who was an outspoken opponent of the nuclear arms race: 2 wds.
LINUSPAULING

32A
From ___ to finish
START

33A
Major union for teachers: Abbr.
NEA

34A
“A Christmas Carol” exclamation
BAH

36A
In an irritable mood
TESTY

38A
Award that 17- and 27-Across each won in two different categories, the only people ever to do so: 2 wds.
NOBELPRIZE

42A
In general: 3 wds.
ASARULE

43A
Fury
RAGE

46A
“Batteries ___ included”
NOT

47A
Caribbean or Mediterranean, for example
SEA

48A
Prayer’s final word
AMEN

49A
Lumberjack’s tool
AXE

50A
On ___ (like draft beer)
TAP

51A
Pre-grown lawn
SOD

1D
Clean, as a kitchen floor
MOP

2D
December 24 or December 31, for example
EVE

3D
“Open the door!”: 3 wds.
LETMEIN

4D
Asian cuisine that includes sticky rice
THAI

5D
Use a grindstone on
HONE

6D
Movie like “Ben-Hur” or “The Ten Commandments”
EPIC

7D
“Yes, I’m ___ of that” (“I know”)
AWARE

8D
“Metal Gear ___” (1998 video game)
SOLID

9D
Sit for a photographer
POSE

11D
Not at all messy
NEAT

16D
Painting on the side of a building
MURAL

18D
“The chickens have come home to ___”
ROOST

19D
“Cousin” who sometimes appears on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
SAL

20D
Cotton gin inventor Whitney
ELI

24D
“Kick it ___ notch!” (Emeril catchphrase): 2 wds.
UPA

25D
2022 movie starring Cate Blanchett as a conductor
TAR

26D
___-frutti ice cream
TUTTI

28D
Person who works in the aisles of a theater
USHER

29D
Tailor’s pants-leg measurements
INSEAMS

30D
Bottom-line amount
NET

31D
___-straight alliance
GAY

34D
Fenway Park team, for short
BOSOX

35D
Die down
ABATE

37D
Bible book before Nehemiah
EZRA

38D
Another name for “Grandma”
NANA

39D
Unbridled desire
LUST

40D
Cop a ___ (make a court deal)
PLEA

41D
Gather, as wheat from a field
REAP

44D
1989-1997 carmaker known for the Metro and Tracker
GEO

45D
___ zone (touchdown territory)
END