2/8/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/8/26
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Animal that eats almost nothing but bamboo
PANDA

6A
Android on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
DATA

10A
Place to take a mud bath
SPA

13A
Wake-up sound
ALARM

14A
Lawyer Dershowitz
ALAN

15A
Implement used to propel a rowboat
OAR

16A
Country between Algeria and Egypt
LIBYA

17A
1980-1988 Tom Selleck series…
MAGNUMPI

19A
Heats up in a microwave
ZAPS

21A
Honey-based alcoholic beverage
MEAD

22A
Showed a little monetary appreciation
TIPPED

26A
Quick snooze
NAP

28A
Unit of land area
ACRE

29A
Chose from various candidates
VOTED

32A
“This ___ shall pass”
TOO

35A
1989-1993 Neil Patrick Harris series…
DOOGIEHOWSERMD

38A
“___ your point is…?”
AND

39A
Bee that doesn’t sting
DRONE

40A
Felt remorse over
RUED

41A
Unruly throng
MOB

42A
Sounds from trucks leaving a firehouse
SIRENS

44A
Skillful
ABLE

47A
Word that can go after “liberal” or “performing”
ARTS

49A
1976-1983 Jack Klugman series…
QUINCYME

52A
Apartments with high ceilings
LOFTS

57A
Ornamental vase on a pedestal
URN

58A
“Klutzy me!”
OOPS

59A
Anticipate
AWAIT

60A
___ of the Covenant
ARK

61A
Clean shelves with a rag, say
DUST

62A
Compassion
MERCY

1D
Buddy
PAL

2D
Legendary boxer Laila
ALI

3D
Apt rhyme of “grab”
NAB

4D
Like overcooked turkey
DRY

5D
Astonish
AMAZE

6D
Slightly moist
DAMP

7D
“Unfortunately …”
ALAS

8D
Dog ___ (ID for a soldier)
TAG

9D
“The Testament of ___ Lee” (2025 movie)
ANN

10D
More than none
SOME

11D
“Fatherly” nickname for Ernest Hemingway
PAPA

12D
Like a desert’s climate
ARID

18D
Official who could eject a baseball player
UMP

20D
“Truly,” “madly,” or “deeply”
ADVERB

22D
“See what I did!”: Hyph.
TA-DA

23D
Small symbol on a computer screen
ICON

24D
Cattle ___ (tool for a rancher)
PROD

25D
Piece of wood used for a pirate’s leg
PEG

26D
Most contemporary
NEWEST

27D
Streaming interruptions
ADS

30D
“Just as I thought!”
OHO

31D
Approximate weight of an adult walrus
TON

32D
“No lies detected”
TRUE

33D
Foreboding sign
OMEN

34D
Bookmaker’s figures
ODDS

36D
Promise made shortly before a kiss
IDO

37D
Go wrong
ERR

41D
“Mad ___” (Jon Hamm series)
MEN

43D
Religion with pilgrimage to Mecca
ISLAM

44D
Prefix with “marine” or “man”
AQUA

45D
Aacron who’s a main character in “Hamilton
BURR

46D
Chain-___ fence
LINK

47D
Sound boosters
AMPS

48D
Take a break
REST

50D
Atlantic food fish
COD

51D
Pronoun that’s a homophone of a vowel
YOU

53D
Verb that’s a homophone of a vowel
OWE

54D
Many miles away
FAR

55D
Muscle spasm
TIC

56D
Farm area that might contain a trough
STY