5/30/26
Smartypants Saturday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Title for Martin Luther King, Jr.: Abbr.
REV
4A
Mayonnaise ingredient
EGG
7A
“The Twilight ___: Eclipse” (2010 movie)
SAGA
11A
The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards
ARI
12A
Squeaky ball, to a dog
TOY
13A
Cain and ___
ABEL
14A
Chicken ___ (ailment related to shingles)
POX
15A
1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about a carnival barker’s romance
CAROUSEL
17A
Concept
IDEA
19A
“Get a ___ of this!”
LOAD
20A
Casual jacket material
DENIM
22A
Actress Sally who won an Academy Award for “Norma Rae”
FIELD
26A
Not sloppy
NEAT
29A
“The Revenant” Oscar winner DiCaprio, to friends
LEO
30A
1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about two wartime romances on a faraway island: 2 wds.
SOUTH PACIFIC
35A
Family members
KIN
36A
Midterm or final, for example
EXAM
37A
Honolulu “hello”
ALOHA
40A
Chipotle menu offerings
TACOS
44A
Honey Bunches of ___ (cereal)
OATS
47A
___ -Cola Cherry
COCA
48A
1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about a farm girl and her two rival suitors
OKLAHOMA
52A
Bumped into
MET
53A
Santa Monica ___ (beachside attraction near L.A.)
PIER
54A
___ off (start to fall asleep)
NOD
55A
Jemison who was the first Black woman in space
MAE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Grit on a beach
SAND
57A
“Where do ___ from here?”: 2 wds.
IGO
58A
Conjunction indicating connection
AND
1D
Speedy, like some transit
RAPID
2D
Get eaten away bit by bit
ERODE
3D
Reindeer named after Prancer in “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
VIXEN
4D
And more: Abbr.
ETC
5D
Announcer’s shout at a soccer game
GOAL
6D
Pita sandwich
GYRO
7D
___ Arabia (where Mecca is)
SAUDI
8D
Midriff muscles
ABS
9D
“Holy moly!”
GEE
10D
___-purpose flour
ALL
16D
Big brute
OAF
18D
“Is not,” improperly
AINT
21D
“It’s okay, I guess”
MEH
23D
Galadriel is one in “The Lord of the Rings”
ELF
24D
Keepsake from Kona
LEI
25D
Professional who went to medical school, for short
DOC
27D
“The Great Grape ___ Show” (1970s cartoon series with a purple gorilla)
APE
28D
Luxury ___ (Monopoly square)
TAX
30D
Reggae precursor
SKA
31D
What lasted for eight days, in the story of Hanukkah
OIL
32D
Half of dos, in Spanish
UNO
33D
Pet with whiskers
CAT
34D
Apple desktop computer
IMAC
38D
Compulsively accumulate
HOARD
39D
Ooh and ___
AAH
41D
Punctuation mark to the left of the period on a keyboard
COMMA
42D
Last name of George Clooney’s character in a trio of heist films
OCEAN
43D
Filled with food
SATED
45D
Australian actress ___ Collette
TONI
46D
Pollution that can obscure a skyline
SMOG
48D
Special ___ (military missions)
OPS
49D
Company whose best-selling car is the Sportage
KIA
50D
Actor Cariou
LEN
51D
“And so, with no further ___ …”
ADO