4/1/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/1/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Many web page banners
Ads

4A
___ point (center of attention)
Focal

9A
Hold an all-night study session
Cram

13A
Member of law enforcement
Cop

14A
Head ___ (parasite in one’s hair)
Louse

15A
Feature of a camel’s back
Hump

16A
2021 historical novel about a 17th-century Puritan wife trying to divorce her husband: 4 wds.
Hour of the Witch

19A
___ message (alert on a computer screen when something isn’t working)
Error

20A
Actress Longoria with a master’s degree in Chicano Studies
Eva

21A
Chronic bungler
Oaf

23A
Common gift for PBS pledge drive donors: 2 wds.
Tote Bag

27A
With 37-Across 2018 crime novel made into a series starring Kaley Cuoco: 2 wds.
The Flight

31A
For heaven’s ___!
Sake

32A
Stuff that’s in bales in a barn’s loft
Hay

33A
Free of clutter
Neat

34A
Word that can precede fizz and rickey on a cocktail menu
Gin

35A
Metal-yielding rocks
Ores

37A
See 27-Across
Attendant

40A
Flips as a house
Resells

42A
Shad ___ (variety of caviar)
Roe

43A
Solid yellow pool ball’s number
One

44A
Watts who stars on Netflix’s The Watcher
Naomi

48A
Midwives novelist who wrote 16-Across and 27-/37-Across: 2 wds.
Chris Bohjalian

54A
Person killed in Genesis 4:8
Abel

55A
Figure of speech like bite the bullet
Idiom

56A
Saucepan cover
Lid

57A
Prepare to be photographed
Pose

58A
From a Distance singer Midler
Bette

59A
Cunning
Sly

1D
Muscle pain
Ache

2D
House entrance
Door

3D
Spiky item on a cowboy boot
Spur

4D
___ arrangement (bouquet of roses say)
Floral

5D
Sound made while doing heavy lifting
Oof

6D
Dissatisfied director’s shout
Cut

7D
Bonfire residue
Ash

8D
Squid Game Emmy winner ___ Jung-jae
Lee

9D
Green additions to a sour cream dip
Chives

10D
Yellow turnip
Rutabaga

11D
Better Call Saul cable channel
Amc

12D
Speedometer letters
Mph

17D
Unfortunate landing place for a Frisbee
Roof

18D
Like a used towel
Wet

22D
Endmost
Final

23D
You can say ___ again!
That

24D
Playful swimmer with whiskers
Otter

25D
Comparable (to)
Akin

26D
He’s the hairy-handed ___ who ran amok in Kent (Werewolves of London lyric)
Gent

27D
Hammer-wielding member of the Avengers
Thor

28D
Jackrabbit for one
Hare

29D
Blights upon the landscape
Eyesores

30D
Receives as a gift
Gets

36D
In one’s dotage
Senile

38D
Little-known actor: Hyph.
No Name

39D
Agreement between negotiators
Deal

41D
___ Misérables (Victor Hugo novel)
Les

45D
Lubricates
Oils

46D
Postal carrier’s load
Mail

47D
___ 500 (yearly auto race)
Indy

48D
Bottle top
Cap

49D
House of the Dragon cable channel
Hbo

50D
Dinner wear for a baby
Bib

51D
Poem of high praise
Ode

52D
Song that rockets up the charts
Hit

53D
Quickly write (down)
Jot