4/10/21
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Supreme beings like Odin and Thor
Gods
5A
Gladys Knight and the ___
Pips
9A
Typist’s key that jumps the cursor forward
Tab
12A
Hide someone’s stolen property, perhaps
Abet
13A
Work without ___ (take risks): 2 wds.
A Net
14A
Capital ___ (credit card company)
One
15A
___ monster (lizard of the Southwest)
Gila
16A
“The ___-Spangled Banner”
Star
17A
Like 3, 5, and 7 (and the opposite of 50-Across)
Odd
18A
John Grisham’s 1989 best seller that started his Jake Brigance series: 4 wds.
A Time to Kill
21A
Chum
Pal
22A
Painter Picasso’s first name
Pablo
25A
“Artemis Fowl” actor Josh
Gad
28A
Document an international traveler may need
Visa
31A
What a town’s central street may be named
Main
32A
2020 best seller that’s the third novel in Grisham’s Jake Brigance series: 4 wds.
A Time for Mercy
35A
“A Different World” actress Bonet
Lisa
36A
Tickle Me ___ (hot toy of 1996)
Elmo
37A
Word that can go before “symbol” or “education”
Sex
38A
Stretches across, as a bridge
Spans
40A
___ and arrow (archer’s needs)
Bow
42A
2013 best seller that’s the second novel in Grisham’s Jake Brigance series: 2 wds.
Sycamore Row
48A
Sajak of “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune”
Pat
50A
Like 4, 6, and 8 (and the opposite of 17-Across)
Even
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
“Savage ___” (2020 hit by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo)
Love
52A
Female animal in a pasture
Ewe
53A
Gold rush town in coastal Alaska
Nome
54A
Vehicle pulled in Arctic dog races
Sled
55A
Miles ___ hour
Per
56D
Lowest pair in poker, usually
Twos
57D
His and ___
Hers
1D
Go ___ over (be very enthusiastic about)
Gaga
2D
“In memoriam” write-up, for short
Obit
3D
Shop selling cold cuts and cheeses
Deli
4D
Piece of postage on an envelope
Stamp
5D
Previous existence, to believers in reincarnation: 2 wds.
Past Life
6D
Get back ___ circulation
Into
7D
High point of a mountain or a corporate stock
Peak
8D
Sunset ___ (stretch of shops and clubs in West Hollywood)
Strip
9D
Arrays of useful buttons, menus, and icons in an application
Tool Bars
10D
Rhythm ___ blues
And
11D
No ___ of roses (not pleasant or easy)
Bed
19D
Overhanging bit of a roof
Eave
20D
Like a bad excuse
Lame
23D
Parasites that cause head-scratching
Lice
24D
Dark gemstone
Onyx
25D
What a cowpoke might call women
Gals
26D
“Take ___ from me” (“Here’s some advice”): 2 wds.
A Tip
27D
Total catastrophe
Disaster
29D
Musical note before “la”
Sol
30D
The humerus and the radius, for example: 2 wds.
Arm Bones
33D
Dolly Parton’s “Coat of ___ Colors”
Many
34D
Wild-growing field in the English countryside
Moor
39D
“___ of a Woman” (Al Pacino movie)
Scent
41D
Like actors Jonathan Pryce and Richard Burton, in terms of nationality
Welsh
43D
Declare bluntly
Avow
44D
Note that might be about an upcoming office holiday
Memo
45D
___-playing game
Role
46D
Mind ___ matter
Over
47D
Says “I do” to
Weds
48D
Vigor
Pep
49D
Amazed emotion
Awe