4/11/20
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
With this ring I ___ wed
Thee
5A
Rough ___ (stage of film editing)
Cut
8A
Hold responsible for something bad
Blame
13A
Unable to feel anything
Numb
14A
Pretty ___ picture: 2 wds.
As A
15A
Steel support rod set into concrete
Rebar
16A
2019 surrealist novel set in the antebellum South: 3 wds.
The Water Dancer
19A
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood actor Matthew
Rhys
20A
French actress Green
Eva
21A
___ Tribeca (former TBS sitcom)
Angie
23A
___ Don’t Preach (#1 hit from 1986)
Papa
25A
Temporary craze
Fad
28A
Body parts rested on ottomans
Feet
29A
Well-founded as an argument
Valid
30A
The gloves ___ coming off!
Are
31A
Essayist who published 16-Across as his debut novel: 2 wds. hyph.
Ta Nehisi Coates
34A
And more of the same: Abbr.
ETC
35A
Unexpected result in sports
Upset
36A
What stripes on a soldier’s uniform indicate
Rank
37A
Jaws star Scheider
Roy
38A
Student driver often
Teen
39A
Cloud ___ (2012 Tom Hanks film)
Atlas
40A
Forerunner of the DVD player: Abbr.
VCR
41A
Hairdo
Coif
42A
Literary review show revived in 2019 with 16-Across as its first selection: 3 wds.
Oprahs Bookclub
49A
Make soaking wet
Douse
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Craft in many Roswell conspiracy theories: Abbr.
UFO
51A
___ duck (politician who can’t accomplish much)
Lame
52A
Amounts that must be repaid
Debts
53D
What a bartender pulls to get draft beer
Tap
54D
Doctor Sleep star McGregor
Ewan
1D
Explosive initials
TNT
2D
Could you repeat that please?
Huh
3D
The E in EMT or ER
Emergency
4D
Author of Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web: 3 wds.
Eb White
5D
2019 movie where Taylor Swift played Bombalurina
Cats
6D
___ with extreme caution
Use
7D
Sticky stuff that might preserve fossils
Tar
8D
Swaggering fearlessness
Bravado
9D
Game of Thrones actress Headey
Lena
10D
Jimmy Kimmel’s network
ABC
11D
Sallie ___ (student loan corporation)
Mae
12D
Make a miscalculation
Err
17D
Vote that means the same as yea
Aye
18D
Characterize
Depict
21D
Before’s opposite
After
22D
Peachy keen!
Neato
23D
No longer fashionable
Passe
24D
1979 horror film set in space
Alien
25D
Potentially disastrous problem with one’s plan: 2 wds.
Fatal Flaw
26D
State Farm ___ (the Atlanta Hawks’ home)
Arena
27D
Bosses often sit behind them
Desks
29D
Pit and horned snakes
Vipers
32D
Rabbit enclosures
Hutches
33D
Newspaper item
Article
39D
Just fine: Hyph.
Aok
40D
Unimaginably large
Vast
41D
Chicken house
Coop
42D
Atypical
Odd
43D
The Purloined Letter writer
Poe
44D
Massage
Rub
45D
Christmas comes ___ once a year
But
46D
On the verge ___ breakthrough: 2 wds.
Of A
47D
Kill Bill star Thurman
Uma
48D
Knighted actor Kingsley
Ben