4/16/22
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Paper that can show you the proper route
Map
4A
Chump
Sap
7A
Hayek of “House of Gucci”
Salma
12A
“Born in the ___” (Bruce Springsteen album)
USA
13A
Rose of Guns N’ Roses
Axl
14A
Reacted to a tearjerker
Cried
15A
Italian astronomer who discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons
Galileo
17A
Signs of things to come
Omens
18A
___ the night (slept over)
Spent
19A
Petting ___ (kid-friendly attraction)
Zoo
20A
Danish astronomer who recorded accurate data without the use of a telescope: 2 wds.
Ty Chobrahe
26A
Up to the task
Able
29A
___ Gaga
Lady
30A
“The Good Place” actor Danson
Ted
31A
“I May Destroy You” creator and star Michaela
Coel
32A
It means “the Third” in people’s names
III
33A
Total snoozefest
Bore
34A
Molecule with a double-helix structure: Abbr.
DNA
35A
___-test (look for problems in a program)
Beta
36A
“Hear, hear!”
Amen
37A
Polish astronomer known for his theory that the Earth revolves around the sun
Copernicus
40A
Washington baseball player, for short
Nat
41A
Hot apple ___ (fall beverage)
Cider
45A
Smiling Face With Hearts, for one
Emoji
48A
Ancient Egyptian astronomer whose “Almagest” described the motion of stars and planets
Ptolemy
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Two-dots punctuation mark
Colon
51A
Charged particle
Ion
52A
“I ___ God” (2013 Kanye West song): 2 wds.
Am a
53A
Heeds the orders of
Obeys
54D
An adult black rhino can weigh this much
Ton
55D
Skedaddled
Ran
1D
Ceramic cups with handles
Mugs
2D
“Now!”: Abbr.
ASAP
3D
White-faced
Pale
4D
Like pretzels and potato chips
Salty
5D
Gimli’s weapon in “The Lord of the Rings”
Axe
6D
Gaza Strip group: Abbr.
Plo
7D
___-Doo (cartoon Great Dane)
Scooby
8D
The Mandalorian’s protective suit made of “beskar steel”
Armor
9D
Fail to tell the truth
Lie
10D
Guys
Men
11D
What basic streaming subscriptions have that premium ones often don’t
Ads
16D
Big name in computer chips
Intel
19D
Group of 12 that includes Aquarius and Gemini
Zodiac
21D
Customer
Client
22D
Caribbean nation whose capital is Port-au-Prince
Haiti
23D
Component of a molecule
Atom
24D
“Present!”
Here
25D
Garden in the Old Testament
Eden
26D
Australian band with an electrical-sounding name
ACDC
27D
Lead singer of U2
Bono
28D
Quantum ___ (big jump forward)
Leap
33D
Herb in a caprese salad
Basil
35D
What zombies crave
Brains
38D
Delight in
Enjoy
39D
New England school whose athletes are the Huskies: Abbr.
Uconn
42D
“Elementary, my ___ Watson” (line associated with Sherlock Holmes)
Dear
43D
Actress Stone of “Cruella”
Emma
44D
Reynolds who’s married to Blake Lively
Ryan
45D
“Green” prefix
Eco
46D
Horde of angry people
Mob
47D
Sports fan’s shout with an accent on the final letter
Ole
48D
___ of Despair (dungeon in “The Princess Bride”)
Pit
49D
As well
Too