4/23/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/23/22
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Skirt’s sewn border
Hem

4A
Actor Parsons
Jim

7A
Drove swiftly
Sped

11A
Pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
Ala

12A
Cain’s mother
Eve

13A
Real, as a fact
TRUE

14A
“Roger & Me” documentarian who was an Eagle Scout: 2 wds.
Michael Moor

17A
Go jogging
Run

18A
Fiery crime
Arson

19A
___ Rouge, Louisiana
Baton

22A
Actor/director Dunham
Lena

24A
Beverage from a microbrewery, often
Ale

25A
Crustacean with ten legs
Crab

27A
“I couldn’t ___ word in edgewise!”: 2 wds.
Get A

31A
Supreme Court justice, appointed in 1994, who was an Eagle Scout: 2 wds.
Stephen Breyer

34A
Merely adequate: Hyph.
Soso

35A
“Getting Curious With Jonathan Van ___” (podcast and Netflix series)
Ness

36A
Large mammal on the state flag of Michigan
Elk

37A
Vessels for preparing soup
Pots

39A
Holders for bouquets of cut flowers
Vases

41A
Sorkin who directed “Being the Ricardos”
Aaron

44A
Instacart or DoorDash, for example
App

45A
Author of the Dirk Pitt novels, who was an Eagle Scout: 2 wds.
Clive Cussler

50A
Carryall bag
Tote

51A
Craft beer letters
Ipa

52A
“___ your head!”
Use

53A
Lightly burn
Sear

54A
Cleopatra’s snake
Asp

55A
Person who works undercover
Spy

1A
Meat in many omelets
Ham

2A
“The Book of ___” (2010 action movie)
Eli

3D
Word processor shortcut
Macro

4D
“Da 5 Bloods” actor Reno
Jean

5D
“___ seen a lot of things in my time …”
Ive

6D
“Hacksaw Ridge” filmmaker Gibson
Mel

7D
Purpose of a pantry
Storage

8D
Paid athletes
Pros

9D
Currency in France or Spain
Euro

10D
Savannah-based chef Paula
Deen

15D
Intuitive feeling about something
Hunch

16D
Dude
Bro

19D
Deep-voiced male singer
Bass

20D
Deep-voiced female singer
Alto

21D
Golf balls rest on them
Tees

22D
Road sections divided by white or yellow lines
Lanes

23D
Flows away from the beach
Ebbs

26D
Money paid to a landlord
Rent

28D
Calm centers of hurricanes
Eyes

29D
The “T” in “MTV”
Tele

30D
Boats like the one that floated in biblical floodwaters
Arks

32D
Pay a quick visit: 2 wds.
Pop Over

33D
Answers an invitation: Abbr.
RSVPs

38D
___-size-fits-all
One

40D
Outstanding school grade: Hyph.
Aplus

41D
Performs a role
Acts

42D
R&B singer ___ Blacc
Aloe

43D
Moreno who was in both the 1961 and 2021 versions of “West Side Story”
Rita

44D
Memo letters encouraging haste
ASAP

46D
US government group that gathers info on threats: Abbr.
CIA

47D
Go through ___ and downs
Ups

48D
Mind reader’s “gift”: Abbr.
Esp

49D
Daisy Ridley, in “The Force Awakens”
Rey