4/3/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/3/21
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Set of 108 Uno cards
Deck

5A
What preserves are preserved in
Jar

8A
Soccer ___ (variety of suburban mother)
Mom

11A
Great Lake that has the shortest name
Erie

12A
Absolutely certain
Sure

13A
Band that did the theme to the James Bond movie “The Living Daylights”: Hyph.
Aha

14A
Shade of blue associated with a branch of the military
Navy

15A
Game results that are neither wins nor losses
Ties

16A
Jeremy who began playing in the NBA in 2010
Lin

17A
English scientist whose last name has become the term for a unit of force: 2 wds.
Isaac Newton

20A
Part of the knee often injured by athletes: Abbr.
ACL

22A
Make from scratch
Create

23A
Violinist’s stick
Bow

24A
People watch them in sports bars
TVs

25A
Stream blockers
Dams

29A
With 31-Across, French scientist whose last name has become the term for a unit of pressure
Blaise

31A
See 29-Across
Pascal

33A
Ball for a knitter
Yarn

34A
___ Bunny, Spotify’s most streamed artist in 2020
Bad

35A
“___ Mowry at Home” (Cooking Channel show)
Tia

36A
In the direction of
Toward

39A
Official enforcing the rules in a Yankees game, for short
Ump

40A
Serbian-American scientist whose last name has become the term for a unit of magnetic induction: 2 wds.
Nikola Tesla

44A
Junior prosecutor: Abbr.
Ada

45A
“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” singer Celine
Dion

46A
Muppet whose best friends are Zoe and Abby
Elmo

49A
Family member whose doctor is a veterinarian
Pet

50A
“This really ___ my cup of tea”
Isnt

51A
“Just go with the ___”
Flow

52D
___ hello to (greet)
Say

53D
Space aliens: Abbr.
Ets

54D
Write a text, for example
Type

1D
Where a lion lives
Den

2D
Notable time period
Era

3D
American conflict in the 1860s: 2 wds.
Civil War

4D
Ebonies and ivories on a piano
Keys

5D
Squeezes the liquid out of, as an orange
Juices

6D
Little Caesars ___ (where the Detroit Pistons play)
Arena

7D
Put back to zero
Reset

8D
___ liquor (beer category)
Malt

9D
State whose eastern neighbors are Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Ohio

10D
Singer Aimee or actress Leslie
Mann

12D
Feel very hungry
Starve

18D
___ of the Apostles (full title of a New Testament book)
Acts

19D
Marries
Weds

20D
Retired soccer star Wambach
Abby

21D
Pepsi, for one
Cola

26D
“Well, in fact …”
Actually

27D
Seriously wound
Maim

28D
Hit with the palm of the hand
Slap

30D
“What has gotten ___ you?”
Into

31D
Person who raises a child
Parent

32D
Puts two and two together, literally
Adds

34D
What majorettes twirl
Batons

37D
Classic song
Oldie

38D
Where love handles are
Waist

40D
Sleeps in a hammock, for example
Naps

41D
Brainchild
Idea

42D
“___ Keene” (short-lived 2020 spin-off of “Riverdale”)
Katy

43D
Directional term for liberals
Left

47D
Cleaning tool used on linoleum floors
Mop

48D
“You ___ me big-time!” (“I’m doing you a big favor!”)
Owe