4/8/23
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
___ peeve
Pet
4A
My ___ are sealed
Lips
8A
Local rivals of the Yankees
Mets
12A
Federal organization whose Superfund program cleans up contaminated land: Abbr.
Epa
13A
Green ___ (hat for a member of the US Army Special Forces)
Beret
14A
The food in a food fight for short
Ammo
15A
President of France from 2007 to 2012: 2 wds.
Nicolas Sarkozy
18A
Food ___ (bout of sleepiness after a meal)
Coma
19A
Reedy-sounding musical instrument
Oboe
20A
Where the Sidewalk ___ (Shel Silverstein book)
Ends
23A
Movie tickets after they’ve been torn
Stubs
26A
With 39-Across President of France from 2012 to 2017
Francois
30A
Need for ___ (racing game series with a rhyming name)
Speed
32A
Punch-in-the-gut reaction
Oof
33A
Stare lecherously at
Ogle
35A
Do you have ___ idea what you’ve just done?
Any
36A
Thoroughfares
Roads
39A
See 26-Across
Hollande
42A
What an arboretum is full of
Trees
44A
Actress Jessica who’s married to Justin Timberlake
Biel
45A
Hamburger meat
Beef
47A
Acquires
Gets
50A
President of France since 2017: 2 wds.
Emmanuel Macron
56A
Farm animal between the horse and monkey in the Chinese zodiac
Goat
57A
Use a five-finger discount
Steal
58A
One sandwich short ___ picnic (not very bright): 2 wds.
Of A
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
59A
___ Girl (2012 thriller written by Gillian Flynn)
Gone
60A
Remarked
Said
61A
Touch lightly as a phone screen
Tap
1D
Bic product
Pen
2D
Like a heroic saga
Epic
3D
Choco ___ (ice cream treat discontinued in 2022)
Taco
4D
The French Dispatch actress Seydoux
Lea
5D
Organization that employs auditors: Abbr.
Irs
6D
Money that rhymes with queso
Peso
7D
Wild guesses
Stabs
8D
Foundation eyeshadow and the like
Makeup
9D
Moody music genre
Emo
10D
Celebrity gossip site
TMZ
11D
___ milk (nondairy option at a café)
Soy
13D
Detective Benoit ___ of Knives Out and Glass Onion
Blanc
16D
It might be interpreted as a sign of the future
Omen
17D
Decays
Rots
21D
Yabba dabba ___! (Fred Flintstone’s cry)
Doo
22D
Sound that suggests Oh well …
Sigh
24D
Small vegetable in a bowl of chili
Bean
25D
Drop in the mail
Send
26D
___ the most part (mainly)
For
27D
Underground part of a plant
Root
28D
At a distance
Afar
29D
Person who throws their dirty clothes everywhere for example
Slob
31D
What food coloring is
DYe
34D
___ Young Band (Crazy Girl country group)
Eli
37D
Candidate-versus-candidate event
Debate
38D
I’ve never ___ anything like it before
Seen
40D
Allowable
Legal
41D
Smart ___ (wise guy)
Alec
43D
Dr. ___ (children’s author)
Seuss
46D
White cheese made from sheep’s milk
Feta
48D
Home run ___ (slow jog that touches all four bases)
Trot
49D
Type of furniture that might be sectional
Sofa
50D
Over easy or poached breakfast food
Egg
51D
Sound from an animal that has udders
Moo
52D
Guy
Man
53D
Hawaiian welcome gift
Lei
54D
Infuriated
Mad
55D
Sleep in the middle of the day
Nap