4/25/26
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
Gift of ___ (talent for conversation)
GAB
4A
Opposite of nothing
ALL
7A
“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ___” (2019 movie)
SHAW
11A
“Sweet Child o’ Mine” vocalist ___ Rose
AXL
12A
Culture-funding US organization: Abbr.
NEA
13A
Luau dance
HULA
14A
Songwriter/playwright who wrote “You’re a Grand Old Flag”: 3 wds.
GEORGE M COHAN
17A
Spot for a communion service
ALTAR
18A
TSA ___ Check (phrase on some boarding passes)
PRE
19A
Win ___ landslide: 2 wds.
BY A
21A
Person in a wedding party
USHER
25A
___ in the back (betray)
STAB
28A
“Groovy!,” in the 1980s
RAD
30A
Suffix for a lemon or lime drink
ADE
#VALUE!
34A
Chinese-born architect I.M. ___
PEI
35A
Pledge of repayment
IOU
36A
Midrange singing voice
ALTO
37A
Nissan Versa or Honda Civic, for example
SEDAN
39A
Low card in a royal flush
TEN
41A
Genetic material that’s modified in GMO food: Abbr.
DNA
43A
Squirrel’s treat
ACORN
47A
Folk singer who wrote “This Land Is Your Land”: 2 wds.
WOODY GUTHRIE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Comedian Eric who wrote the musical “Spamalot”
IDLE
52A
“___ seeing things?”: 2 wds.
AM I
53A
Hubbub
ADO
54A
___ off (peeved)
TEED
55A
First word in California’s 2nd, 3rd, and 4th largest cities
SAN
56A
Spy novelist Deighton
LEN
1D
Go ___ over (be crazy about)
GAGA
2D
Figure skater’s jump
AXEL
3D
Smear of ink
BLOT
4D
Ticked off
ANGRY
5D
Actress Jamie ___ Curtis
LEE
6D
Light source on a nightstand
LAMP
7D
Footwear
SHOES
8D
“Say what?”
HUH
9D
Brownie ___ mode: 2 wds.
ALA
10D
Obi-___ Kenobi
WAN
15D
Religious leader at a bar mitzvah
RABBI
16D
Boorish
CRUDE
20D
2012 movie starring Alan Arkin and Bryan Cranston
ARGO
22D
“One Battle After Another” actress Regina
HALL
23D
Fix some errors in text
EDIT
24D
Home to the University of Nevada
RENO
25D
Drinks slowly
SIPS
26D
Arbor Day planting
TREE
27D
Highly enthusiastic
AVID
29D
Lie adjacent to
ABUT
32D
Dingbat
NINNY
33D
Horse or cattle farm
RANCH
38D
Extra ___ attraction
ADDED
40D
Cook for oneself, rather than eating out: 2 wds.
EAT IN
42D
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s ___”: 2 wds.
A GAS
44D
Like some vaccines and exams
ORAL
45D
Go by train
RIDE
46D
What’s in many classic illuminated signs
NEON
47D
Sense of humor
WIT
48D
Lyric poem
ODE
49D
Spirited cry at a bullfight
OLE
50D
First name of actress Maya Hawke’s mother
UMA