8/21/21
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Back muscles, for short
Lats
5A
Congeal, like blood
Clot
9A
Mat on a gym floor
Pad
12A
Be adjacent to
Abut
13A
Only US president whose last name starts with O
Obama
14A
“The Book of ___” (2010 movie)
Eli
15A
Actress Headey of “Game of Thrones”
Lena
16A
Country where Mount Everest’s South Base Camp is located
Nepal
17A
Speckle
Dot
18A
Lawyer portrayed in the 1990 film “Reversal of Fortune” who represented Claus von Bülow: 2 wds.
Alan Dershowitz
21A
Courtroom prosecutors: Abbr.
Das
22A
Cabrera of “CNN Newsroom”
Ana
23A
You could do this downhill or cross-country, provided there’s snow
Ski
26A
Peru’s capital
Lima
29A
Transportation for going over rapids
Raft
33A
Lawyer portrayed in the 2017 anthology series “Law & Order True Crime” who represented Erik Menendez: 2 wds.
Leslie Abramson
37A
Move ___ bigger and better things: 2 wds.
Onto
38A
Uneaten rind of an orange
Peel
39A
Like Buffalo wings
Hot
40A
iPhone software
Ios
43A
What Neptune was the Roman god of
Sea
45A
Lawyer portrayed in the 2000 miniseries “American Tragedy” who represented O.J. Simpson: 2 wds.
Johnnie Cochran
53A
Major commotion
Ado
54A
Break off completely
Sever
55A
Something seen in popular GIFs
Meme
56A
Two, in Spanish
Dos
57A
One of 10 in a decathlon
Event
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58A
Topmost point
Apex
59A
State-of-the-___
Art
60A
Shelter pitched by a camper
Tent
61A
“___ make me laugh!”
Don’t
1D
“___ Land” (Emma Stone movie): 2 wds.
Lala
2D
Fratricide victim in Genesis
Abel
3D
Species of StarKist’s fish mascot Charlie
Tuna
4D
Get to your feet
Stand
5D
Trucker who communicates by radio
Cber
6D
Swim ___ (go back and forth in a pool)
Laps
7D
Mutual of ___ (insurance company based in Nebraska)
Omaha
8D
Raptor’s claw
Talon
9D
Toenail treatment, for short
Pedi
10D
“Little things mean ___”: 2 wds.
A lot
11D
Space cadet
Ditz
13D
Infant’s jumpsuit
Onesie
19D
Surrealist painter with a distinctive mustache
Dali
20D
Comfortable, like spring weather
Warm
23D
___-mo (type of replay)
Slo
24D
Jennings who’s known as “the Professor” on “The Chase”
Ken
25D
Suffix for “alarm” or “vocal”
Ist
27D
It might show hiking trails or interstates
Map
28D
Marge’s father-in-law on “The Simpsons”
Abe
30D
2021 Wimbledon women’s singles champion Barty, for short
Ash
31D
___ Fighters (Dave Grohl’s band)
Foo
32D
It makes a big bang: Abbr.
Tnt
34D
Word that can follow “tender” or precede “cloth”
Loin
35D
Vacation spot with upscale amenities
Resort
36D
Oldest of Hollywood’s Baldwin brothers
Alec
41D
Very beginning, as of symptoms
Onset
42D
Kitchen strainer
Sieve
44D
Sportscaster Rashad
Ahmad
45D
___ Pinkett Smith
Jada
46D
Rotten smell
Odor
47D
Kelly Clarkson or Ellen DeGeneres, for example
Host
48D
“Don’t get mad, get ___”
Even
49D
1/100 of a dollar
Cent
50D
“___ Man” (1984 Emilio Estevez movie)
Repo
51D
Prayer-ending word
Amen
52D
___-door neighbor
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