8/22/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/22/20
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
“Remember the ___!” (rallying cry during the Texas Revolution)
Alamo

6A
Salary
Pay

9A
Tampa ___ Rays
Bay

12A
Author Lessing or actress Day
Doris

13A
“One Day ___ Time”: 2 wds.
At A

14A
“Who wants ice cream?” response: 2 wds.
I Do

15A
Unmoving, like a lake’s surface on a calm day
Still

16A
Sports group where the athletes wear skates: Abbr.
NHL

17A
Best ___ (electronics chain)
Buy

18A
Author of “White Noise”: 2 wds.
Don Delillo

21A
Early ones included the TRS-80 and Commodore 64: Abbr.
PCs

24A
Kick out permanently
Ban

25A
Butterfly catcher’s tool
Net

26A
Movie about a historical figure
Biopic

29A
What “y” means, in Spanish
And

31A
With 32-Across, author of “White Oleander”
Janet

32A
See 31-Across
Fitch

36A
What a dog “shakes” with
Paw

38A
British comedian John who was in Monty Python
Cleese

39A
“What ___ that about?”
Was

41A
Sound from someone settling into a hot bath
Aah

43A
Bothersome noise
Din

44A
Author of “White Teeth”: 2 wds.
Zadie Smith

48A
Out-of-date
Old

49A
John who played Sulu in “Star Trek: Into Darkness”
Cho

50A
___ resources (personnel department of a company)
Human

54A
Shout from a Latin American sports fan, perhaps
Ole

55A
“Death Becomes ___” (1992 comedy film)
Her

56A
Amazon’s virtual assistant
Alexa

57A
___ school (where future doctors study)
Med

58A
“___ on a Grecian Urn” (John Keats poem)
Ode

59D
They’re often applied to cars after car washes
Waxes

1D
What some people watch the Super Bowl for
Ads

2D
“‘Salem’s ___” (Stephen King book)
Lot

3D
Nickname of pop singer Grande
Ari

4D
Opposite of wild that rhymes with “wild”
Mild

5D
City in Norway that hosted the 1952 Olympics
Oslo

6D
___ Express (Chinese food chain)
Panda

7D
Greek goddess to whom the Parthenon was dedicated
Athena

8D
Southern version of “you guys”
Yall

9D
Book with a King James Version
Bible

10D
One who’s no longer a minor
Adult

11D
Toy that goes up and down: Hyph.
Yoyo

19D
“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” network
NBC

20D
Non-studio film
Indie

21D
Sandwich that might be made with Peter Pan and strawberry preserves: Abbr.
PBJ

22D
US organization with spies: Abbr.
CIA

23D
Daughter’s brother
Son

27D
Soda that was the first American brand to be sold widely in the Soviet Union
Pepsi

28D
“Give ___ whirl!”: 2 wds.
It A

30D
Group whose commissioner is Roger Goodell: Abbr.
NFL

33D
“Bill & ___ Face the Music” (new Keanu Reeves movie)
Ted

34D
CBS procedural that was set in Las Vegas
CSI

35D
Female animal in the movie “Chicken Run”
Hen

37D
Got the grime off
Washed

38D
The Bears or the Bulls, on scoreboards
Chi

39D
Title robot of a 2008 Pixar film: Hyph.
Walle

40D
“No ___ sugar” (phrase on food labels for careful eaters)
Added

42D
Italian word for “love”
Amore

44D
Teleconferencing software that’s been very popular in 2020
Zoom

45D
Sound that rebounds
Echo

46D
Gradual melting that happens in springtime
Thaw

47D
Polynesian dance performance
Hula

51D
Tex-___ cuisine
Mex

52D
Paul Bunyan swung one
Axe

53D
Rapper Lil ___ X
Nas