8/28/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/28/21
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Burning the candle at ___ ends
Both

5A
A single push-up or chin-up, for example
Rep

8A
Hit ” ” on a calculator
Add

11A
“Rain, rain, go ___ …”
Away

12A
Two-time Super Bowl MVP Manning
Eli

13A
___ Bee (brand of honey)
Sue

14A
German chancellor since 2005 and #1 on Forbes’s 2020 list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women: 2 wds.
Angela Merkel

17A
Brief, refreshing sleep
Nap

18A
“___ Away” (Tom Hanks movie)
Cast

19A
Grasshopper’s jump
Leap

21A
College football group whose 2020 championship title went to the Alabama Crimson Tide: Abbr.
Sec

22A
Scale note after “fa”
Sol

23A
___ rap (Lil Uzi Vert music genre)
Emo

25A
India-to-Laos direction
East

29A
US vice president and #3 on Forbes’s 2020 list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women: 2 wds.
Kamala Harris

32A
Person who’s greatly respected
Idol

33A
It can follow “dot” or “rom”
Com

34A
Liquid in a printing press
Ink

35A
Cards shown to get past bouncers: Abbr.
Ids

37A
Poker table calculations
Odds

39A
Title animal played by 48 different pigs in a 1995 movie
Babe

41A
Number on a solid yellow pool ball
One

42A
Cochair of America’s largest private foundation and #5 on Forbes’s 2020 list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women: 2 wds.
Melinda Gates

47A
“___ I Want for Christmas Is You”
All

48A
Pull up a stool
Sit

49A
Tales told through generations
Lore

50A
___ your trade (do your work)
Ply

51A
Short Spotify releases: Abbr.
Eps

52A
Unimportant argument
Spat

1A
Bleat from a shearing shed
Baa

2A
Hold the title to
Own

3D
Notify someone with an @ symbol
Tag

4D
Laughing scavenger of the Serengeti
Hyena

5D
“As ye sow, so shall ye ___”
Reap

6D
Shade tree that’s susceptible to beetles
Elm

7D
Bishop or knight, in chess
Piece

8D
Seeks answers on Quora, maybe
Asks

9D
Couple’s karaoke selection
Duet

10D
Director Guillermo ___ Toro
Del

15D
Place for a flag pin
Lapel

16D
“Speed ___” (old cartoon)
Racer

19D
Put in the trunk of a car, for example
Load

20D
Giggly character on “Sesame Street”
Elmo

21D
Manhattan neighborhood north of TriBeCa
Soho

22D
Water-___ (be pulled behind a boat)
Ski

24D
Computers discussed on the AppleInsider website
Macs

26D
As dry as the Sahara
Arid

27D
Envy and greed, for example
Sins

28D
Sound of reproach
Tsk

30D
Story that may clear a suspect
Alibi

31D
“There’s no honor ___ thieves”
Among

36D
Tightly packed
Dense

38D
Distributes the cards
Deals

39D
Kristen who narrates HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl”
Bell

40D
Partner in battle
Ally

41D
Porridge grains
Oats

42D
Subway ___ (guide for urban travelers)
Map

43D
Onion ___ (something served with chips)
Dip

44D
Angel’s position on a Christmas tree
Top

45D
Potential Constitutional amendment about gender parity: Abbr.
Era

46D
Stage scenery
Set