8/7/21
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
Music genre of Megan Thee Stallion
Rap
4A
Brain-busting
Hard
8A
Title character in “The Good Dinosaur”
Arlo
12A
“A fool and his money ___ soon parted”
Are
13A
State with four of the 100 largest cities in the US
Ohio
14A
Profound
Deep
15A
Little complaint that’s “picked”
Nit
16A
Crafted
Made
17A
Roof overhang
Eave
18A
“Season to ___” (line in many recipes)
Taste
20A
Premier who represented the Soviet Union at the 1945 Yalta Conference
Stalin
22A
Agreeable answer
Yes
24A
“___ get right on that”
Ill
25A
Prime minister who represented the United Kingdom at the 1945 Yalta Conference
Churchill
30A
Ballantine beer style: Abbr.
Ipa
33A
“Escape (The ___ Colada Song)” (hit song of 1979)
Pina
34A
Be underwater, financially
Owe
35A
Worship from ___
Afar
36A
Craigslist listings
Ads
37A
President who represented the United States at the 1945 Yalta Conference
Roosevelt
39A
Group that boosts troop morale: Abbr.
USO
41A
In the sports world, word that can follow “jet,” “water,” or “snow”
Ski
42A
Yalta’s location, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014
Crimea
45A
Fine-tunes, as an essay
Edits
49A
Grand Theft ___: Vice City (video game)
Auto
50A
Preposition used during long division
Into
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Big tub in a chocolate factory
Vat
54A
Computer nerd
Geek
55A
Party where you might see dancers in grass skirts
Luau
56A
Tool with a handle and a blade
Axe
57A
“Electric Avenue” singer Grant
Eddy
58D
Hissy fit
Snit
59D
Small bite
Nip
1D
Give an angry speech
Rant
2D
Number for a diva
Aria
3D
Lady Gaga’s dogs and Taylor Swift’s cats, for example
Pets
4D
Class where domestic skills like cooking are taught, for short: 2 wds.
Homeec
5D
___ moment (when everything becomes clear)
Aha
6D
Well ___ of (better off without)
Rid
7D
Multiple female deer
Does
8D
“Have I got ___ for you!” (salesperson’s line): 2 wds.
A Deal
9D
Virtual world’s opposite: 2 wds.
Real Life
10D
Jeans pioneer Strauss
Levi
11D
Unlock
Open
19D
“Dancing With the Stars” host Banks
Tyra
21D
“It ain’t over ___ it’s over”
Til
23D
“Beat it!”
Shoo
25D
IRS guidelines expert: Abbr.
CPA
26D
Wasn’t the seeker, in a kids’ game
Hid
27D
Like something that’s not a good fit for someone
Unsuited
28D
“Letters From ___ Jima” (2006 movie)
Iwo
29D
Opposite of more
Less
31D
Pen ___ (friend you write letters to)
Pal
32D
Class where kids do drawing and papier-mâché
Art
35D
Very enthusiastic
Avid
37D
Salmon or sturgeon eggs
Roe
38D
___ a living (barely manage to get by): 2 wds.
Ekeout
40D
Like the air around a campfire
Smoky
42D
Mixed martial arts arena
Cage
43D
Regretted
Rued
44D
Has a disease
Ails
46D
“The One and Only ___” (2020 Sam Rockwell movie)
Ivan
47D
Travel along an airport runway before taking off
Taxi
48D
Single motion on a StairMaster
Step
51D
Convent resident
Nun
52D
Mai ___ (rhyming cocktail)
Tai