8/17/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/17/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Colorful items in treasure chests
GEMS

5A
Maker of cheap lighters and pens
BIC

8A
Where hogs wallow
STY

11A
Magnet metal
IRON

12A
Bird that lays large, green eggs
EMU

13A
“The mystery is solved!”
AHA

14A
____ Valley (area with many vineyards in California)
NAPA

15A
Key on the left side of a keyboard
TAB

16A
____ and feather (punish severely)
TAR

17A
Elvis Presley’s mansion that is a tourist site in Memphis, Tennessee
GRACELAND

20A
Sense of composure
POISE

23A
Silk-screening liquid
INK

24A
Skill at recognizing dialects, say
EAR

25A
Security system sound
ALARM

29A
Country music program with related attractions in Nashville, Tennessee: 3 wds.
GRANDOLEOPRY

34A
Valuable possession
ASSET

35A
Tint
HUE

36A
Go downhill at Aspen
SKI

38A
Homophone of “rain”
REIGN

40A
Country music-themed amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
DOLLYWOOD

44A
Ayatollah ____ Khamenei (Iranian supreme leader)
ALI

45A
It’s inside a pool float
AIR

46A
Catan or Connect Four, for example
GAME

50A
Camel’s color
TAN

51A
Chain where you might order “original recipe”
KFC

52A
Test that might make up a large percentage of a student’s final grade
EXAM

53A
“Who ____ we to judge?”
ARE

54A
Where naval battles take place
SEA

55A
Placed in a mailbox
SENT

1D
Martini liquor
GIN

2D
Time period studied by a historian, perhaps
ERA

3D
Custodian’s tool with “wet” and “dust” varieties
MOP

4D
Minor complications
SNAGS

5D
Letter after alpha
BETA

6D
“I think, therefore ____” (former slogan for an Apple computer)
IMAC

7D
Shape of a piece of ice or sugar, often
CUBE

8D
Lucifer
SATAN

9D
Offer appreciation to
THANK

10D
Measurement equal to three feet
YARD

18D
Enjoys a paperback
READS

19D
VIP’s vehicle
LIMO

20D
Playing piece inserted into a Mastermind board
PEG

21D
Rower’s tool
OAR

22D
“This American Life” host Glass
IRA

26D
____ Alamos (“Oppenheimer” setting)
LOS

27D
Oktoberfest order
ALE

28D
Fashionably old-fashioned
RETRO

30D
Polished part of the finger
NAIL

31D
The NFL’s Eagles, on scoreboards
PHI

32D
Snug as a bug in a ____
RUG

33D
Currency spent in Nagano and Nagasaki
YEN

36D
Type of renewable energy collected via roof panels
SOLAR

37D
Kevin who won an Oscar for “A Fish Called Wanda”
KLINE

39D
Sharp parts of knives
EDGES

40D
Pollster’s numbers, collectively
DATA

41D
Shaggy Tibetan beasts
YAKS

42D
Married woman
WIFE

43D
Black-and-white predator in the ocean
ORCA

47D
Sharp weapon used in “The Shining”
AXE

48D
“A Working ____” (2025 Jason Statham movie)
MAN

49D
Ambulance worker: Abbr.
EMT