8/19/23
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Container for compost
Bin
4A
What a clock tells
Time
8A
How I ___ Your Mother (2005-2014 sitcom)
Met
11A
Man in a biblical garden
Adam
13A
Girl Scout cookie named for a Polynesian island
Samoa
14A
___ been thinking about things …
Ive
15A
Luke’s twin sister in the Star Wars films
Leia
16A
___ Breathe (Grammy-winning song by H.E.R.): 2 wds.
I Cant
17A
Gloomy
Sad
18A
Legendary American folk hero nicknamed the King of the Wild Frontier: 2 wds.
Davy Crockett
21A
Capital of South Korea
Seoul
22A
Country singer Judd who died in 2022
Naomi
25A
Wanders around
Roams
29A
Lake bird with a haunting cry
Loon
30A
Legendary gunslinging showman of the American frontier with a rowdy-sounding nickname: 3 wds.
Wild Bill Hickok
35A
___ fresca (fruity Mexican drink whose name means fresh water)
Agua
36A
___ and Afraid (Discovery Channel series)
Naked
37A
Dos and ___
Donts
39A
Animal that rhymes with mama
Llama
43A
Legendary American frontierswoman and sharpshooter with a dangerous-sounding nickname: 2 wds.
Calamity Jane
48A
Not very exciting
Meh
50A
Not oblivious
Aware
51A
Deoxyribonucleic ___ (what DNA stands for)
Acid
52A
Pacific ___ (Monopoly property): Abbr.
Ave
53A
Ed Sheeran’s vocal range
Tenor
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Emmy and Oscar winner Malek
Rami
55A
Owner of a Lonely Heart band
Yes
56A
Hagman’s costar on I Dream of Jeannie
Eden
57A
SLIPPERY WHEN ___ (warning sign)
Wet
1D
Like Vin Diesel’s head
Bald
2D
Run out of ___ (have no clue how to proceed)
Ideas
3D
Gullible
Naive
4D
Mexican food truck offering
Taco
5D
Desktop that’s available in many colors
iMac
6D
TV detective played by Tony Shalhoub
Monk
7D
Fully consumed as a meal
Eaten
8D
Didn’t recognize correctly
Mistook
9D
Deliver Us From ___ (2003 LL Cool J movie)
Eva
10D
Danson who played one of the three men in Three Men and a Baby
Ted
12D
Mustard alternative for short
Mayo
13D
Choice cut of beef
Sirloin
19D
Edge of a sidewalk
Curb
20D
Softest rock on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness
Talc
23D
What a cow says
Moo
24D
Liquid in a ballpoint
Ink
26D
State between Mississippi and Georgia: Abbr.
Ala
27D
Initials of the man with a January holiday in the US
Mlk
28D
Place to stay safe during a tornado
Shelter
30D
Roll of dollar bills
Wad
31D
Which way do ___?: 2 wds.
I Go
32D
Meals that might be packed in brown bags
Lunches
33D
Facts and figures
Data
34D
In a lazy way
Idly
38D
Chalkboard material
Slate
40D
A little bit open as a cabinet door
Ajar
41D
Kind of bird that Blu is in the movie Rio
Macaw
42D
Pokémon cartoon genre
Anime
44D
Wonderstruck
Awed
45D
Horse’s head hair
Mane
46D
Steel’s base metal
Iron
47D
Fix a post by clicking the pencil icon
Edit
48D
Month represented by the number 5
Mayo
49D
All Hallows’ ___ (October 31)
Eve