8/30/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/30/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Branch of a birch, say
LIMB

5A
Like people born in Bangkok
THAI

9A
Surface for wrestlers
MAT

12A
Chain known for ready-to-assemble furnishings
IKEA

13A
Settles into a booth
SITS

14A
“I could ____ your input here”
USE

15A
Teller’s magician partner
PENN

16A
They begin with “www”: Abbr.
URLS

17A
“All That ____ Wants” (Ace of Base hit)
SHE

18A
Author of “Pride and Prejudice”: 2 wds.
JANEAUSTEN

21A
Brunch cocktail that might be “bottomless”
MIMOSA

24A
Make a pillowcase, perhaps
SEW

25A
“Where ____ my manners?”
ARE

26A
Naughty child
IMP

28A
Performs in a play
ACTS

32A
Novel by 18-Across about Fanny Price, a girl sent to live with wealthy relatives: 2 wds.
MANSFIELDPARK

36A
Greenish-blue hue
AQUA

37A
Louvre Pyramid architect I.M. ____
PEI

38A
Flowery necklace
LEI

39A
Room where PE classes meet
GYM

42A
Bearded figurines in gardens
GNOMES

44A
Novel by 18-Across about Anne Elliot, a young woman who marries a ship’s captain
PERSUASION

48A
Tool for chopping logs
AXE

49A
Bed near a baby monitor
CRIB

50A
Dubuque’s state
IOWA

54A
Nada
NIL

55A
“____ Bill” (SZA song)
KILL

56A
Relating to the mouth
ORAL

57A
Muddy pen
STY

58A
Device that sounds like “yolk”
YOKE

59A
Company that produces the Super Soaker
NERF

1D
“Don’t give me any of your ____!” (“Don’t sass me!”)
LIP

2D
Eisenhower’s nickname
IKE

3D
“____ Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”
MEN

4D
Stringed instrument heard in the song “Cotton Eye Joe”
BANJO

5D
Devastating ocean wave
TSUNAMI

6D
Give a job to
HIRE

7D
Reference book with maps
ATLAS

8D
Magazine edition
ISSUE

9D
“There ____ be some mistake!”
MUST

10D
He defeated Connors in the 1975 Wimbledon finals
ASHE

11D
Typical prom king or queen, age-wise
TEEN

19D
“Ha, not likely!”: 2 wds.
ASIF

20D
Even trade
SWAP

21D
“____ Told Me Not to Come” (Three Dog Night song)
MAMA

22D
Baghdad’s country
IRAQ

23D
List with drinks and appetizers
MENU

27D
Lively energy
PEP

29D
Cool as a cucumber
CALM

30D
“Magic ____ House” (children’s book series)
TREE

31D
Glides down a mountain slope
SKIS

33D
Is droopy
SAGS

34D
Like handwriting that’s easy to read
LEGIBLE

35D
Large pet on “The Flintstones”
DINO

40D
Super-gross to eat
YUCKY

41D
Mustachioed plumber in many Nintendo games
MARIO

43D
Sour cream and ____ (potato chip flavor)
ONION

44D
What omelets are prepared in
PANS

45D
Leave the stage
EXIT

46D
Be dependent (on)
RELY

47D
Fancy fabric for sheets
SILK

51D
Minecraft material
ORE

52D
Edwin Starr song that asks “What is it good for?”
WAR

53D
1980s TV extraterrestrial
ALF