8/8/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/8/26
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Burst, as a bubble
POP

4A
“___ Don’t Preach” (Madonna song)
PAPA

8A
Sauce in Chinese stir-fries
SOY

11A
Apple’s all-in-one desktop
IMAC

13A
Smart ___ (sarcastic person)
ALEC

14A
Lamb’s mother
EWE

15A
Novelist who wrote “The Horse Whisperer”: 2 wds.
NICHOLAS EVANS

18A
Filch
STEAL

19A
What you might use to sip a soda
STRAW

20A
Chancy actions
RISKS

22A
Device for making a tapestry
LOOM

25A
Subside, like waves
EBB

28A
By way of, in an itinerary
VIA

29A
___ Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe’s birth name)
NORMA

30A
With 32-Across, novelist who wrote “The Black Stallion”
WALTER

32A
See 30-Across
FARLEY

33A
Hungry as ___: 2 wds.
ABEAR

34A
Take a chair
SIT

35A
Evidence analyzed in a CSI lab: Abbr.
DNA

36A
Diane of “Law & Order: SVU”
NEAL

37A
Month when Earth Day is
APRIL

39A
Strategizer for a sports team
COACH

41A
Rest stops in deserts
OASES

45A
Novelist who wrote “The Red Pony”: 2 wds.
JOHN STEINBECK

48A
“___ Battle After Another” (most recent Best Picture Oscar winner)
ONE

49A
Tattered and ___ (like very old clothes)
TORN

50A
Garb for a Mumbai bride
SARI

51A
___ about (wander)
GAD

52A
Mineral-yielding rocks
ORES

53A
Wacko
NUT

1A
Brooches
PINS

2D
Leave out
OMIT

3D
Rate of speed
PACE

4D
Friend to hang around with
PAL

5D
Where Sitka and Wasilla are
ALASKA

6D
Bothersome folks
PESTS

7D
Taiwanese computer company
ACER

8D
Theme park with dolphins and orcas
SEAWORLD

9D
Possess
OWN

10D
What the French word “oui” means
YES

12D
Burn slightly
CHAR

16D
“___ Twist” (Charles Dickens novel)
OLIVER

17D
“Discretion is the better part of ___”
VALOR

21D
Term of address in the military
SIR

23D
Troubling sign of the future
OMEN

24D
Poet and memoirist Angelou
MAYA

25D
McGregor of “Beauty and the Beast”
EWAN

26D
1995 movie that ends with the lines “That’ll do, pig. That’ll do”
BABE

27D
Whitened with Clorox, say
BLEACHED

29D
Slovakia or Slovenia, for example
NATION

31D
Falcon’s claw
TALON

32D
Cone-bearing evergreen
FIR

34D
Object like a ball or globe
SPHERE

37D
Person playing a role
ACTOR

38D
Places for chemistry experiments
LABS

43D
Light brown shade
ECRU

44D
Improv piece
SKIT

45D
Gentle run
JOG

46D
Go out ___ limb: 2 wds.
ON A

47D
Know the ___ and outs
INS