12/25/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/25/21
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Programs for smartphones
Apps

5A
Accumulate
Amass

10A
“This Is Spinal ___” (1984 movie)
Tap

13A
Durable wood used in deck furniture
Teak

14A
Brand of instant decaf
Sanka

15A
Best pitcher on a team
Ace

16A
She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for “South Pacific,” “Peter Pan,” and “The Sound of Music”: 2 wds.
Mary Martin

18A
“___ Loves You” (Beatles hit)
She

19A
Cola that rivals Coke
Pepsi

20A
___ Tots (starchy side dish)
Tater

22A
Gave a highly enthusiastic review
Raved

25A
Spiked club used as a weapon
Mace

26A
Direction opposite WSW: Abbr.
Ene

27A
Suspect’s story
Alibi

31A
Band whose new album “Voyage” is their first in 40 years
Abba

34A
She won a record four Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for “Mame,” “Dear World,” “Gypsy,” and “Sweeney Todd”: 2 wds.
Angela Lansbury

37A
Thin piece in a clarinet
Reed

38A
Bonnie’s partner in crime
Clyde

39A
Homophone of “dye”
Die

40A
It gets filled at a gas station
Tank

42A
Homes in treetops
Nests

44A
City south of Fort Lauderdale
Miami

46A
Large member of the deer family
Moose

49A
Police radio broadcast: Abbr.
APB

50A
She won three Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, for “Damn Yankees,” “New Girl in Town,” and “Redhead”: 2 wds.
Gwen Verdon

55A
Actress Gretchen of “Boardwalk Empire”
Mol

56A
Undue speed
Haste

57A
Covered in thick, black liquid
Inky

58A
Ending in the name of a lemony drink
Ade

59A
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ___
Tyson

60A
“At ___!” (“Relax,” in the army)
Ease

1D
Dispenser of $20 bills: Abbr.
ATM

2D
Soup morsel that comes from a pod
Pea

3D
Expected score on a golf hole
Par

4D
Software for Internet calls and video chats
Skype

5D
“Right away!”: Abbr.
ASAP

6D
Planet where a robotic helicopter has flown
Mars

7D
Prefix for “social” or “septic”
Anti

8D
___ mask (headwear that can be pulled down to cover the face)
Ski

9D
Merry fellow at Christmas
Santa

10D
Parts of the tongue that help detect flavor: 2 wds.
Taste Buds

11D
Aspirin might cure it
Ache

12D
___ pressure (source of teenage stress)
Peer

17D
Gold, silver, or bronze at the Olympics
Medal

21D
Hail ___ (beckon to the taxi driver): 2 wds.
A Cab

22D
Bring up, like children
Rear

23D
Actress Bancroft
Anne

24D
Spinach, broccoli, or carrot
Vegetable

25D
“___ your manners!”
Mind

28D
Have less than needed
Lack

29D
“___ be the judge of that!”
Ill

30D
Mandalay ___ (hotel on the Las Vegas Strip)
Bay

32D
Person from Liverpool or London, say
Brit

33D
Votes in favor
Ayes

35D
Cheese with a red wax coating
Edam

36D
Logic
Sense

41D
Dark time after sunset
Night

43D
Strikingly strange
Eerie

44D
“Dear ___” (1995 hit by 2Pac)
Mama

45D
Apple product that plays tunes
iPod

46D
What a slob makes in a room
Mess

47D
Stumble ___ (discover by accident)
Onto

48D
Appliance a turkey is roasted in
Oven

51D
“There’s no ___ out!”
Way

52D
Genetic evidence: Abbr.
DNA

53D
Authorizes
Oks

54D
When the Times Square ball drops: Abbr.
Nye