12/4/21
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Sense of humor
Wit
4A
Depressing
Sad
7A
Baseball’s Slammin’ Sammy
Sosa
11A
Oath during an exchange of rings: 2 wds.
I Do
12A
You’re making ___ mistake!: 2 wds.
A Big
14A
Type of cereal used in some Yoplait yogurt
Trix
15A
Shower ___ (body wash)
Gel
16A
Holt’s assistant on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Gina
17A
Minimally cooked in terms of meat
Rare
18A
Spanish surrealist artist whose antiwar painting The Face of War was created at the start of WWII: 2 wds.
Salvador Dali
21A
Pink-colored wine
Rose
22A
Like a bass singing voice
Low
23A
Day-Glo
Neon
25A
Top of a paint can
Lid
26A
Orthopedists’ and ophthalmologists’ degrees: Abbr.
Mds
29A
Spanish romantic artist whose antiwar painting The Third of May 1808 honored the Spanish resistance to Napoleon: 2 wds.
Francis Cogoya
33A
Went first
Led
34A
Weird
Odd
35A
Longtime Jeopardy! host Trebek
Alex
36A
___ chi (slow exercise)
Tai
37A
Garment for Julius Caesar
Toga
39A
Spanish cubist artist whose antiwar painting Guernica was in response to a Nazi bombing: 2 wds.
Pablo Picasso
44A
Green-and-brown hunting clothes for short
Camo
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45A
Voice quality
Tone
46A
Star nearest to Earth
Sun
47A
Item for baking brownies
Oven
48A
Gaming company behind the Genesis console
Sega
49A
LiMu ___ (bird in Liberty Mutual ads)
Emu
50A
Actor Hackman
Gene
51A
Queen’s value in blackjack
Ten
52A
Help!
Sos
1D
Head coverings for drag queens
Wigs
2D
Brainchild
Idea
3D
Route that drivers must pay a fee to use: 2 wds.
Toll Road
4D
Epic stories
Sagas
5D
Tolerate
Abide
6D
Large pet on The Flintstones
Dino
7D
Item given away with a fast-food beverage
Straw
8D
Verbal
Oral
9D
Apple feature that’s similar to Samsung’s S Voice
Siri
10D
Tool used for chopping
Axe
13D
Herb known as the stinking rose
Garlic
19D
Champion skier Lindsey
Vonn
20D
Dead as a ___ (extinct)
Dodo
23D
Group whose Ohio teams are the Bengals and the Browns: Abbr.
NFL
24D
Before to Shakespeare
Ere
25D
Drug responsible for many trips: Abbr.
LSD
26D
What rum is distilled from
Molasses
27D
Go from brunette to blonde perhaps
Dye
28D
Jazz-band woodwind for short
Sax
30D
Fossil fuel that’s mostly carbon
Coal
31D
Blockheads
Idiots
32D
Radio ___ (Queen song that gave a current pop singer her stage name): 2 wds.
Gaga
36D
Steak cut: Hyph.
T Bone
37D
Small bit of color
Tinge
38D
Atlantic or Arctic for example
Ocean
39D
Put asphalt over
Pave
40D
Word said at the end of grace
Amen
41D
Emily Dickinson was one
Poet
42D
National sport of Japan
Sumo
43D
Difficult burden
Onus
44D
Tooth on a gear
Cog