12/8/18
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
It’s just one of ___ things
Those
6A
Half of a pair of kissers
Lip
9A
Prepared a meal for
Fed
12A
TV episode that’s being shown again
Rerun
13A
You ___ My Sunshine
Are
14A
This Will Be singer Natalie
Cole
15A
Substance that makes bread rise
Yeast
16A
Tic-tac-___
Toe
17A
With ___ (effortlessly)
Ease
18A
The Story of My Life autobiographer pictured on Alabama’s state quarter: 2 wds.
Helen Keller
21A
Garb
Attire
24A
Made use of a bench
Sat
25A
Pasty food served in Honolulu
Poi
26A
Ore-___ (frozen food company)
Ida
29A
___ of passage (significant life events)
Rites
33A
US president pictured on Illinois’s state quarter: 2 wds.
Abraham Lincoln
37A
Pilot on Futurama
Leela
38A
Container of tennis balls
Can
39A
Stat for baseball player Shohei Ohtani: Abbr.
RBI
40A
Suffix meaning sort of
Ish
42A
Short sleep
Catnap
45A
King pictured on Hawaii’s state quarter: 2 wds.
Kamehameha I
50A
It’s ___ to tell a lie: 2 wds.
As In
51A
Payment collected by the IRS
Tax
52A
Wall-mounted holders of spices
Racks
56A
Sound from a radiator or a snake
Hiss
57A
Seeing organ
Eye
58A
Sugarless gum brand with an astronomical name
Orbit
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
59A
The Fault in Our Stars star Wolff
Nat
60A
Los Angeles Clippers coach ___ Rivers
Doc
61A
Repulsive
Nasty
1D
Give it your all
Try
2D
___-haw (sound from a donkey)
Hee
3D
Singer Rita whose new album is Phoenix
Ora
4D
Type of Japanese food that literally means it is sour
Sushi
5D
Go in the door
Enter
6D
Not on time
Late
7D
Strike while the ___ is hot
Iron
8D
Steals a glance at one’s presents for example
Peeks
9D
Horse that’s less than one year old
Foal
10D
Is there anything ___ I should know?
Else
11D
Animal whose meat is called venison
Deer
14D
Boston basketballer
Celtic
19D
Princess-turned-general in the Star Wars series
Leia
20D
Deserve
Earn
21D
C’mon be ___ (Do me this favor): 2 wds.
A Pal
22D
Fit ___ tied (very upset): 2 wds.
To Be
23D
Car part with a tread
Tire
27D
Hip-hop group Run-___
DMC
28D
Chicken ___ king (creamy entrée): 2 wds.
A La
30D
Unable to decide
Torn
31D
Idris who plays Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Elba
32D
Sound made during a haircut
Snip
34D
Extraterrestrials
Aliens
35D
___ browns (breakfast item)
Hash
36D
Fraction of a foot
Inch
41D
Despised
Hated
43D
Baseball great Hank
Aaron
44D
Jewel-encrusted headpiece
Tiara
45D
Paper Moon actress Madeline
Kahn
46D
Continent where orangutans are found
Asia
47D
Light haze
Mist
48D
___ Clinic (renowned hospital in Rochester Minnesota)
Mayo
49D
Person in a company’s boardroom for short
Exec
53D
Survivor network
CBS
54D
The whole ___ and caboodle
Kit
55D
Pigs’ dwelling place
Sty