12/16/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/16/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Flake off like paint
Peel

5A
___-Cola
Coca

9A
Coffee dispenser at a buffet
Urn

12A
Group of soldiers
Army

13A
Neighbor of the United Arab Emirates
Oman

14A
Tip of a golf club or a foot
Toe

15A
Jurassic World Dominion actress who coauthored 33-Across with her mother: 2 wds.
Laura Dern

17A
Group for healers: Abbr.
Ama

18A
Back ___ hour (sign on a shop door): 2 wds.
In An

19A
The ___ way around
Other

21A
Put into law
Enact

24A
M&M’s colorant
Dye

25A
Person overseen by a warden
Con

26A
___ loser (person who’s bitter about not winning)
Sore

29A
Is inquisitive
Asks

33A
2023 joint memoir subtitled A Mother and Daughter Talk Life Death Love (and Banana Pudding): 3 wds.
Honey Baby Mine

36A
Just fine
Okay

37A
Hold ___ (keep): 2 wds.
Onto

38A
All the Queen’s ___ (show on BET+)
Men

39A
Source of sheep’s milk
Ewe

41A
Sports result that could be bad for oddsmakers
Upset

43A
Pursue
Chase

46A
Word before formality or mortals
Mere

48A
Edge of a margarita glass
Rim

49A
Joy actress who coauthored 33-Across with her daughter: 2 wds.
Diane Ladd

54A
___ been better (possible response to How are you?)
Ive

55A
Pleased
Glad

56A
___ crime podcast
TRUE

57A
Former quarterback Roethlisberger
Ben

58A
Trees whose leaves are susceptible to beetles
Elms

59A
Distort as statistics
Skew

1D
Friend
Pal

2D
Period such as Queen Elizabeth II’s reign
Era

3D
Ostrich’s slightly smaller relative
Emu

4D
Line of words on a karaoke screen
Lyric

5D
Best Picture winner the year before Everything Everywhere All at Once
Coda

6D
Sign of what’s to come
Omen

7D
Self-driving ___
Car

8D
Bother
Annoy

9D
Where the Jazz play
Utah

10D
European capital built on seven hills
Rome

11D
___-death experience
Near

16D
Fidgety
Antsy

20D
Group of coworkers
Team

21D
Sound effect in a canyon
Echo

22D
Small corner where you might have breakfast
Nook

23D
Emmy-nominated actress Torv of The Last of Us
Anna

24D
National ___ (over $33 trillion currently)
Debt

27D
Slender woodwind
Oboe

28D
Had a political campaign
Ran

30D
Video-game characters whose lives are controlled by the players
Sims

31D
Joint that connects the femur and tibia
Knee

32D
Emailed out
Sent

34D
Organs that may be hazel
Eyes

35D
___ in for it now!
Youre

40D
Triangular slice of cheesecake say
Wedge

42D
Throws snowballs at say
Pelts

43D
Newborn’s bed
Crib

44D
Home for bees
Hive

45D
Prayer’s final word often
Amen

46D
Respectful term of address for a woman
Maam

47D
Conclusions
Ends

50D
Feeling crummy
Ill

51D
Big boat in Genesis
Ark

52D
Needing to be turned in as an assignment
Due

53D
___ point (meteorological statistic involving moisture)
Dew