12/2/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/2/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
E-reader from Barnes & Noble or a room’s recessed section
Nook

5A
Computer image that moves: Abbr.
Gif

8A
Prefix in a lot of Scottish surnames
Mac

11A
Roof’s projecting edge
Eave

12A
Miss Doolittle in My Fair Lady
Eliza

15A
Tuscaloosa’s state: Abbr.
Ala

16A
Easier said ___ done
Than

17A
Bengal ___ (large cat)
Tiger

18A
Managed as a corporation
Ran

19A
President who established Yellowstone as the first national park in 1872: 3 wds.
Ulyssess Grant

22A
Group for dues-paying motorists: Abbr.
AAA

23A
Honk of a horn
Toot

24A
One of the three Rice Krispies mascots
Pop

27A
Unforeseen complication
Snag

30A
Holier-than-___ attitude
Thou

33A
President who signed the Yosemite Valley Grant Act in 1864 setting aside land for preservation for the first time: 2 wds.
Abraham Lincoln

37A
Wonder Woman 1984 actress Kristen
Wiig

38A
Superb: Hyph.
A One

39A
The Matrix hero played by Keanu Reeves
Neo

40A
Red and Dead bodies of water
Seas

43A
Playful bite
Nip

45A
President who created the National Park Service in 1916: 2 wds.
Woodrow Wilson

51A
The O in BYOB
Own

52A
String of railroad cars
Train

53A
Forever and ___: 2 wds.
A Day

55A
Brand of blue jeans
Lee

56A
Police trap
Sting

57A
Type of bean in succotash
Lima

58A
Initials of the only four-term US president
FDR

59A
___ Miserables
Las

60A
Like those who shall inherit the Earth according to the Bible
Meek

1D
Ping-Pong table divider
Net

2D
Island where Pearl Harbor is
Oahu

3D
Football-shaped approximately
Oval

4D
Nairobi’s country
Kenya

5D
Does great on one’s test: 3 wds.
Gets An A

6D
Would ___ to You? (Eurythmics song): 2 wds.
I Lie

7D
Mediterranean fruits
Figs

8D
Long-distance race
Marathon

9D
Succession Emmy nominee Ruck
Alan

10D
Money ___ buy happiness
Cant

13D
Outer layer of a citrus fruit
Zest

14D
Ben Affleck movie about a CIA rescue
Argo

20D
Strip of cloth worn at a beauty pageant
Sash

21D
Military group on campus: Abbr.
ROTC

24D
Dog’s foot
Paw

25D
___-Wan Kenobi of Star Wars
Obi

26D
Person watched over by a warden
Prisoner

28D
Hospital professionals’ group: Abbr.
Ama

29D
Mop & ___ (brand of floor cleaner)
Glo

31D
Bravo! for a flamenco dancer
Ole

32D
Family card game
Uno

34D
Middle-___ (halfway through life)
Aged

35D
Sections of a baseball game
Innings

36D
Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson
Neil

41D
Fine endeavors such as music and sculpture
Arts

42D
Categorize
Sort

44D
Verse in the Old Testament
Psalm

45D
The Three Little Pigs villain
Wolf

46D
Carried a credit card balance say
Owed

47D
Cry mournfully
Wail

48D
What a sommelier pours
Wine

49D
Big-tongued dog in Garfield
Odie

50D
What a person or pet is called by
Name

54D
Hairy animal or a verb meaning gab
Yak