12/7/24
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Bite from a puppy
Nip
4A
___ vu (familiar feeling)
Deja
8A
Getting away ___ murder
With
12A
Furious feeling
Ire
13A
Computer company from Taiwan
Acer
14A
Shoe competitor of Reebok
Avia
15A
CBS Evening News anchor from 2019 to November 2024: 2 wds.
Norah Odonnell
18A
___-Hero (Taylor Swift song)
Anti
19A
Its capital is Boise: Abbr.
Ida
20A
____-Manuel Miranda
Lin
23A
Mountain Dew Baja ____
Blast
28A
Paintings, drawings, and so on
Art
31A
Number found on a nickel
Five
34A
1970s tennis star Arthur
Ashe
35A
New York News anchor who became coanchor of CBS Evening News last month: 2 wds.
Maurice Dubois
38A
___ colada (rum drink)
Pina
39A
Past sweethearts
Exes
40A
What Jack Sprat couldn’t eat
Fat
41A
Snoozed
Slept
43A
Toddler’s rest time
Nap
45A
Stomach muscles
Abs
48A
Broadway musical based on an opera that’s set in Egypt
Aida
52A
Former Face the Nation moderator who became coanchor of CBS Evening News last month: 2 wds.
John Dickerson
58A
Cookie with a lickable center
Oreo
59A
Fastener that’s hammered
Nail
60A
Affirmative head motion
Nod
61A
Ball that a kitten might play with
Yarn
62A
Measurement indicated by the abbreviation g
Gram
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
63A
You never know until you ____
Try
1D
Ship that sailed with the Pinta and the Santa Maria
Nina
2D
Pumping ____ (lifting barbells)
Iron
3D
Shampoo brand that comes in green bottles
Pert
4D
Lah-di-____
Dah
5D
Author Umberto who wrote The Name of the Rose
Eco
6D
Sci-fi group that can wield the Force
Jedi
7D
14-time All-Star shortstop’s nickname: Hyph.
Arod
8D
Pale-faced
Wan
9D
___ never heard you talk like this before
Ive
10D
It ain’t over ___ its over
Til
11D
Actor Holbrook
Hal
16D
Feel less than perfectly healthy
Ail
17D
Synonym and rhyme of grab
Nab
21D
Heck ___ know!: 2 wds.
If I
22D
Pleasant
Nice
24D
Experimenter’s room
Lab
25D
Beginning on: 2 wds.
As Of
26D
LeBeouf of Transformers
Shia
27D
It may have a true-false format
Test
28D
Elctric guitarists’ volume increasers
Amps
29D
Staircase safety feature
Rail
30D
Name That ____ (game show)
Tune
32D
Drive up the wall
Vex
33D
Adam and Eve’s first home
Eden
36D
Music genre for Future
Rap
37D
Uncle Sam’s land: Abbr.
USA
42D
President Lincoln’s youngest son
Tad
44D
It’s often 4, in golf
Par
46D
Chandler’s last name, on Friends
Bing
47D
Sign of an old wound
Scar
49D
Money ___ everything
Isnt
50D
Place for a knocker or a peephole
Door
51D
Kentucky governor Beshear
Andy
52D
Ecstasy
Joy
53D
British pop singer Rita
Ora
54D
Let ____ Cry (Hootie & the Blowfish song)
Her
55D
Prefix for negotiable or linear
Non
56D
Korean maker of the Forte compact car
Kia
57D
Tree associated with a series of horror movies
Elm