12/9/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/9/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
___ liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Life

5A
Uniform-wearing dog in the comic strip Beetle Bailey
Otto

9A
First lessons in reading
ABCs

13A
Gooey vegetable
Okra

14A
___ Imagination (song from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
Pure

15A
Neighborhood in lower Manhattan
Soho

16A
Composer of Porgy and Bess: 2 wds.
George Gershwin

19A
Word that’s often paired with neither
Nor

20A
Lends a hand to
Helps

21A
Egg-laying bird in a barnyard
Hen

24A
What a furnace provides in winter
Warmth

28A
Pacific or Atlantic for example
Ocean

30A
Rower’s implement
Oar

31A
Green material on a casino table
Felt

35A
Best-known orchestral work of 16-Across: 3 wds.
Rhapsody In Blue

38A
Word that can follow ransom or mental
Note

39A
Zodiac sign that spans July and August
Leo

40A
Theater walkway
Aisle

41A
Loved a lot
Adored

43A
Freddy Krueger’s street
Elm

44A
World capital that sounds like sole
Seoul

48A
Satchel or pocketbook say
Bag

50A
Song by 16-Across that was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the musical Girl Crazy: 2 wds.
Embrace Able You

57A
Idi ___ (former dictator of Uganda)
Amin

58A
Facial problem for many teens
Acne

59A
Bring in the crops
Reap

60A
Exams whose results are included on college applications: Abbr.
Sats

61A
Body of water that’s smaller than a lake
Pond

62A
Pads in yoga classes
Mats

1D
Yule ___ (piece of wood burned during Christmastime)
Log

2D
Mike and ___ (fruit-flavored candy brand)
Ike

3D
Puffy hairstyle for short
Fro

4D
Merit
Earn

5D
What Porgy and Bess is
Opera

6D
Pull hard
Tug

7D
Three in Italian
Tre

8D
___ the land of the free …
Oer

9D
Arthur who won Wimbledon in 1975
Ashe

10D
Dish that soup’s served in
Bowl

11D
Disk used by a poker player
Chip

12D
My Three ___ (1960s sitcom)
Sons

17D
Formal dresses
Gowns

18D
Silence!
Shh

21D
What a unicorn has that a horse doesn’t
Horn

22D
Bounce back as a sound
Echo

23D
Clutter-free
Neat

25D
Bronco-riding show
Rodeo

26D
Head of a city
Mayor

27D
___-tip (beef cut)
Tri

29D
Nonhuman primate
Ape

31D
Government group with a Most Wanted list: Abbr.
FBI

32D
Wow she’s really something ___! (What a remarkable girl!)
Else

33D
Pause in the action
Lull

34D
Overflow (with)
Teem

36D
___-fashioned (type of cocktail)
Old

37D
Tennis player who has won two Olympic gold medals for Spain
Nadal

41D
___ carte menu: 2 wds.
Ala

42D
Lessened as the tide
Ebbed

44D
Sailing the seven ___
Seas

45D
Stone who stars in the new movie Poor Things
Emma

46D
Death notice in a newspaper for short
Obit

47D
Large vases
Urns

49D
Something that might be killed by a disinfectant
Germ

51D
Top of a bottle of soda
Cap

52D
Prefix that relates to the environment
Eco

53D
The Exorcist: Believer actress Dowd
Ann

54D
___ though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death …
Yea

55D
Grain found in many breakfast cereals
Oat

56D
Start-___ (new tech businesses)
Ups