2/12/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/12/22
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Vessel in which chili is cooked
Pot

4A
Actor Goldblum of “Jurassic Park”
Jeff

8A
Band that provided the music for “Mamma Mia!”
Abba

12A
“Just as I suspected!”
Oho

13A
“It’s ___ ever wanted!”: 2 wds.
All I

14A
Neighbor of Vietnam
Laos

15A
Burning, like a candle
Lit

16A
Editorial slant
Bias

17A
Small measurement amount: Abbr.
TBSP

18A
2019 novel by 30-Across that was a National Book Award finalist: 3 wds.
Look Both Ways

21A
Snack on
Eat

22A
President who was Nixon’s vice president
Ford

23A
“It’s the end ___ era”: 2 wds.
Of An

26A
“I need a warmer coat!”
Brr

27A
Alley-___ (basketball move)
Oop

30A
Author who has written “Ghost,” “Patina,” and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds.
Jason Reynolds

34A
Urban thoroughfares: Abbr.
Sts

35A
Extremely long period of time
Eon

36A
___ bargain (courtroom deal)
Plea

37A
Line-___ veto
Item

39A
Ailment that’s common in colder months
Flu

41A
2016 novel by 30-Across that won the Kirkus Prize: 4 wds.
As Brave As You

46A
Burst ___ the scene
Onto

47A
“I ___ a moment” (“Hang on a second”)
Need

48A
Have the deed to
Own

49A
The paradise of “Paradise Lost”
Eden

50A
Contact by telephone
Call

51A
“And ___ …” (“On the other hand …”)
Yet

52A
Be a passenger
Ride

53A
“What ___ could we have done?”
Else

54A
Two-time Grammy winner Yoko
Ono

1D
Opinion survey
Poll

2D
Seventh-most populated US state
Ohio

3D
Dog that bites Miss Gulch in a 1939 movie
Toto

4D
___ the Hutt (“Return of the Jedi” villain)
Jabba

5D
Poet T.S. ___
Eliot

6D
Like a deflated tire
Flat

7D
Seafood cookout: 2 wds.
Fish Fry

8D
Area at the front of a wedding venue
Altar

9D
Children’s toy that might be diapered: 2 wds.
Baby Doll

10D
Employee’s supervisor
Boss

11D
Egyptian cobra
Asp

19D
Number-picking game in a casino
Keno

20D
Homophone of “warn”
Worn

23D
Citrusy breakfast drinks: Abbr.
Ojs

24D
___ Tuesday (what “Mardi Gras” means)
Fat

25D
Helped out
Aided

26D
Affleck of “Argo”
Ben

28D
“___ to a Nightingale” (John Keats poem)
Ode

29D
“This Is Your Brain on Drugs” ad, for one: Abbr.
PSA

31D
___-do-well (good-for-nothing person)
Neer

32D
“Bad ___” (Lady Gaga song)
Romance

33D
Magnum ___ (artistic masterpiece)
Opus

38D
Steak cut: Hyph.
Tbone

39D
Touches
Feels

40D
Serving utensil for chili
Ladle

41D
Me, myself, ___: 2 wds.
Andi

42D
Calf meat
Veal

43D
___ dieter (someone who gains and loses weight repeatedly): Hyph.
Yoyo

44D
Wilson who plays Mobius M. Mobius on “Loki”
Owen

45D
“Do ___ others …” (the Golden Rule)
Unto

46D
“___ the land of the free …”
Oer