2/25/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/25/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Office assistant for a political campaign
Aide

5A
School carnival organizer perhaps: Abbr.
PTA

8A
___ of God (insurance term)
Act

11A
___ and gloom
Doom

12A
Get ready to fire
Aim

13A
Chandelier singer
Sia

14A
Grease song in which Danny and Sandy recall meeting before the start of school: 2 wds.
Summer Nights

17A
Plow animal in Tibet
Yak

18A
Stink to high heaven
Reek

19A
Maximally: 2 wds.
At Most

23A
Sticks used in pool halls
Cues

25A
Make as tea
Brew

26A
___ away (eroded)
Wore

27A
Cleaning tool sometimes stored in a bucket
Mop

30A
Grease song performed at the school’s dance contest: 4 wds.
Born To Hand Jive

34A
Ending for Wyoming or Manhattan
Ite

35A
I can’t quite put my finger ___ but …: 2 wds.
On It

36A
Taproom beverages
Ales

37A
Bumper ___ (fruitful harvest)
Crop

38A
Baseball star Pujols who retired in 2022
Albert

40A
Past tense of ’tis
Twas

42A
Not too long ___ (recently)
Ago

43A
Grease finale sung at the end of school when Danny and Sandy reconcile: 3 wds.
We Go Together

49A
Fury
Ire

50A
Skip to My ___
Lou

51A
DVR whose features include OnePass and SkipMode
Tivo

52A
Connecticut governor ___ Lamont
Ned

53A
Tax expert: Abbr.
CPA

54A
Middle Eastern country that borders Yemen
Oman

1D
What the premium versions of streaming services often eliminate
Ads

2D
Debt acknowledgment
IOU

3D
___ Pérignon (high-end champagne)
Dom

4D
Awards for TV shows
Emmys

5D
___ Place (Monopoly property)
Park

6D
Container for holiday cookies
Tin

7D
___ in your way?: 2 wds.
Am I

8D
Campfire remains
Ashes

9D
Make mention of
Cite

10D
Piece of work
Task

15D
Ingest
Eat

16D
Selfish person’s sin
Greed

19D
A League of Their Own star Jacobson
Abbi

20D
Horse’s gait
Trot

21D
Nothing more than
Mere

22D
Hold the deed to
Own

23D
Winter outerwear
Coat

24D
Breakfast bar’s coffee dispenser
Urn

26D
Majority ___ (position in the Senate)
Whip

27D
5 280 feet
Mile

28D
Think things ___ (ponder)
Over

29D
Mouse or cockroach for example
Pest

31D
Human trunk
Torso

32D
Musician Yoko
Ono

33D
Quick punch
Jab

37D
Enclosed like a pet canary
Caged

38D
___ of Empires (video game series)
Age

39D
Game that involves drawing numbers
Lotto

40D
The ___ Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul)
Twin

41D
___ the Millers (2013 Jennifer Aniston movie)
Were

42D
Water in Madrid
Agua

44D
Girl group whose members included Chilli Left Eye and T-Boz
TLC

45D
Alley-___!
Oop

46D
What’s gotten into ___ lately? (He’s behaving strangely)
Him

47D
2 Fast 2 Furious actress Mendes
Eva

48D
Anchorman: The Legend of ___ Burgundy
Ron