2/29/20
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Homophone of wrapped
Rapt
5A
Con game
Scam
9A
Upper limit for salary
Cap
12A
Get caught in ___ (have your deception revealed): 2 wds.
A Lie
13A
Soybean curd in soups
Tofu
14A
___ first-name basis: 2 wds.
On A
15A
Tailless breed of cat
Manx
16A
King Kong and his family
Apes
17A
Not cooked
Raw
18A
Formulator of the law of gravity who is buried at Westminster Abbey: 2 wds.
Isaac Newton
21A
Comedian Vulcano who’s on the game show The Misery Index
Sal
22A
Unexciting as a color
Drab
25A
Off-road truck: Abbr.
ATV
28A
Singer/actress ___ Michele who released a Christmas album in 2019
Lea
30A
Bullwinkle for example
Moose
31A
On the Origin of Species author who is buried at Westminster Abbey: 2 wds.
Charles Darwin
34A
Chipotle menu items available with soft or crispy tortillas
Tacos
35A
On the ___ (broadcasting)
Air
36A
Gloomy
Dour
37A
___ team (police crisis squad)
Swat
38A
Purported paranormal power: Abbr.
ESP
40A
Tess of the d’Urbervilles novelist who is buried at Westminster Abbey: 2 wds.
Thomas Hardy
47A
Prince ___ (song sung by Will Smith in Aladdin)
Ali
49A
King of the Hill character ___ Gribble
Dale
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Hardly ever seen
Rare
51A
Barack Obama or Bill Clinton astrologically
Leo
52A
Two-purpose
Dual
53A
___ see your point (Makes sense to me): 2 wds.
I Can
54A
___ ear (musical inability)
Tin
55A
Sloth and wrath for example
Sins
56D
Does what seamstresses do
Sews
1D
Malek who’ll play the villain in No Time to Die
Rami
2D
Quaint interjection of dismay
Alas
3D
___ colada (tropical cocktail)
Pina
4D
State between New Mexico and Louisiana
Texas
5D
Spider-Man’s co-creator: 2 wds.
Stan Lee
6D
Make do somehow
Cope
7D
Not very many: 2 wds.
A Few
8D
Have to
Must
9D
Hairstyle with narrow braids
Corn Rows
10D
Zoey’s roommate on Grown-ish
Ana
11D
Lion’s foot
Paw
19D
Telemarketers make lots of them
Calls
20D
___-Eaters (brand of insoles)
Odor
23D
Largest continent
Asia
24D
Go round the ___ (get exasperated)
Bend
25D
___ of God (events not covered by many insurance policies)
Acts
26D
Start to melt
Thaw
27D
Time off from work
Vacation
29D
Sick ___ dog: 2 wds.
As A
30D
Swampy ground
Marsh
32D
The House With a Clock in Its Walls director Eli
Roth
33D
Common engines in trucks
Diesels
39D
Largest city in France
Paris
41D
Numbers considered by gamblers
Odds
42D
Disney demigod who shares his name with a Hawaiian island
Maui
43D
Actor Cumming of The Good Wife and Instinct
Alan
44D
Contest where speed matters
Race
45D
Pick a card from the deck
Draw
46D
Cravings
Yens
47D
Control-___-Delete (keyboard combination)
Alt
48D
Necklace of flowers
Lei