2/9/19 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/9/19
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
“Love Don’t ___ a Thing” (Jennifer Lopez hit)
Cost

5A
Current events
News

9A
Hit the ___ (go to bed)
Hay

12A
Actress Lucy of “Pretty Little Liars”
Hale

13A
Tehran is its capital city
Iran

14A
Schweppes ginger ___
Ale

15A
Major elevator manufacturer
Otis

16A
___ Skeeter (Daily Prophet reporter in Harry Potter books)
Rita

17A
Under the strike zone to an umpire
Low

18A
Classic horror author who wrote “The Call of Cthulhu”: 3 wds.
HP Lovecraft

21A
“Today I ___ man” (what a boy says at his bar mitzvah): 2 wds.
Am A

22A
___ WANTED (store window sign)
Help

23A
Let sleeping dogs ___
Lie

26A
CNN’s Cabrera or Navarro
Ana

28A
Points a weapon
Aims

31A
Classic horror author who wrote “The Cask of Amontillado”: 3 wds.
Edgar Allan Poe

35A
___ this moment (starting now): 2 wds.
As Of

36A
___ machine (largely outdated piece of office equipment)
Fax

37A
“That’s nasty!”
Eww

38A
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” actress Rooney ___
Mara

41A
Coffee alternative that may be served hot or iced
Tea

43A
Classic horror author who wrote “Frankenstein”: 2 wds.
Mary Shelley

47A
Person in a jail cell
Con

48A
French fashion designer Christian ___
Dior

49A
Pocket-sized Apple device
iPod

51A
“American Housewife” actress Wong
Ali

52A
___ Mode (Pixar character who makes super-suits)
Edna

53A
Assistant on Capitol Hill
Aide

54A
“Who Wants to ___ Millionaire”: 2 wds.
Be A

55A
Fishing pole part that unspools
Reel

56A
CAT ___ (medical test)
Scan

1D
Comedian Margaret who appeared in “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming”
Cho

2D
Solemn pledge
Oath

3D
Sales ___ (receipt)
Slip

4D
Car company that debuted its first vehicle the Roadster in 2008
Tesla

5D
Band with the albums “Bleach” “Nevermind” and “In Utero”
Nirvana

6D
Lake on the border of the US and Canada
Erie

7D
What a Fitbit resembles
Watch

8D
Type of drum used for a drumroll
Snare

9D
Olympic snowboarding event won by Shaun White in 2018
Half Pipe

10D
“You’re in ___ of trouble!”: 2 wds.
A Lot

11D
Tree with bendable wood
Yew

19D
Actor Dorsey of “Queen Sugar”
Omar

20D
“Dancing With the Stars” dancer Bersten
Alan

23D
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” actress Seydoux
Lea

24D
Cards that contain personal information: Abbr.
IDs

25D
Narcissist’s unhealthy self-centeredness
Ego Mania

27D
Title alien in a 1986-1990 sitcom
Alf

29D
Trim the lawn
Mow

30D
Do some needlework
Sew

32D
“Bearing gifts we traverse ___” (“We Three Kings” lyric)
Afar

33D
Sideways like a quarterback’s pass
Lateral

34D
Skater’s leap
Axel

39D
Actress Winona of “Stranger Things”
Ryder

40D
“You two need to set ___ your differences”
Aside

42D
Spy’s false name while working undercover
Alias

43D
Blemish also called a beauty mark
Mole

44D
Remove the dullness from like a blade
Hone

45D
___ fail (big screwup)
Epic

46D
Two-foot-tall Jedi master
Yoda

47D
Vehicle that might take you from the airport
Cab

50D
Lair for a bear
Den