2/24/24
Smartypants Saturday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
___ Peace Prize
Nobel
6A
American enlisted soldiers: Abbr.
Gis
9A
___ liver oil
Cod
12A
Brand of many dishwashers and refrigerators
Amana
13A
Very courageous person
Hero
14A
The Simpsons character with eight children
Apu
15A
Day-O singer who was blacklisted for his leftist views in the Joseph McCarthy period: 2 wds.
Harry Belafonte
18A
Hit that drives someone home: Abbr.
Rbi
19A
Distinct period as for Taylor Swift
Era
20A
Novelist Rand
Ayn
21A
West Point students
Cadets
24A
Pick up
Lift
27A
With 39-Across The Crucible playwright who was blacklisted for his leftist views in the Joseph McCarthy period
Arthur
30A
___ none of your business!
Its
32A
Word that can follow bumble or honey
Bee
33A
Kid in Kanga’s pouch
Roo
34A
Don’t bother me with this until later: 2 wds.
Not Now
36A
Take things one day ___ time: 2 wds.
At A
37A
Under the weather
Ill
38A
One of ten body parts bared by flip-flops
Toe
39A
See 27-Across
Miller
41A
Like the water under a diving board
Deep
43A
Run as a business
Manage
45A
Sports official with a whistle briefly
Ref
47A
___ ’em! (order to a guard dog)
Sic
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48A
Stuff spewed from Kilauea or Mauna Loa
Ash
51A
City Lights actor who was blacklisted for his leftist views in the Joseph McCarthy period: 2 wds.
Charlie Chaplin
56A
Three strikes and you’re ___
Out
57A
Unit of land measure for a ranch
Acre
58A
Japanese watch company
Seiko
59A
Really small
Wee
60D
Gloomy guy
Gus
61D
Tacked on
Added
1D
Uh-uh
Nah
2D
US House member Ilhan
Omar
3D
Cutting remark
Barb
4D
Make wealthier
Enrich
5D
___ Me Down (Sam Smith hit)
Lay
6D
Thickener used in Jell-O
Gelatin
7D
Glass who hosts the This American Life radio show/podcast
Ira
8D
Furniture that seats multiple people
Sofa
9D
Hannibal Lecter for one
Cannibal
10D
Select
Opt
11D
With all ___ respect …
Due
13D
Wish you were ___! (line on a postcard perhaps)
Here
16D
Where a person typically sleeps
Bedroom
17D
Olive ___ (woman in Popeye)
Oyl
22D
Mother or father’s sister
Aunt
23D
Major organ in digestion
Stomach
25D
Swanky party
Fete
26D
Rip
Tear
27D
Very dry like a desert
Arid
28D
Part in a play or movie
Role
29D
Put up with
Tolerate
31D
Big swallow of liquid
Swig
35D
Movie promos
Teasers
40D
Took a big jump
Leaped
42D
Words ___ minute (typist’s statistic)
Per
44D
Opposite of naughty
Nice
46D
National symbol
Flag
49D
Skidded
Slid
50D
Follow the Appalachian Trail say
Hike
51D
Dairy farm animal
Cow
52D
Tint
Hue
53D
Critical area in a hospital: Abbr.
Icu
54D
Smart ___ whip: 2 wds.
As A
55D
Say yes with a head movement
Nod