1/1/23
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Scratch up
Mar
4A
Droops
Sags
8A
Apt rhyme for dot
Spot
12A
Female animal that bleats
Ewe
13A
Prize grabber in a popular arcade machine
Claw
14A
Quintet minus two
Trio
15A
Prehistoric Japanese sea creature seen in more than 30 monster movies since 1954
Godzilla
17A
You can ___ on me (I’m here for you)
Rely
18A
Emotionally distant
Aloof
19A
Am I ever ___ to see you!
Glad
21A
Pig’s remark
Oink
24A
Pulitzer Prize for example
Award
27A
Offer that’s really a con
Scam
30A
Tying up loose ___
Ends
32A
Casual term for a casual shirt
Tee
33A
Defeated one’s opponents
Won
34A
Home ___ home!
Sweet
35A
Harry Styles’s former band ___ Direction
One
36A
Group for healers: Abbr.
Ama
37A
Single entry on a checklist
Item
38A
Let go of by accident
Drop
39A
Pleasure boat for the ultra-rich
Yacht
41A
___ Yourself (Eminem hit)
Lose
43A
___ and aahs
Oohs
45A
Topic of debate
Issue
49A
Overnight shelter for a long-distance hiker
Tent
51A
Huge gorilla seen in more than 10 monster movies since 1933: 2 wds.
King Kong
54A
___ Wilson (Deadpool’s secret identity)
Wade
55A
Middle East country whose World Cup soccer team lost to the US on 11/29/2022
Iran
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Book about someone’s life for short
Bio
57A
Word before hygiene or history
Oral
58A
Picks up the bill
Pays
59A
People who have been canonized: Abbr.
Sts
1D
___ Man Star Force (video game)
Mega
2D
Like soldiers who desert: Abbr.
Awol
3D
Make over as a living room
Redo
4D
Film genre for Avatar and The Thing: Hyph.
Scifi
5D
___ hands on deck!
All
6D
Guy’s partner at a square dance often
Gal
PD
irate’s loot
Swag
8D
Tube inserted into a juice box
Straw
9D
Extraterrestrial hunter seen in seven monster movies since 1987
Predator
10D
Saudi Arabia’s biggest export
Oil
11D
Child’s plaything
Toy
16D
Videoconferencing software
Zoom
20D
Stand the test of time
Last
22D
___ Scamander of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Newt
23D
Get into position to be knighted
Kneel
25D
City northeast of Lake Tahoe on the Nevada side
Reno
26D
Between the devil and the ___ blue sea
Deep
27D
Manage to convince
Sway
28D
Unresponsive medical state
Coma
29D
Giant snake seen in five monster movies since 1997
Anaconda
31D
Free trial version
Demo
34D
Opposition to the Jedi in Star Wars
Sith
38D
Furniture for a student
Desk
40D
Heartbreak ___ (Whitney Houston hit)
Hotel
42D
Mel Gibson movie involving crop circles
Signs
44D
___ school (be truant)
Skip
46D
Breaks down in tears
Sobs
47D
British thermal ___ (measure of heat)
Unit
48D
Self-perceptions
Egos
49D
Number that’s company in a saying
Two
50D
Popular body part for piercing
Ear
52D
This American Life host Glass
Ira
53D
Word meaning no that sounds like neigh
Nay