1/18/20
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Boy Scout’s merit badge holder
Sash
5A
www.amazon.com and www.microsoft.com for example: Abbr.
URLs
9A
Took advantage of
Used
13A
Up the ___ (raise the stakes)
Ante
14A
Happy Days costar Scott
Baio
15A
One-person performance
Solo
16A
Composer of the music for Porgy and Bess (his brother Ira wrote some of the lyrics): 2 wds.
George Gershwin
19A
Tool that pierces leather
Awl
20A
Metal in its just-mined form
Ore
21A
Compete in a contest
Vie
22A
Ostrich’s relatives Down Under
Emus
24A
Rap and country singer with the song Bawitdaba: 2 wds.
Kid Rock
28A
Possessed
Owned
30A
___ Desmond of the Colorado Rockies
Ian
31A
Purplish Hawaiian dish made from taro
Poi
32A
Composer of the music for Oklahoma! (Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the lyrics): 2 wds.
Richard Rodgers
36A
Undergarment that sometimes has straps
Bra
37A
___ drink to that!
Ill
38A
Toils
Works
39A
The S of ISP
Service
42A
Group opposed to caging birds: Abbr.
Peta
43A
Letters before an alternate name
Aka
44A
Gmail alternative that began in 1993
AOL
45A
Income ___ (what the IRS collects)
Tax
48A
Composer of the music for My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics): 2 wds.
Frederick Loewe
53A
Grain that can be wild or dirty
Rice
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Rounded roof
Dome
55A
___ to a frazzle (exhausted)
Worn
56A
Dr. Frankenstein’s henchman
Igor
57D
Low bills in a cash register
Ones
58D
Single-named New Age singer
Enya
1D
Long complicated tale
Saga
2D
See things in ___ light: 2 wds.
A New
3D
Auto that’s been taken away by a criminal: 2 wds.
Stolen Car
4D
How Stella Got ___ Groove Back
Her
5D
Takes a ride in a popular rideshare
Ubers
6D
Out-of-control anger
Rage
7D
Two Truths and a ___ (icebreaking activity sometimes)
Lie
8D
Actress Mira with an Oscar for Mighty Aphrodite
Sorvino
9D
R&B singer or a theater employee
Usher
10D
Female animal who oinks
Sow
11D
Quarterback Manning
Eli
12D
Knives Out actor Johnson
Don
17D
Mild Dutch cheese
Gouda
18D
Punk musician ___ Vicious
Sid
23D
Just not feeling excited about it at all
Meh
24D
Marx who wrote Das Kapital
Karl
25D
Perform surgery for: 2 wds.
Operate On
26D
Stopper for a bottle of Pinot Noir
Cork
27D
What people are supposed to do beneath the mistletoe
Kiss
28D
Spheres
Orbs
29D
Thin strand of metal
Wire
30D
___ hands are the devil’s playground
Idle
33D
Lucy and Ricky’s surname on I Love Lucy
Ricardo
34D
Reside
Dwell
35D
America’s ___ Talent
Got
40D
Darth ___
Vader
41D
Soul musician Turner
Ike
42D
Jabs
Pokes
44D
Company whose products are seen in Road Runner cartoons
Acme
46D
Out of whack
Awry
47D
Lucy Lawless’s most famous role
Xena
48D
Black day after Thanksgiving: Abbr.
Fri
49D
Tamper with as an election
Rig
50D
Environmental prefix
Eco
51D
Charged atom
Ion
52D
Be in debt
Owe