1/21/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/21/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Slightly wet
Damp

5A
Competent
Able

9A
Text abbreviation that indicates astonishment
Omg

12A
You have no ___ (It’s even worse than you think)
Idea

13A
Hideaway for an animal
Lair

14A
Dessert that might cool on a windowsill
Pie

15A
Huff and puff
Pant

16A
Additionally …
Also

17A
Mary ___ (Gilligan’s Island character)
Ann

18A
2021 PBS documentary miniseries about a boxer codirected by Ken Burns: 2 wds.
Muhammad Ali

21A
___ Poke (retro brand of caramel suckers)
Slo

22A
Dead ___ against (totally opposed to)
Set

23A
Trim the yard
Mow

26A
Marketing messages
Ads

28A
Sarge’s dog in Beetle Bailey
Otto

32A
2017 PBS documentary series about a 20th-century conflict codirected by Ken Burns: 3 wds.
The Vietnam War

36A
Make a choice on Election Day
Vote

37A
Place that might host a trivia night
Pub

38A
Go out ___ limb: 2 wds.
On A

39A
___ the Damn Season (Taylor Swift song)
Tis

42A
Accomplished
Did

44A
2011 PBS documentary miniseries about the temperance movement codirected by Ken Burns
Prohibition

49A
Mother deer
Doe

50A
God who’s the villain in Wonder Woman
Ares

51A
When the ___ strikes you (whenever you feel like it)
Mood

53A
The Jungle Book orangutan King Louie is one
Ape

54A
Blow off some steam
Vent

55A
Bible book before Nehemiah
Ezra

56A
Place for a fitted sheet
Bed

57A
Terminates
Ends

58A
Line of stitches
Seam

1D
Slight downward trend in the stock market
Dip

2D
The Creation of ___ (Michelangelo painting)
Adam

3D
It lists foods and prices
Menu

4D
Choices in a labyrinth
Paths

5D
With ice cream: 3 wds.
Alamode

6D
Bengay or Icy Hot for example
Balm

7D
Actresses Kudrow and Bonet
Lisas

8D
Gradually wear away
Erode

9D
Birthstone that shares its first letter with its month October
Opal

10D
___-Me (character in the Austin Powers movies)
Mini

11D
First book of the Bible: Abbr.
Gen

19D
Jai ___ (game played on a court called a fronton)
Alai

20D
It has electrons and protons
Atom

23D
Jersey Shore and Buckhead Shore cable channel
MTV

24D
I know what you’re up to!
Oho

25D
Covered in water
Wet

27D
Gas additive brand
STP

29D
Eleven minus nine
Two

30D
Beachgoer’s shade
Tan

31D
I don’t care if it’s a boy ___ girl as long as it’s healthy: 2 wds.
Or A

33D
Power of ___ (something won on Big Brother)
Veto

34D
They prefer not to wear clothes
Nudists

35D
You haven’t changed ___!: 2 wds.
A Bit

40D
___ my doubts about this: 2 wds.
I have

41D
Wailing sound from an ambulance
Siren

43D
March of ___ (nonprofit group)
Dimes

44D
Pontiff
Pope

45D
Actor Robert of The Brady Bunch
Reed

46D
Show some willingness to compromise
Bend

47D
Move like molasses
Ooze

48D
Author Roberts who has written more than 225 romance novels
Nora

49D
Apply with a cotton swab say
Dab

52D
It stops a river’s flow
Dam