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Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Digit that can be very painful to stub
Toe
4A
___ up (absorb with a piece of bread)
Sop
7A
Mustache-grooming item
Comb
11A
Bird in a barn
Owl
12A
First woman in the Bible
Eve
13A
Song such as Nessun dorma
Aria
14A
Peg on a golf course
Tee
15A
Beyond peeved
Mad
16A
This just ___ fair!
Isnt
17A
American Pastoral author honored with the National Humanities Medal in 2010: 2 wds.
Philip Roth
20A
Repetitive sound
Echo
22A
Top of a corporate hierarchy: Abbr.
Ceo
23A
Sand ___ (golf course obstacle)
Trap
24A
Stagehand’s signal
Cue
25A
Thurman of 2023’s The Kill Room
Uma
28A
Beloved author honored with the National Humanities Medal in 2000: 2 wds.
Toni Morrison
31A
Germane
Apt
32A
Nine less than ten
One
33A
Stereotypical sci-fi cosplayer
Nerd
34A
North Pole helper
Elf
35A
Three to poker players
Trey
36A
The Year of Magical Thinking author honored with the National Humanities Medal in 2012: 2 wds.
Joan Didion
41A
Like the habitat for yuccas
Arid
42A
___-com (movie such as Always Be My Maybe)
Rom
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
43A
The Golden Bachelor network
Abc
46A
You were ___ for each other
Made
47A
Diagnostic scan in a hospital: Abbr.
Mri
48A
Calf’s sound
Moo
49A
Vehicle for getting down a hill in winter
Sled
50A
___ Francisco Chronicle (newspaper)
San
51A
Food item associated with Easter
Egg
1D
Kid in a stroller
Tot
2D
Still have a balance due
Owe
3D
Animal with a long trunk
Elephant
4D
Very large truck
Semi
5D
Shape of a cricket ground or racetrack
Oval
6D
Foot equivalent of a manicure
Pedicure
7D
Largest capital in any Arab League country
Cairo
8D
… ___ it would seem: 2 wds.
Or So
9D
Coin-producing facility
Mint
10D
Place for a rubber duckie
Bath
18D
Arizona-based tribe
Hopi
19D
___ pressure (influence that pushes teens to take risks)
Peer
20D
Soul singer ___ James
Etta
21D
Soybeans or alfalfa on a farm
Crop
24D
Verifies the correctness of
Confirms
25D
It’s often typed in along with a password
User Name
26D
There’s ___ where that came from!
More
27D
Woody’s original owner in the Toy Story films
Andy
29D
Fuzz that grows on rotting fruit
Mold
30D
Take ___ account (consider)
Into
34D
Wound down
Ended
36D
Garage band sessions
Jams
37D
___-B (brand of dental equipment)
Oral
38D
West Wing staffer
Aide
39D
Cartoon explorer of TV
Dora
40D
___ the Mood for Love: 2 wds.
Im In
44D
Place where cranberries grow
Bog
45D
Just a ___ in the machine
Cog