7/20/19
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Information on spreadsheets
Data
5A
Competitor of Denny’s
IHOP
9A
Psychedelic drug touted by Timothy Leary: Abbr.
LSD
12A
___ your eyes (look the other way)
Avert
14A
Actress Spelling of the upcoming BH90210
Tori
15A
___ loss for words: 2 wds.
At A
16A
2004 Wimbledon champion Sharapova
Maria
17A
Shellfish in chowder
Clam
18A
Boar’s mate in the pigpen
Sow
19A
African-American author of Invisible Man winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds.
Ralph Ellison
22A
State whose motto is North to the Future
Alaska
24A
Image worshiped as a god
Idol
25A
Architect I.M. who died this year at age 102
Pei
26A
Tie again as shoes
Relace
30A
African-American author of Between the World and Me winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction: 2 wds.
Tanehi Coates
36A
Type of potato used in McDonald’s fries
Russet
37A
Bleah!
Ugh
38A
Floral necklaces at a luau
Leis
40A
Color of Cheetos
Orange
43A
African-American author of The Good Lord Bird winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds.
James McBride
47A
Something downloaded to a tablet
App
48A
___ Grey (variety of tea)
Earl
49A
Yummy
Tasty
52A
Waterlogged
Wet
53A
Rapper and Law & Order: SVU star whose birth name is Tracy Marrow: Hyph.
Ice T
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Entertain in a humorous way
Amuse
55A
Foxy
Sly
56A
What anchors deliver on TV
News
57A
Brief quarrel
Spat
1A
Aswan High ___ (structure on the Nile River)
Dam
2A
1950s movie star Gardner
Ava
3D
The T in ATV
Terrain
4D
Musical highlights in an opera
Arias
5D
Feel an urge to scratch
Itch
6D
Bagel’s center
Hole
7D
___ hygiene (dentist’s concern)
Oral
8D
Baltimore racetrack that hosts the Preakness
Pimlico
9D
It’s used in team roping competition at rodeos
Lasso
10D
Bar customer’s seat
Stool
11D
From Dusk Till ___ (1996 movie)
Dawn
13D
Converse
Talk
20D
City where the Notre-Dame cathedral is
Paris
21D
Start of a plan
Idea
22D
He’s not ___ to listen to you
Apt
23D
Actress Seydoux of Spectre
Lea
27D
Feminine suffix for heir or count
Ess
28D
___ detector (polygraph)
Lie
29D
Tom Hanks for one
Actor
31D
Large lake on the US/Canada border
Erie
32D
Barack Obama’s middle name
Hussein
33D
Gets ready to play a musical instrument: 2 wds.
Tunes Up
34D
Item in a bird’s nest
Egg
35D
___-Devil (1989 Meryl Streep film)
She
38D
Where a political candidate might wear an American flag pin
Lapel
39D
Needing a refill
Empty
41D
Oz actress Moreno
Rita
42D
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas
Adams
43D
Spielberg thriller about a terror at the beach
Jaws
44D
Cop’s riot-control spray
Mace
45D
The behind-the-scenes workers on a movie set
Crew
46D
Sandwiches with three main ingredients for short
BLTs
50D
___ agent (worker who does pat-downs at the airport): Abbr.
TSA
51D
Up to the present time
Yet