7/20/24
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Astonish
Awe
4A
Carol Brady, to Marcia, Jan, and Cindy
Mom
7A
Horn that a sousaphone is related to
Tuba
11A
Safe-deposit ___ (bank offering)
Box
12A
Place for a pet bird
Cage
13A
Call Me Maybe singer ____ Rae Jepsen
Carly
14A
___ lodge (winter resort facility)
Ski
15A
Natural, bushy hairstyle
Afro
16A
Spar verbally
Argue
17A
Superstition singer in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: 2 wds.
Stevie Wonder
20A
By way of
Via
21A
What someone picking a lock doesn’t have
Key
22A
What a post on Twitter was called
Tweet
25A
3, for some short golf holes
Par
27A
Top for a Sharpie
Cap
30A
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) singer in the International Civil Rights Wlak of Fame: 2 wds.
Harry Belafonte
34A
Ending for prophet or leopard
Ess
35A
I ____ it all to you
Owe
36A
Moon’s version of solar
Lunar
37A
Ice Age sloth
Sid
39A
Grain in nondairy milk
Oat
40A
The Candy Man singer in the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame: 3 wds. Abbr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
46A
Part of a sandal or backpack
Strap
47A
Leap on an ice rink
Axel
48A
A breath of fresh ___
Air
50A
Couples
Pairs
51A
Largest number cards in a deck
Tens
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
____ Berry (one of the General Mills monster cereals)
Boo
53A
Delta Lambda Phi is one for gay and bisexual male students
Frat
54A
Sitcom interruptions
Ads
55A
Pen where pigs get slopped
Sty
1D
Six-pack muscles
Abs
2D
Deep pans used to make stir-fries
Woks
3D
Red sign above a theater door
Exit
4D
Sicilian crime organization
Mafia
5D
Mean monster of fairy tales
Ogre
6D
Calico’s comment
Meow
7D
Late to class
Tardy
8D
Strongly encourage
Urge
9D
Fuzzy image
Blur
10D
How a sailor says yes
Aye
12D
Hole that a dental X-ray helps detect
Cavity
13D
Hiker’s stick
Cane
18D
Have I ___ steered you wrong?
Ever
19D
Vegetable that produces goo when cooked
Okra
22D
Most common word in written English
The
23D
What ___ your first clue
Was
24D
Urgent care places: Abbr.
Ers
25D
Seat in the nave of a church
Pew
26D
Bitter beverage at a bar
Ale
27D
Cable channel with Laura Coates Live
Cnn
28D
Words before glance or discount: 2 wds.
At A
29D
For each
Per
31D
Corpse in a murder mystery
Body
32D
Swings one’s arms wildly
Flails
33D
One the ___ (not getting along)
Outs
37D
Like members of Mensa
Smart
38D
Bratty little kids
Imps
39D
Appliances that pizzas are cooked in
Ovens
40D
The sun, for one
Star
41D
Solo for an oepra singer
Aria
42D
___ breach (hack where personal information is stolen)
Data
43D
Used a large cutting tool on
Axed
44D
Certain punches in a heavyweight bout
Jabs
45D
Uprising in the streets
Riot
46D
Coppertone rating that’s often 30 or 50: Abbr.
Spf
49D
Ted Lasso character ___ Kent
Roy