7/27/19
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Arduous journey
Trek
5A
Necessitate a deposit into the swear jar
Cuss
9A
Law-enforcement agency where Criminal Minds is set: Abbr.
FBI
12A
Musical composition’s final section
Coda
13A
Getting ___ years (growing older): 2 wds.
On In
14A
Type of music performed by 4-Down
Rap
15A
Save Me singer Aimee
Mann
16A
Foal’s mother
Mare
17A
Main Street ___ (Walt Disney World section)
USA
18A
The Big Bang Theory actress who earned a doctorate in neuroscience from 33-Down: 2 wds.
Mayim Bialik
21A
And others in a footnote: Abbr.
Etal
22A
The whole ___ and caboodle
Kit
23A
___ out a win (barely emerge victorious)
Eke
26A
First number in a crossword grid
One
27A
Law enforcement group for which Dirty Harry and Nash Bridges worked: Abbr.
SFPD
30A
With 32-Across 300 actor who earned a law degree from the University of Glasgow
Gerard
32A
See 30-Across
Butler
34A
Tiny pest in an airborne swarm
Gnat
35A
___ center (place for community activities)
Rec
36A
Hurrah!
Yay
37A
What • • • – – – • • • signals in Morse code
SOS
39A
___ and Janis (comic strip)
Arlo
41A
127 Hours actor who earned a master’s in writing from Columbia University: 2 wds.
James Franco
45A
9-to-5 activity often
Job
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
Internet hotspot service: Hyph.
WIFI
47A
Treat like a pariah
Shun
49A
Fish that can be especially hard to catch
Eel
50A
Younger of the acting Fanning sisters
Elle
51A
Effortlessness
Ease
52A
When said three times a 2000 ‘N Sync hit
Bye
53A
What difference ___ it make?
Does
54D
Second-oldest brother in the Jackson 5
Tito
1D
Cable channel that shows lots of golden oldies
TCM
2D
Rove around
Roam
3D
Mrs. Garrett’s first name on The Facts of Life
Edna
4D
Musician West
Kanye
5D
Fetch! or Sit! for example
Command
6D
Lacking the skill (to)
Unable
7D
iPhone feature whose voice is provided by Susan Bennett
Siri
8D
___ peek (early preview)
Sneak
9D
Short-lived insect that might buzz around a kitchen: 2 wds.
Fruitfly
10D
Lie in the sun
Bask
11D
Type of beer made by Stone and Lagunitas: Abbr.
Ipa
19D
Click ___ ticket (seatbelt safety slogan): 2 wds.
It Or
20D
Most wanted ___
List
23D
What a chicken lays
Egg
24D
He met Barbie in 1961
Ken
25D
Like ink that can be removed from the page
Erasable
28D
Split ___ soup
Pea
29D
Parched
Dry
31D
What’s split in nuclear fission
Atom
32D
Special K Red ___ (breakfast cereal)
Berries
33D
College near Sunset Boulevard: Abbr.
UCLA
35D
Event where the winner is determined by a ticket drawing
Raffle
38D
Used a needle and thread
Sewed
40D
Initial stage
Onset
41D
Baby kangaroo
Joey
42D
Tall storage cylinder for grain
Silo
43D
Spiced tea made with milk
Chai
44D
Remove from power
Oust
45D
George W. Bush’s younger brother
Jeb
48D
Keanu’s role in The Matrix
Neo