7/30/22
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Can you ___ me? (request in a gym’s weight room)
Spot
5A
Old phone feature
Dial
9A
Vanilla ___ (2001 Tom Cruise movie)
Sky
12A
Beach
Shore
13A
Pennsylvania city with the same name as a Great Lake
Erie
14D
Little Miss Muffet sat ___ tuffet …: 2 wds.
On A
15A
Jazz trumpeter who led the Tijuana Brass: 2 wds.
Herbal Pert
17A
That’s funny in texts
Lol
18A
Himalayan animal used for milk and meat
Yak
19A
Toothpaste tube topper
Cap
20D
Round representation of the world
Globe
22A
Lump ___ (lottery winner’s payout option)
Sum
23A
___ vera
Aloe
25A
Make sense: 2 wds.
Add Up
28A
___-Magnon (early human)
Cro
29D
Singer Tori with the 2021 album Ocean to Ocean
Amos
33A
Jazz trumpeter nicknamed Satchmo: 2 wds.
Louis Armstrong
36A
Body parts sometimes called tootsies
Feet
37A
Earth ___ (April 22)
Day
38A
Like needs that never get fulfilled
Unmet
39A
The Many Saints of Newark actor Leslie ___ Jr.
Odom
41A
Cherokee actor Studi
Wes
42A
Paris subway system
Metro
45A
Rapper who’s been nominated for 16 Grammys
Nas
46A
Have outstanding debts
Owe
49D
Antipollution group: Abbr.
EPA
50A
Jazz trumpeter who recorded Birth of the Cool: 2 wds.
Miles Davis
54A
Canadian coffee/donut chain ___ Hortons
Tim
55A
Make tweaks to a document
Edit
56A
Falling ___ at the seams
Apart
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57D
Card that’s always low in cribbage
Ace
58A
Soaks (up)
Sops
59A
___ log (Christmas item)
Yule
1A
___ Stadium (onetime home of the Mets)
Shea
2A
Extra goodies in a piece of federal legislation
Pork
3A
Round item like an eye or a planet
Orb
4D
People might drink oolong out of them
Teacups
5D
Edward Scissorhands star Johnny
Depp
6D
Dublin’s country: Abbr.
Ire
7D
What’s inside Bubble Wrap’s bubbles
Air
8D
Release your grasp: 2 wds.
Let Go
9D
Han’s last name in the Star Wars movies
Solo
10D
Round part of an old TV or radio
Knob
11D
Harvard’s rival in New Haven
Yale
12D
Bashful
Shy
16D
On the ___ (like an escaped prisoner)
Lam
21D
Picks up from a lesson
Learns
22D
Male contestant on The Bachelorette for example
Suitor
23D
Swiss ___ knife
Army
24D
The L of L.A.
Los
25D
TV alien from the 1980s
Alf
26D
Bambi’s mother for example
Doe
27D
___ date (when a library book must be returned by)
Due
28D
Study right before a major test
Cram
30D
Maternal figure in a family
Mom
31D
Pop group ___ Direction
One
32D
Pepper’s rank in a Beatles album title: Abbr.
SGT
34D
And so without further ___ …
Ado
35D
Second part of the workweek for many
Tuesday
40D
Curved tops of planetariums
Domes
41D
This ___ never an issue before
Was
42D
I never ___ man I didn’t like: 2 wds.
Meta
43D
Movie with a cast of thousands perhaps
Epic
44D
Mild-mannered
Tame
45D
NBA team that plays at the Barclays Center
Nets
46D
Shape of some hand mirrors
Oval
47D
Tightrope for example
Wire
48D
Ballpark figure: Abbr.
Est
51D
Words said just before two people are pronounced married: 2 wds.
I Do
52D
What balm may go on
Lip
53D
The Problem With ___ (documentary about a Simpsons character)
Apu