7/8/23
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Lions of the zodiac
Leos
5A
Dishonorable fellow
Cad
8A
Billboards and TV commercials for example
Ads
11A
Upscale hotel brand with a Select Guest loyalty program
Omni
12A
Baseball’s Diamondbacks on a scoreboard
Ari
13A
Ignited as a candle wick
Lit
14A
Farm animal that butts with its horns
Goat
15A
Ending for alcohol or professional
Ism
16A
Name of the principal on Abbott Elementary
Ava
17A
British prime minister 2016-2019: 2 wds.
The Resamay
20A
Steady as ___ goes
She
22A
Youngest of the Weasley boys in the Harry Potter books
Ron
23A
Black-ish actress Tracee Ellis ___
Ross
24A
President who was born in Honolulu
Obama
26A
Something that Elsa could create in Frozen
Ice
28A
British prime minister 2019-2022: 2 wds.
Boris Johnson
33A
Shirt you might buy as a concert souvenir
Tee
34A
Do penance
Atone
35A
Geek ___ (rhyming term for nerdy fashions)
Chic
38A
Physics for example: Abbr.
Sci
40A
Fish that’s caught in New England
Cod
41A
British prime minister since 2022: 2 wds.
Rishi Sunak
44A
___ My Loving (Beatles song)
All
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45A
New England school whose campus includes a nuclear reactor: Abbr.
Mit
46A
What a beard covers up
Chin
49A
Intimacy that others can see: Abbr.
PDA
50A
What the A stands for in A-K-Q-J-10
Ace
51A
Don’t speak to me in that ___ of voice!
Tone
52A
Singer Smith with the 2023 album Gloria
Sam
53A
The Popemobile for example
Car
54A
Little argument
Spat
1D
Captain’s journal
Log
2D
Brooding genre of music
Emo
3D
Winning game after game: 3 wds.
On a Tear
4D
Dark lords of the Star Wars universe
Sith
5D
Capital city near the Nile delta
Cairo
6D
Former talk show host Hall
Arsenio
7D
Becomes less bright
Dims
8D
Texas landmark to remember
Alamo
9D
Prima donnas
Divas
10D
Doesn’t leave
Stays
18D
Delete
Erase
19D
___ you the lucky one!
Arent
20D
Have a good cry
Sob
21D
Oldest subscription TV channel in the US
HBO
25D
Senator McConnell from Kentucky
Mitch
27D
Simple gold necklace
Chain
29D
Oscar-winning actress Chastain
Jessica
30D
1950s high school dance party: 2 wds.
Sock Hop
31D
Double Fantasy singer Yoko
Ono
32D
Jacob Batalon’s role in the Spider-Man movies
Ned
35D
Gambling game involving betting on dice rolls
Craps
36D
Broom-___ (comic strip about a witch)
Hilda
37D
Religion whose primary prophet is Muhammad
Islam
39D
More darling
Cuter
42D
Computer sold at apple.com
iMac
43D
Divisions of a play
Acts
47D
One ___ million: 2 wds.
In A
48D
Earn after taxes
Net