6/10/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/10/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Plate
Dish

5A
Traditional alternatives to Ubers
Cabs

9A
Jump like a frog
Hop

12A
Feel pain
Ache

13A
Expect the arrival of
Await

15A
How old ___ you?
Are

16A
Band’s series of concert dates
Tour

17A
Pasta topping made with basil
Pesto

18A
Not for all the ___ in China!
Tea

19A
YA novelist whose Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book series was adapted into movies starring America Ferrera: 2 wds.
Ann Brashares

22A
Underwater ship for short
Sub

23A
Star Wars franchise character who adopts the last name Skywalker
Rey

24A
Spigot
Tap

27A
Slimy pest in a garden
Slug

30A
1996 Broadway musical that opens with the words We begin on Christmas Eve …
Rent

34A
YA novelist whose Twilight book series was adapted into movies starring Kristen Stewart: 2 wds.
Stephenie Meyer

38A
The Diplomat star Russell
Keri

39A
Type of monster that Shrek is
Ogre

40A
What’s your ___? (When are you getting here?): Abbr.
Eta

41A
Number posted at a golf course hole
Par

44A
Top-left key on a keyboard
Esc

46A
YA novelist whose Divergent book series was adapted into movies starring Shailene Woodley: 2 wds.
Veronica Roth

52A
Make ___ grade
The

54A
Bread that’s been browned
Toast

55A
Chips ___! (brand of cookies)
Ahoy

56A
Fully extinguished
Out

57A
What a photographer might tell her subjects to do
Smile

58A
Person who’s a pushover
Wimp

59A
You betcha!
Yes

60A
Sleigh
Sled

61A
Ear part that may be pierced
Lobe

1D
___ entry (typing job)
Data

2D
Billboard ___ Award (honor for Mariah Carey and Cher)
Icon

3D
Give the cold shoulder to
Shun

4D
Cilantro sage and thyme
Herbs

5D
Competent
Capable

6D
Astounds
Awes

7D
Celebration that’s a big blowout
Bash

8D
Indian instrument heard on some Beatles songs
Sitar

9D
Fedora and fez for two
Hats

10D
Something discovered by a prospector
Ore

11D
Vegetable that might be covered in wasabi
Pea

14D
Ripped as paper
Tore

20D
Hurry
Rush

21D
Jane ___ (Charlotte Brontë novel)
Eyre

24D
Naughty naughty! sound
Tsk

25D
Gobbled up
Ate

26D
Beats ___ minute (dance music term)
Per

28D
Half of dos in Spanish
Uno

29D
Booking for a musician
Gig

31D
Body part examined by an optometrist
Eye

32D
Part of a soccer or hockey goal
Net

33D
___-la-la-la
Tra

35D
Corncob ___
Pipe

36D
Raised as a statue or building
Erected

37D
___ Verde National Park Colorado
Mesa

42D
Word that can follow martial or dark
Arts

43D
Hotel offerings
Rooms

45D
Move around like a baby
Crawl

46D
Animal physicians for short
Vets

47D
Hardware that’s hammered
Nail

48D
___ of Dogs (animated movie featuring Bryan Cranston)
Isle

49D
State that’s the answer to the riddle What’s round at both ends and high in the middle?
Ohio

50D
Night at the Museum: Secret of the ___
Tomb

51D
Overblown publicity
Hype

52D
Something to play with
Toy

53D
Gradation of color
Hue