6/5/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

6/5/21
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Mouse-catching animal
Cat

4A
Emily Deschanel’s relationship to Zooey, for short
Sis

7A
Person who might pose as a diplomat
Spy

10A
Young Darth Vader’s nickname
Ani

11A
“That’s a ___ to take in”
Lot

12A
Digit visible in a flip-flop
Toe

13A
“100 Love Sonnets” poet from Chile who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971: 2 wds.
Pablo Neruda

16A
Have a snack
Eat

17A
Team that retired Johnny Bench’s #5 and Barry Larkin’s #11
Reds

18A
Estrangements
Rifts

21A
Comedy series that turns 46 years old this year: Abbr.
SNL

22A
___ Today (countrywide newspaper)
USA

23A
Suffix meaning “sorta”
Ish

25A
“The Lovebirds” actress ___ Rae
Issa

29A
“White Egrets” poet from Saint Lucia who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992: 2 wds.
Derek Walcott

32A
Consider to be
Deem

33A
Back in the day
Ago

34A
Sound of impact, in comic books
Bam

35A
___ out (decline to participate)
Opt

37A
Stabilizers for broken bones
Casts

39A
Place to practice aikido or judo
Dojo

41A
Boating implement that rhymes with “four” and “more”
Oar

42A
“The Wild Iris” poet from the US who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020: 2 wds.
Louise Gluck

46A
Shoot-’em-___ (movies full of gunfights)
Ups

47A
Goo for a road crew
Tar

48A
Peep from a sheep
Baa

49A
“Let’s ___ Loud” (Jennifer Lopez song)
Get

50A
Seattle Storm point guard Bird
Sue

51A
Insect with no ears
Ant

1A
Jockey’s headwear
Cap

2A
Actress ___ de Armas
Ana

3D
Land of Lhasa apsos and yaks
Tibet

4D
Opening for a token
Slot

5D
___ cannon (particle-based weapon in “The Empire Strikes Back”)
Ion

6D
Rear end of a ship
Stern

7D
High-low ___ (variety of poker)
Stud

8D
Pea holders
Pods

9D
Thumbs-up vote, similar to “aye”
Yea

14D
Type of eye surgery
Lasik

15D
Artifact from a distant era
Relic

18D
Actor Paul whose first movie was “Clueless”
Rudd

19D
“___ your point”: 2 wds.
I See

20D
Cost of a Lyft ride
Fare

21D
Ultra-soft style of carpet
Shag

24D
___ team (police crisis unit)
Swat

26D
Breaks into tears
Sobs

27D
Number considered for a potential hall of famer, for short
Stat

28D
Sources of quick cash: Abbr.
Atms

30D
Symbol such as Loudly Crying Face
Emoji

31D
In the immediate region
Local

36D
Fence supports
Posts

38D
Dutch island off the coast of Venezuela
Aruba

39D
The straight ___ (the unvarnished truth)
Dope

40D
Boot from power
Oust

41D
Shape-shifting monster in the story “Puss in Boots”
Ogre

42D
Haul with effort
Lug

43D
Water, in France
Eau

44D
Shaving cream container
Can

45D
Actress Dennings of “WandaVision”
Kat