6/6/21
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Fly high
Soar
5A
Make inquiries
Ask
8A
At the highest point of
Atop
12A
Watch in an inappropriate way
Ogle
13A
“Like father, like ___”
Son
14A
Bedspring’s shape
Coil
15A
“Unforgettable” rapper who bought Clippers star Paul George’s California home in 2020: 2 wds.
French Montana
18A
Students cram for them
Tests
19A
Female animal tended by Little Bo-Peep
Ewe
20A
“Reach for the ___!” (bank robber’s command)
Sky
21A
___ card (cell phone part)
Sim
23A
Needing a towel
Wet
25A
“___ Believes in Me” (1979 Kenny Rogers hit)
She
28A
Slangy refusal
Nope
31A
First word in many letters
Dear
34A
“Fashion Police” cohost who bought actress Rooney Mara’s California home in 2018: 2 wds.
Kelly Osbourne
37A
Brainstorm
Idea
38A
What you had to physically do to make phone calls, decades ago
Dial
39A
Fenced-in space for swine
Sty
40A
One of the singers on the 2001 hit “Lady Marmalade”
Mya
42A
___ and yang
Yin
44A
Improve with time, as at a winery
Age
46A
Place that offers exfoliation
Spa
49A
“Hasta la ___, baby!”
Vista
53A
Kim and Khloé’s half-sister model, who bought actor Charlie Sheen’s California home in 2017: 2 wds.
Kendall Jenner
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Toss your hat ___ the ring (enter a political contest)
Into
57A
“Can I ___ your phone?”
Use
58A
Abrupt shake
Jolt
59A
Sparrow’s tree home
Nest
60A
Female in a 39-Across
Sow
61A
Tools for stitching leather or canvas
Awls
1D
Squishy
Soft
2D
Large antagonist in a fairy tale
Ogre
3D
Contents of certain kegs at a microbrewery
Ales
4D
Landlords collect them
Rents
5D
Hero of the “Evil Dead” franchise
Ash
6D
Not all, but not none
Some
7D
Be sure of
Know
8D
Perform in a film
Act
9D
Bread-browning appliances
Toasters
10D
Boar’s noise
Oink
11D
Broadway production
Play
16D
Police series that starred Gary Sinise: 2 wds.
Csiny
17D
Just-published
New
22D
Frame of mind
Mood
24D
End of a university’s URL
Edu
25D
Glide down wintry slopes
Ski
26D
“___ give you the shirt off his back”
Hed
27D
Oxygen, platinum, and uranium
Elements
29D
Tire pressure letters
Psi
30D
Website with “Buy It Now” buttons
Ebay
32D
Industrious insect
Ant
33D
Female Jedi in recent “Star Wars” movies
Rey
35D
Frito-___ (snack company)
Lay
36D
Martini garnish
Olive
41D
Flat ___ board: 2 wds.
As A
43D
“Teenage Mutant ___ Turtles”
Ninja
44D
Similar (to)
Akin
45D
Unit of heredity
Gene
47D
Opposite of minus
Plus
48D
“Furthermore …”
Also
50D
Precipitation that makes for a “white Christmas”
Snow
51D
“I can’t ___ you why” (“I don’t know the reason”)
Tell
52D
Lincoln Center for the Performing ___
Arts
54D
Freckle, for example
Dot
55D
Person who reads the Torah
Jew