3/16/19
Smartypants Saturday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Group whose headquarters includes a firearms museum: Abbr.
NRA
4A
Healthful resort
Spa
7A
Has in one’s hands
Holds
12A
Morsel in a horse’s feed bag
Oat
13A
Female chicken
Hen
14A
To no ___ (in vain)
Avail
15A
“___ had just about enough of this!”
Ive
16A
A billion years
Eon
17A
Pace of a piece of music
Tempo
18A
Donald Trump press secretary who resigned after 182 days on the job: 2 wds.
Sean Spicer
21A
Ticklish Muppet
Elmo
22A
Actress ___ Michele who was nominated for a 2010 Emmy
Lea
23A
Brewery tank
Vat
26A
Take legal action against
Sue
28A
Al who played Michael Corleone
Pacino
31A
With 34-Across Ronald Reagan press secretary for whom a gun bill is named
James
34A
See 31-Across
Brady
35A
Pink part of a pencil
Eraser
37A
___-fi (“Star Trek” genre)
Sci
38A
Midmorning hour
Ten
39A
___ Dhabi (wealthy city in the Middle East)
Abu
41A
Very grand in scale
Epic
45A
George W. Bush press secretary who became a commentator on Fox News: 2 wds.
Dana Perino
48A
“Speak of the ___!”
Devil
51A
“Cheap Thrills” singer
Sia
52A
Good buddy
Pal
53A
“Not that I’m ___ of” (“Nothing I know about”)
Aware
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Shut-___ (recipients of Meals on Wheels perhaps)
Ins
55A
“It’s not the ___ of the world” (“Cheer up!”)
End
56A
They’re worn around the waist
Belts
57A
Word before a maiden name
Nee
58D
High-___ graphics
Res
1D
Loud racket
Noise
2D
Get tangled up like string
Ravel
3D
Group of athletes who don’t warm the bench: Hyph.
A Team
4D
“___ a Lady” (Tom Jones song)
Shes
5D
Human beings
People
6D
Musical with the song “Tomorrow”
Annie
7D
Can’t stand
Hate
8D
___-the-counter medication
Over
9D
On the ___ (fleeing the law)
Lam
10D
Salsa or guacamole for example
Dip
11D
___-pitch softball
Slo
19D
They smell things
Noses
20D
Baseball fan’s headwear
Cap
23D
By means of
Via
24D
Word represented by an ampersand
And
25D
Something to play with
Toy
27D
Find a function for
Uses
29D
“Good Morning America” network
ABCs
30D
Town ___ (person who yelled the news long ago)
Crier
31D
Shade of black or a kind of plane
Jet
32D
“___ we there yet?”
Are
33D
Guy
Man
36D
Sprinted
Ran
37D
Lying on one’s back as opposed to prone
Supine
40D
Washroom sink
Basin
42D
Pay the ___ (bear the consequences)
Piper
43D
Really silly
Inane
44D
“Common” ailments
Colds
45D
___ cheap (very inexpensive)
Dirt
46D
Saloon orders
Ales
47D
With the greatest of ___ (effortlessly)
Ease
48D
Pat with a cotton ball
Dab
49D
Ram’s mate
Ewe
50D
“The Doors” star Kilmer
Val