3/19/22
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
“How I ___ Your Father” (Hulu sitcom)
Met
4A
“___ a pinch of salt …”
Add
7A
Parts of a cheetah’s pattern
Spots
12A
“___ got your back”
Ive
13A
Hopping marsupial, for short
Roo
14A
“Impractical Jokers” joke
Prank
15A
Author of the novels “Nine Perfect Strangers” and 47-Across: 2 wds.
Liane Moriarty
18A
Queen of Arendelle, in a 2013 animated movie
Elsa
19A
Most common service at a nail salon, for short
Mani
20A
Loathed
Hated
23A
Freudian ___ (type of spoken mistake)
Slip
27A
Cards with your name and photo: Abbr.
Ids
30A
Was in charge of
Led
31A
“Love Actually” actress Knightley
Keira
32A
With 34-Across, actress who starred in two miniseries based on “Nine Perfect Strangers” and 47-Across
Nicole
34A
See 32-Across
Lake
35A
Beer for which the Colorado Rockies’ stadium is named
Coors
36A
Seat in a church
Pew
37A
Taiwanese filmmaker ___ Lee
Ang
38A
___-intellectual (hostile to bright people)
Anti
39A
Start
Begin
41A
Beauty brand whose name sounds like a Spanish cheer
Olay
43A
“___ of Dogs” (2018 Wes Anderson movie)
Isle
47A
2014 novel that became a 2017-2019 HBO miniseries: 2 wds.
Big Little Lies
52A
Pyromaniacs like to create them
Fires
53A
Cracklin’ ___ Bran (cereal)
Oat
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Genre for Young Thug and Saweetie
Rap
55A
Amendment of the US Constitution that protects free speech
First
56A
“Law & Order” network
NBC
57D
Bed-and-breakfast
Inn
1D
“The Green ___” (Tom Hanks movie)
Mile
2D
Bad to the bone
Evil
3D
Midafternoon drinks in England
Teas
4D
“___ You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”
Are
5D
___ Pérignon (brand of champagne)
Dom
6D
Ill-fated
Doomed
7D
Take a turn on “Wheel of Fortune”
Spin
8D
Spoke highly of
Praised
9D
Tool for propelling a canoe
Oar
10D
“Drop the Mic” cable channel
TNT
11D
Chicago team that won the 2021 WNBA Championship
Sky
16D
Opposite of “yeah”
Nah
17D
“So awesome!” in the 1980s
Rad
21D
“___ Well That Ends Well”
Alls
22D
Undershirt, typically
Tee
24D
Only South American capital city overlooking the Pacific
Lima
25D
Tehran’s land
Iran
26D
Twinge, as of guilt
Pang
27D
Ancient resident of the Andes
Inca
28D
“My Heart Will Go On” singer Celine
Dion
29D
Get off ___-free
Scot
31D
New Zealand bird about the size of a chicken
Kiwi
33D
Baltimore’s MLB team
Orioles
34D
Party-size container of beer
Keg
36D
Eli’s quarterback brother
Peyton
39D
“___ Out of Hell” (classic Meat Loaf album)
Bat
40D
Zero, in soccer
Nil
42D
Piece of paper for a grocery shopper
List
44D
Assistant on an Apple Watch
Siri
45D
Tilt in one direction
Lean
46D
Cable channel that airs the finals of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee
ESPN
47D
Closest pal, in texts
BFF
48D
Roman numeral for 3
III
49D
“I’m an angry dog!”
Grr
50D
Room for a biology class
Lab
51D
And so on: Abbr.
ETC