3/3/18
Smartypants Saturday
Are you stuck with the Daily Celebrity Crossword 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. 3/3/18 Smartypants Saturday No Spoiler
1A
____ Juice (smoothie chain)
Jamba
6A
“The Post” actor Odenkirk
Bob
9A
“Let me ___ you a question …”
Ask
12A
1986 Sigourney Weaver sci-fi sequel
Aliens
14A
Honest ___ (nickname for President Lincoln)
Abe
15A
___ a finger on (touch)
Lay
16A
In the not-too-distant past
Recent
17A
Unit for measuring heavy freight
Ton
18A
Canola ___
Oil
19A
French artist whose “The Card Players” sold at auction for a record $250 million in 2011: 2 wds.
Paul Cezanne
22A
Bernie ___ (comedian in “Ocean’s Eleven”)
Mac
25A
Homer Simpson’s cry of frustration
Doh
26A
Yankee’s crosstown baseball rival
Met
27A
Destroys, as a hotel room
Trashes
30A
Game console that responds to gestures
Wii
32A
Dutch artist whose “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” sold at auction for a record $82.5 million in 1990: 3 wds.
Vincent Vangogh
37A
911 responder for a health crisis: Abbr.
EMT
38A
Concert songs that happen after the band first walks offstage
Encores
39A
Two hours before midnight
Ten
41A
Take a load off
Sit
42A
“The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” actor Stiller
Ben
43A
Austrian artist whose “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” sold at auction for a record $135 million in 2006: 2 wds.
Gustav Klimt
48A
Stomach muscles, for short
Abs
49A
Something given to a tourist in Hawaii
Lei
50A
Ordinary
Normal
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
The Dead ___ Scrolls
Sea
55A
“Fast cash” device: Abbr.
ATM
56A
Mourn the passing of
Grieve
57A
South Korean rapper of “Gangnam Style”
Psy
58A
“Mayday!”
SOS
59A
Brand used to relieve constipation: Hyph.
Ex Lax
1A
Container for jam or jelly
Jar
2A
Newcastle Brown ___ (brand of beer)
Ale
3D
Voice amplifier, for short
Mic
4D
Toot, like a car horn
Beep
5D
Retired tennis player Kournikova
Anna
6D
“Gremlins 2: The New ___” (1990 movie)
Batch
7D
High-pitched woodwind instrument
Oboe
8D
Mercedes-____
Benz
9D
Without anyone else
Alone
10D
Holy person
Saint
11D
“South Park” kid with the last name Broflovski
Kyle
13D
Someone who attends classes
Student
20D
“___ in Translation” (Bill Murray movie)
Lost
21D
Spanish word for “friend”
Amigo
22D
Network that aired “Jersey Shore”
MTV
23D
NPR correspondent Shapiro
Ari
24D
“You ___ say that again!”
Can
28D
What a bloodhound follows when tracking someone
Scent
29D
End of a pants leg
Hem
30D
Desiring
Wanting
31D
Popular business magazine
Inc
33D
It may cover a bride’s face
Veil
34D
Spherical object
Orb
35D
“___ whiz!”
Gee
36D
Cable competitor of QVC
HSN
39D
Toothpaste containers
Tubes
40D
Writing assignment for English class
Essay
41D
Quickly reads through
Skims
43D
React audibly to something shocking
Gasp
44D
“What a tragedy!”
Alas
45D
Rejection of a congressional bill
Veto
46D
____ or less (roughly)
More
47D
Cereal whose mascot is a “silly rabbit”
Trix
51D
“Daddy’s Home 2” actor Gibson
Mel
52D
Director DuVernay who was awarded Entertainer of the Year at the 2018 NAACP Image Awards
Ava
53D
Supervillain Luthor
Lex