3/7/20
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Offers at an auction
Bids
5A
Aircraft not made by humans supposedly: Abbr.
UFO
8A
Marine mammal like Shamu
Orca
12A
No-go ___ (restricted zone)
Area
13A
Airport at which many connections are made
Hub
14A
Common lunchtime
Noon
15A
Best-selling Toni Morrison novel that’s on Michelle Obama’s recommended reading list: 3 wds.
Song of Solomon
18A
Put into a journal say
Enter
19A
The Caspian ___
Sea
20A
Big hairy jungle beast
Ape
21A
Record as a TV show
Tape
23A
Prefix for partisan or profit
Non
25A
Students on the verge of graduating: Abbr.
Srs
28A
Best-selling Tara Westover memoir that’s on Michelle Obama’s recommended reading list
Educated
32A
Publisher of Cosmopolitan and Esquire
Hearst
35A
Clothing designation for women under 5’3 or so
Petite
36A
Best-selling Mohsin Hamid novel that’s on Michelle Obama’s recommended reading list: 2 wds.
Exit West
38A
Raucous sound from a crow
Caw
39A
Fifth sign of the zodiac
Leo
40A
Electrically charged particles
Ions
43A
At a low ___ (in a depressed state)
Ebb
45A
Tell us in your ___ words …
Own
47A
Walkway in an airplane
Aisle
51A
Best-selling Margaret Wise Brown children’s book that’s on Michelle Obama’s recommended reading list: 2 wds.
Goodnight Moon
54A
Prod into action
Goad
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
___ & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
Lea
56A
Sparrow or goldfinch for example
Bird
57A
Chooses
Opts
58A
___ cleaning (service you might use when silk and wool clothes need washing)
Dry
59A
Microbrew beverages
Ales
1D
Andrews Air Force ___ (home of Air Force One)
Base
2D
Clothes-pressing appliance
Iron
3D
Make a ___ in (show a little progress with)
Dent
4D
Bob of Full House and Fuller House
Saget
5D
1989 comedy featuring Weird Al Yankovic and Michael Richards
Uhf
6D
___ over (spent a lot of time dealing with as one’s hair)
Fussed
7D
Relative of a bassoon
Oboe
8D
Starpeace vocalist Yoko
Ono
9D
Like a candlelit dinner on Valentine’s Day
Romantic
10D
Barnyard home for chickens
Coop
11D
___ Boleyn (one of Henry VIII’s wives)
Anne
16D
Are you a man ___ mouse?: 2 wds.
Ora
17D
‘N Sync member Bass
Lance
22D
Rock star Townshend or Wentz
Pete
24D
___ milk (nondairy alternative made from grain)
Oat
25D
___-crab soup
She
26D
Name that sounds like wrecks
Rex
27D
Wind-powered lake vessel
Sailboat
29D
So what are you ___ these days?: 2 wds.
Up To
30D
Projected landing hour: Abbr.
ETA
31D
Mtn ___ (soda brand with a White Out flavor)
Dew
33D
Mail carrier’s circuit: Abbr.
Rte
34D
Go into a faint
Swoon
37D
Contestant on The Voice
Singer
41D
Actor Wolff of The Fault in Our Stars
Nat
42D
Nala’s mate in The Lion King
Simba
43D
___ Blueberry waffle cereal (Kellogg’s product)
Eggo
44D
Betty ___ (early cartoon character)
Boop
46D
Into the ___ (2007 Emile Hirsch movie)
Wild
48D
Dirt for a potted plant
Soil
49D
Handed-down folk teachings
Lore
50D
Ceases
Ends
52D
Periodontist’s degree: Abbr.
DDS
53D
Horse food that’s put in stacks
Hay