3/15/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/15/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Wrestling surface
MAT

4A
“So that’s your scheme!”
OHO

7A
Collector of classified information
SPY

10A
Q&A session on Reddit: Abbr.
AMA

11A
Jean-___ Picard (Patrick Stewart role)
LUC

12A
Alternative to a 401(k) plan: Abbr.
IRA

13A
Cole Porter song standard featured in 31 Across: 3 wds.
YOURE THE TOP

16A
“If I might be so bold ___ suggest …”: 2 wds.
AS TO

17A
Grain found in porridge
OAT

18A
Hydroelectric power construction
DAM

21A
“Hacksaw ___” (2016 war film starring Andrew Garfield)
RIDGE

25A
Freeloader
BUM

28A
Dip in the middle, as the roof of an old shack
SAG

30A
___ and void
NULL

31A
1934 Cole Porter Broadway musical set on an ocean liner: 2 wds.
ANYTHING GOES

34A
Order opposed to the Jedi in “Star Wars” films
SITH

35A
People’s Republic of China founder
MAO

36A
“I don’t ___ the issue here”
SEE

37A
Code of conduct
ETHIC

39A
Took the trophy
WON

41A
Numbered section on an airplane
ROW

43A
Every ___ in a while
ONCE

47A
Cole Porter song standard featured in 31 Across: 2 wds., hyph.
ITS DELOVELY

51A
Container for a houseplant
POT

52A
Outer part of the mouth
LIP

53A
Zendaya’s role on “Euphoria”
RUE

54A
Actress Ryan who plays Jan on “Only Murders in the Building”
AMY

55A
Live and ___ live
LET

56A
Made a meal for
FED

1D
Actress Hawke who voiced Anxiety in “Inside Out 2”
MAYA

2D
Singer/songwriter Tori
AMOS

3D
Having no slack, like a rope
TAUT

4D
The Grand ___ Opry
OLE

5D
Pizza ___ (chain whose logo has a red roof that looks like a hat)
HUT

6D
Eight, in Spanish
OCHO

7D
Using a chair
SITTING

8D
MacBook ___ (high-end Apple laptop)
PRO

9D
Small dog’s barking sound
YAP

14D
Serling who created “The Twilight Zone”
ROD

15D
Lend an ___ (listen)
EAR

19D
Gray stuff spewed from a volcano
ASH

20D
Cause severe injury to
MAIM

22D
Brother-sister acts, for example
DUOS

23D
Sheer happiness
GLEE

24D
“She’s not like everyone ___”
ELSE

25D
Headquarters
BASE

26D
Pound or pint, for example
UNIT

27D
Tale involving deities
MYTH

29D
Bite like a rodent
GNAW

32D
Parched
THIRSTY

33D
Squishy substance
GOO

38D
Cape ___, Massachusetts
COD

40D
Black Friday’s month: Abbr.
NOV

42D
In good health
WELL

44D
Brand of spongy sports equipment
NERF

45D
Game involving suspects, weapons, and rooms
CLUE

46D
Black ___ Peas (pop band)
EYED

47D
Type of beer that frequently has a punny name: Abbr.
IPA

48D
Hanks with a 2024 cameo on “The Simpsons”
TOM

49D
“This answer is four letters long,” for example
LIE

50D
___ in (agree to take part)
OPT