3/22/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/22/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Taxis
CABS

5A
Narrow strip under a mattress
SLAT

9A
“You’re pulling my ___!”
LEG

12A
German carmaker whose name sounds like a gemstone
OPEL

13A
Relinquish
CEDE

14A
Post-op ward in a hospital Abbr.
ICU

15A
Morales of the upcoming movie “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
ESAI

16A
Competes in the America’s Cup
SAILS

17A
“That’s the ___ calling the kettle black!”
POT

18A
“The Executioner’s Song” novelist who won Pulitzer Prizes for both Fiction and General Nonfiction: 2 wds.
NORMAN MAILER

21A
Music genre associated with social alienation
EMO

22A
Bleated like a sheep
BAAED

24A
Burro
ASS

27A
Therefore
ERGO

30A
Attack on the fridge
RAID

32A
“Our Town” playwright who won Pulitzer Prizes for both Drama and Fiction: 2 wds.
THORNTON WILDER

36A
Automaker whose name is Latin for “listen”
AUDI

37A
“Immediately!”: Abbr.
ASAP

38A
It’s across from NNW on a compass Abbr.
SSE

39A
Spanish appetizers
TAPAS

42A
Kanga’s kid in “Winnie-the-Pooh”
ROO

44A
“Fog” poet who won Pulitzer Prizes for both Poetry and History: 2 wds.
CARL SANDBURG

50A
“Now I understand!”
AHA

52A
What “-” indicates in math
MINUS

53A
On ___ with (comparable to): 2 wds.
A PAR

54A
Legal prohibition
BAN

55A
What a Diaper Genie seals in
ODOR

56A
“___ Lisa” (painting in the Louvre)
MONA

57A
Most music purchases in the 1990s: Abbr.
CDS

58A
Singer/actress McEntire
REBA

59A
___ on a log (snack made of celery, peanut butter, and raisins)
ANTS

1D
Last name of the directors of “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
COEN

2D
Lhasa ___ (dog breed)
APSO

3D
Fozzie is one, on “The Muppet Show”
BEAR

4D
Snail’s trail
SLIME

5D
Hoax
SCAM

6D
Luke’s twin in “Star Wars”
LEIA

7D
Improvise one’s lines: Hyph.
AD-LIB

8D
Company known for electric cars
TESLA

9D
Compensates for hearing loss, in a way: Hyph.
LIP READS

10D
___-conscious (concerned about the environment)
ECO

11D
Protruding belly
GUT

16D
Nasal sound of contempt
SNORT

19D
Closing word of a prayer
AMEN

20D
Middle-ranking title among English noblemen
EARL

23D
Withers away
DIES

24D
___ standstill (going nowhere): 2 wds.
AT A

25D
Open-and-___ case
SHUT

26D
Containers for Coke or Pepsi: 2 wds.
SODA CANS

28D
“I’d ___ step further …”: 2 wds.
GO A

29D
Add-___ (optional accessories)
ONS

31D
“Dr.” of hip-hop
DRE

33D
Morning talk show host Kelly
RIPA

34D
Alerts to danger
WARNS

35D
Onetime Apple media player
IPOD

40D
Knight’s metal suit
ARMOR

41D
Flume at a water park
SLIDE

43D
President between Bush and Trump
OBAMA

45D
Hoity-toity person
SNOB

46D
Ambience
AURA

47D
“Feast your eyes ___ this!”
UPON

48D
Unhinged, angry speech
RANT

49D
Mardi ___ (New Orleans celebration)
GRAS

50D
Alphabetical beginning
ABC

51D
“You ___ me so worried!”
HAD