5/18/19
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Club swung by a baseball player
Bat
4A
Attorney’s specialty
Law
7A
Just a ___ (not many)
Few
10A
First word of the Lord’s Prayer
Our
11A
“___ got your number!”
Ive
12A
Trigger for a sprinkler system
Fire
13A
Uplifting poem
Ode
14A
Drill attachment
Bit
15A
Quite enthusiastic
Avid
16A
“Carrie” actress who narrates an audiobook of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”: 2 wds.
Sissy Spacek
19A
Round vegetable in a pod
Pea
20A
Grandfather of Maggie Lisa and Bart
Abe
21A
Verbal
Oral
23A
Dessert served in wedges
Pie
24A
___ Gunderson (unsuccessful salesman on “The Simpsons”)
Gil
27A
“Gone Girl” actress who narrates an audiobook of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”: 2 wds.
Rosa Mundpike
30A
Small ammo for a toy gun
BBs
31A
Hill-building insect
Ant
32A
Ripened like cheese
Aged
33A
Fountain pen fluid
Ink
34A
Public radio host Glass
Ira
35A
“Homeland” actress who narrates an audiobook of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”: 2 wds.
Claire Danes
40A
Run-down part of a city
Slum
41A
Has too much heroin for example: Abbr.
Ods
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
42A
King ___ (young Egyptian pharaoh)
Tut
43A
“___ in Boots” (animated movie)
Puss
44A
US espionage group: Abbr.
CIA
45A
Extreme anger
Ire
46A
“Are we having fun ___?”
Yet
47A
Something you typically need to find in an escape room
Key
48A
Animal that moos
Cow
1D
Sounds from unhappy fans
Boos
2D
BMW rival from Germany
Audi
3D
Walk onto someone’s private property without permission
Trespass
4D
Its capital is Tripoli
Libya
5D
Car rental company that had the slogan “We Try Harder”
Avis
6D
Warning sign on a sticky park bench: 2 wds.
Wet Paint
7D
What the Roman numeral V stands for
Five
8D
Killmonger’s first name in “Black Panther”
Erik
9D
Get married to
Wed
12D
Chin and forehead’s location
Face
17D
“FBI” actress Ward
Sela
18D
“Life is not ___ of roses”: 2 wds.
A Bed
21D
Sphere
Orb
22D
Gronkowski who retired from football in March
Rob
23D
Music genre popularized by the Sex Pistols and the Clash: 2 wds.
Punk Rock
24D
Enormous
Gigantic
25D
Mike and ___ (fruit-flavored candy)
Ike
26D
Blazed a trail
Led
28D
___-pedi (nail salon combo)
Mani
29D
Prefix for “legal” or “normal”
Para
33D
Cat food brand with a Perfect Portions line
Iams
34D
“In my view …”: 2 wds.
Id Say
35D
Game where the solution might be “Miss Scarlet with the wrench in the lounge”
Clue
36D
Carnal craving
Lust
37D
“The Sopranos” star Falco
Edie
38D
French or Spanish coin
Euro
39D
Meat-and-potatoes meal
Stew
40D
James Bond for one
Spy