5/21/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/21/22
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
13th director DuVernay
Ava

4A
Captain obsessed with Moby Dick
Ahab

8A
What a nest-building bird carries in its beak
Twig

12A
Toddler’s dribble catcher
Bib

13A
Place to buy a latte
Cafe

14A
___ Depot (Lowe’s competitor)
Home

15A
Pamphlet giving details about a product or service
Brochure

17A
Lasso material
Rope

18A
Poet on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor whose poems include Coal and Power: 2 wds.
Audre Lorde

20A
We don’t ___ eye to eye
See

21A
Word puzzle with pictures
Rebus

25A
West Texas border town: 2 wds.
El Paso

30A
Screw something up
Err

31A
Langston Hughes Medal-winning poet whose poems include Vote and You Came Too: 2 wds.
Nikki Giovanni

35A
Killing ___ (Sandra Oh series)
Eve

36A
Style of dance featured in The Nutcracker
Ballet

37A
Vocal range of Bruno Mars and Nick Jonas
Tenor

39A
Humble and Kind country singer McGraw
Tim

42A
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose poems include The Summer Day and Wild Geese: 2 wds.
Maryo Liver

48A
Valentine’s Day sentiment
Love

51A
The ___ of Hope (2006 Barack Obama best seller)
Audacity

52A
Zero ___ (pinpoint): 2 wds.
In On

53A
Opening for a token on a pinball machine
Slot

54A
Active Stainfighter brand of laundry detergent
Era

55A
Pulls as a water-skier
Tows

56A
___ goes nothing! (Wish me luck!)
Here

57A
Mad Men protagonist Draper
Don

1A
Quartet who sang Waterloo
Abba

2A
Computer infection
Virus

3A
Residence or dwelling
Abode

4A
Feeling of soreness
Ache

5D
Transport by truck
Haul

6D
Puffy hairstyle
Afro

7D
___ me! (I’ll take a brewski!)
Beer

8D
Square root of nine
Three

9D
Court with romantic poems and flowers maybe
Woo

10D
Devilish little rascal
Imp

11D
Golly!
Gee

16D
Up the ___ without a paddle (in a difficult situation)
Creek

19D
Got behind the wheel
Drove

22D
Actor Barnes of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone
Ben

23D
Decorative vase
Urn

24D
___ Lanka
Sri

26D
Zodiac sign after Virgo
Libra

27D
Ryder Cup organization: Abbr.
PGA

28D
Feel unwell
Ail

29D
Scale note between fa and la
Sol

31D
Meshy fishing device
Net

32D
___ never been so confused!
Ive

33D
Jennings who shares Jeopardy! hosting duties with Mayim Bialik
Ken

34D
Lofty room under the roof
Attic

38D
Signs predicting what’s to come
Omens

40D
Covered in vines like some campus walls
Ivied

41D
What the subway is called in Washington DC and Paris
Metro

43D
Itchy skin reaction
Rash

44D
___ log (symbol of Christmas)
Yule

45D
Smell that indicates food has spoiled
Odor

46D
Not on time
Late

47D
American Horror Story cocreator ___ Murphy
Ryan

48D
Illuminated
Lit

49D
Mrs. Lennon singer Yoko ___
Ono

50D
Serious pledge
Vow