5/24/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/24/25
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Power drill insert
BIT

4A
Clip-___ (hoofbeat’s sound)
CLOP

8A
“This is incredible!”
WOW

11A
Card game with an All Wild! version
UNO

12A
Event at a track meet
RACE

13A
Singer and guitarist DiFranco
ANI

14A
Gambler who’ll bet on anything in the musical “Guys and Dolls”: 2 wds.
SKYMASTERSON

17A
“The Help” costar Cicely
TYSON

18A
The whole ___ and caboodle
KIT

19A
What reporters report on
NEWS

22A
Italian motor scooter brand
VESPA

26A
Tons and tons: 2 wds.
ALOT

29A
Classroom helper
AIDE

31A
Small rug in a bathroom
MAT

32A
Floating craps game operator in the musical “Guys and Dolls”: 2 wds.
NATHANDETROIT

35A
Explosive stuff: Abbr.
TNT

36A
Be overflowing (with)
TEEM

37A
Visually repulsive
UGLY

38A
Largest city in South Korea
SEOUL

40A
Campus residence
DORM

42A
Computer mouse’s surface
PAD

44A
___ and flowed (had highs and lows)
EBBED

48A
Perpetually engaged nightclub singer in the musical “Guys and Dolls”: 2 wds.
MISSADELAIDE

52A
“___ Maria” (“Hail Mary,” in Latin)
AVE

53A
Popular fish for casseroles
TUNA

54A
Overhead storage area on a plane
BIN

55A
Up to this moment
YET

56A
Small vortex of water
EDDY

57A
Pigpen
STY

1D
Sculpture of a head and shoulders
BUST

2D
Dark, like a pen’s liquid
INKY

3D
Items scattered on the floor of a day-care center
TOYS

4D
Construction site’s lifting machine
CRANE

5D
“Viva ___ Vegas” (Elvis movie)
LAS

6D
Time for MLB playoffs: Abbr.
OCT

7D
Cheat at Pin the Tail on the Donkey, say
PEEK

8D
“Don’t ___ your breath”
WASTE

9D
Sean Lennon’s middle name, which comes from his mother
ONO

10D
Be victorious
WIN

15D
Page of a wall calendar
MONTH

16D
Metal accent in a pair of Levi’s
RIVET

20D
Get smaller, like the moon
WANE

21D
20-___ die (item in Dungeons & Dragons)
SIDED

23D
Urban air problem
SMOG

24D
Sandcastle builder’s item
PAIL

25D
Lawyer: Abbr.
ATTY

26D
Six-legged pests in a kitchen
ANTS

27D
Bowling alley division
LANE

28D
Bart Simpson’s bus driver
OTTO

30D
Showroom display model
DEMO

33D
Book of maps
ATLAS

34D
Slow dance from Cuba
RUMBA

39D
Unexpected sports victory
UPSET

41D
Pass along, as information
RELAY

43D
Dinner and a movie, perhaps
DATE

45D
Shirtfront protectors at a lobster dinner
BIBS

46D
Make corrections to copy
EDIT

47D
Claim to be false
DENY

48D
April follower
MAY

49D
“___ got a bone to pick with you!”
IVE

50D
Bomb that fails to explode
DUD

51D
Culmination
END