5/28/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/28/22
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Most laptops and desktops: Abbr.
PCs

4A
Nest-egg investment option: Abbr.
Ira

7A
Fast-food pork sandwich that’s sold only occasionally
McRib

12A
Drink served on tap at a tavern
Ale

13A
The ___ Angeles Times
Los

14A
Holding Out for ___ (Bonnie Tyler song): 2 wds.
A Hero

15A
Broadway musical based on the T.H. White novel The Once and Future King
Camelot

17A
Lucy’s husband on I Love Lucy
Ricky

18A
Vast in scale
Epic

19A
Copy as someone’s behavior
Mimic

21A
Member of the opposition
Foe

23A
Request: 2 wds.
Ask For

27A
___ Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali

29A
Constant Craving singer k.d. ___
Lang

32A
Simplicity
Ease

33A
Broadway musical based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote: 4 wds.
Man of Lamancha

36A
Arab country with a dagger and two swords on its flag
Oman

37A
Milky-colored birthstone
Opal

38A
Body part that’s an audiologist’s focus
Ear

39A
What a diver tries to minimize when hitting the water
Splash

41A
___-12 (UCLA’s college sports conference)
Pac

43A
Actress Kruger or Keaton
Diane

46A
Structures like the Hoover and Grand Coulee
Dams

49A
Acknowledge as wrongdoing
Admit

52A
Broadway musical based on the Christopher Isherwood novel Goodbye to Berlin
Cabaret

54A
Liquefy in a blender
Puree

55A
All men ___ created equal
Are

56A
Hereditary substance in cells: Abbr.
DNA

57A
Litmus ___ (ways to measure pH)
Tests

58A
Tiny soldier in a colony
Ant

59A
Reason for wearing dark glasses
Sun

1D
Pick up the ___ (hurry up)
Pace

2D
Participate in an ovation
Clap

3D
Next-to-last round of a competition
Semifinal

4D
___ have what she’s having (When Harry Met Sally … line)
Ill

5D
Kitchen for example
Room

6D
___ Spumante (type of wine)
Asti

7D
Niles’s wife on early seasons of Frasier
Maris

8D
Meat used in nuggets and tenders
Chicken

9D
Parks and ___ (Amy Poehler sitcom for short)
Rec

10D
Rub the wrong way
Irk

11D
Tommy ___ (Chris Farley movie)
Boy

16D
The Name of the Rose author Umberto
Eco

20D
Molten rock beneath Earth’s crust
Magma

22D
Christmas figure on the shelf
Elf

24D
Jacks queens and kings: 2 wds.
Face Cards

25D
US overseer of working conditions: Abbr.
Osha

26D
___-view mirror
Rear

27D
Cookie maker Wally
Amos

28D
Light provider on a desk or table
Lamp

30D
Hawaiian hi or bye
Aloha

31D
Reason the hare lost to the tortoise in the fable
Nap

34D
Trying to lose weight: 3 wds.
On a Diet

35D
Mountain such as the Matterhorn
Alp

40D
Locations on the Internet
Sites

42D
Agnes’s sister on The Gilded Age
Ada

44D
University sports regulator: Abbr.
NCAA

45D
Deserve
Earn

47D
Restaurant handout from a server
Menu

48D
Comic book legend ___ Lee who had cameos in many Marvel films
Stan

49D
Liable (to)
Apt

50D
Expected to arrive
Due

51D
___ Butterworth’s (syrup brand)
Mrs

53D
Gambler’s stake
Bet