5/29/21
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Long-___ memory
Term
5A
Curved lines
Arcs
9A
Round-faced bird
Owl
12A
Thought that comes to mind
Idea
13A
Edible holder at Dairy Queen
Cone
14A
“Now I get it!”
Aha
15A
Shakespeare heroine who’s married to Othello
Desdemona
17A
Big success at the box office
Hit
18A
Main course at supper
Entrée
19A
Thin cloth to cover a wound
Gauze
21A
“Calling My Phone” rapper ___ Tjay
Lil
22A
Person from Edinburgh
Scot
24A
In a bow, as shoelaces
Tied
26A
Shakespeare heroine who’s the youngest daughter of King Lear
Cordelia
30A
Website revenue sources
Ads
31A
Extra payment given at sign-up, sometimes
Bonus
32A
PCWorld magazine once called this company’s CDs the “most annoying tech product”
AOL
33A
Shakespeare heroine who, dressed as a man, flees with her friend Celia in “As You Like It”
Rosalind
35A
Hotel chain with a Select Guest loyalty program
Omni
36A
Shetland ___ (small horse)
Pony
37A
___-Christmas (before December 25)
Pre
38A
Tantalize
Tempt
41A
Actor Hopper or Farina
Dennis
44A
Subtle tint
Hue
45A
Shakespeare heroine who is the queen of Egypt
Cleopatra
48A
Upper limb
Arm
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Fiery setting for the afterlife
Hell
50A
Bit of weeping
Tear
51A
Great misery
Woe
52A
Harness for a pair of oxen
Yoke
53A
Mrs. Turnblad, in the musical “Hairspray”
Edna
1D
Brand of detergent named for an ocean feature
Tide
2D
Biblical location where humanity began
Eden
3D
“The Young and the ___” (CBS soap opera)
Restless
4D
Spain’s capital
Madrid
5D
Peak
Acme
6D
Marsupial who’s friends with Winnie the Pooh
Roo
7D
Journalist Jim Acosta’s channel
CNN
8D
Deities like Poseidon and Neptune: 2 wds.
Seagods
9D
Island that includes Honolulu
Oahu
10D
“Aw, gee ___!”
Whiz
11D
“Better ___ than never”
Late
16D
Conger or moray, for example
Eel
20D
Had for lunch
Ate
22D
Oldest child of Vito Corleone in “The Godfather”
Sonny
23D
Yucky gunk
Crud
24D
The ___ Heel State (North Carolina’s nickname)
Tar
25D
Marital vow: 2 wds.
I Do
26D
Half-dollar, for one
Coin
27D
Regretted deeply
Lamented
28D
Electrically charged particle
Ion
29D
Krieger of the 2016 US women’s Olympic soccer team
Ali
31D
Covered with irregular spots
Blotchy
34D
Program on a phone screen
App
35D
Highly decorated
Ornate
37D
Vivacity
Pep
38D
Begin to melt
Thaw
39D
Germany’s currency
Euro
40D
Popular online photo such as Distracted Boyfriend
Meme
41D
Loser to Clinton in 1996
Dole
42D
Country that uses the religious title “ayatollah”
Iran
43D
Country singer Evans with the song “A Little Bit Stronger”
Sara
46D
Uncle ___ (recurring role on “Seinfeld”)
Leo
47D
Large deer in the western US
Elk