5/4/19
Smartypants Saturday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
___ me a river!
Cry
4A
Heroic warrior in Star Wars films
Jedi
8A
Suction ___ (items that adhere to car windows)
Cups
12A
Let sleeping dogs ___
Lie
13A
Bone-dry
Arid
14A
Greenish monster or a mean person
Ogre
15A
Vanishing ___ (magician’s disappearing trick)
Act
16A
1982 horror anthology film featuring adaptations of Stephen King’s short stories Weeds and The Crate
Creep Show
18A
Chef’s handheld whipper made from wire
Whisk
20A
Smith with the 2019 hit Dancing With a Stranger
Sam
21A
Mountain’s tip-top
Peak
24A
Barnes & ___ (bookstore chain)
Noble
28A
With 37-Across 2001 mystery-thriller film adapted from Stephen King’s novella Low Men in Yellow Coats: 2 wds.
Hearts In
32A
I slept like a ___
Log
33A
Military branch specializing in land combat
Army
34A
Judge Lance of the O.J. Simpson trial
Ito
35A
Gorilla who famously knew sign language
Koko
36A
Small Kia model
Rio
37A
See 28-Across
Atlantis
39A
Basil-based pasta sauce with pine nuts
Pesto
42A
Ivy League school in Connecticut
Yale
43A
Group that endorses toothpastes: Abbr.
ADA
45A
Not criminalized
Legal
49A
1986 coming-of-age film adapted from Stephen King’s novella The Body: 3 wds.
Stand By Me
54A
Actress Lucy of Elementary
Liu
55A
___ Kong (Chinese territory)
Hong
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Bobbing navigational marker in the ocean
Buoy
57A
Noah built one in Genesis
Ark
58A
Go up and down like a stringed toy: Hyph.
Yoyo
59A
Metal band’s sound blasters
Amps
60A
Colorful dip for Easter eggs
Dye
1D
Scratch at like a cat
Claw
2D
Filthy ___ (obscenely wealthy)
Rich
3D
Another name for the Abominable Snowman
Yeti
4D
Top half of a man’s suit
Jacket
5D
Do something wrong
Err
6D
Never say ___ (persist to the end)
Die
7D
The ___ of March (nickname for the date 3/15)
Ides
8D
Kramer’s first name on Seinfeld
Cosmo
9D
Exclamation much like yuck
Ugh
10D
Person who can help you improve your golf game
Pro
11D
Stitch up a hem say
Sew
17D
Vessel for frying bacon
Pan
19D
Agile for one’s age
Spry
22D
Continent on Earth’s largest landmass
Asia
23D
Word for a poker pot that doesn’t actually have anything to do with cats
Kitty
25D
Splash of ink
Blot
26D
Untrustworthy Norse god played by Tom Hiddleston
Loki
27D
Praise can inflate them
Egos
28D
Heavenly instrument
Harp
29D
The smallest Great Lake by volume
Erie
30D
Famous cookie maker Wally
Amos
31D
Home city of the NFL’s Saints in slang
Nola
35D
Joint between the ankle and the hip
Knee
38D
Narrow passages between buildings
Alleys
40D
Latin ballroom dance featuring dramatic dips
Tango
41D
Off-the-wall
Odd
44D
Take a Chance on Me band
ABBA
46D
Sad rhyme that means the opposite
Glad
47D
Having good ventilation
Airy
48D
___ Skywalker
Luke
49D
Introverted
Shy
50D
You are just ___ much!
Too
51D
By ___ means necessary
Any
52D
Wow this is tasty!
Yum
53D
Tool for cleaning a sticky floor
Mop