11/24/18
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Five out of ten say
Half
5A
Mix as pancake batter
Stir
9A
Great card in the game of war
Ace
12A
Reason for an air freshener
Odor
13A
Sits for a portrait
Poses
15A
Pea sheller’s throwaway
Pod
16A
Rim
Edge
17A
Decidedly unskillful
Inept
18A
Bizarre
Odd
19A
Famous sharpshooter of the Wild West: 2 wds.
Annie Oakley
22A
Made cakes or brownies
Baked
24A
Band that’s not as big as a quartet
Trio
25A
Ugly hateful Tolkien creature
Orc
26A
That’s really too bad quaintly
Alas
29A
___ and turn (sleep restlessly)
Toss
32A
Nickname given to 19-Across by fellow performer Sitting Bull: 3 wds.
Little Sure Shot
36A
Arnaz who was Ricky on I Love Lucy
Desi
37A
Construct a sweater perhaps
Knit
38A
Opposer’s vote during roll call
Nay
39A
Kills Mob-style
Offs
42A
Actress Zsa Zsa who died in 2016
Gabor
44A
Frontiersman whose Wild West show featured 19-Across: 2 wds.
Buffalo Bill
48A
End of a nonprofit’s Web address
Org
49A
Sleepy
Tired
50A
Kane and ___ (best-selling novel of 1980)
Abel
54A
It was twenty years ___ today … (Beatles lyric)
Ago
55A
Pilfer
steal
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56A
Bird of peace
Dove
57A
Turner who was once married to Jane Fonda
Ted
58A
Electronics and media giant from Tokyo
Sony
59A
People who might share custody of a child
Exes
1D
Weed-whacking tool
Hoe
2D
Figure out the total with tip on a restaurant bill say
Add
3D
Section of a cut-down tree trunk
Log
4D
Neat ___ (very tidy person)
Freak
5D
Slender pin in a spinning wheel
Spindle
6D
The Sixth Sense actress Collette
Toni
7D
___ what you mean: 2 wds.
I See
8D
Put in a larger container as a plant
Repot
9D
Gold medalist in short track skating who became an NBC Olympics commentator: 2 wds.
Apolo Ohno
10D
Secret writing system
Code
11D
Fast-moving swirling current
Eddy
14D
One of 50 on the US flag
Star
20D
Patricia who won the Best Actress Oscar for 1963’s Hud
Neal
21D
Sets of tools or first aid supplies
Kits
22D
Soft French cheese covered with a rind
Brie
23D
Natural disasters to insurers: 3 wds.
Acts of God
25D
This ___ House (PBS series)
Old
27D
All you had to do was ___
Ask
28D
Source of light and heat
Sun
30D
Fly sky-high
Soar
31D
Porker’s pen
Sty
33D
Minor squabble
Tiff
34D
In an inflexible manner
Rigidly
35D
And other people: 2 wds.
Etal
40D
Weight watchers’ no-nos
Fats
41D
Narrow cuts
Slits
43D
Sharp part of a sword
Blade
44D
Word that can follow tug or house
Boat
45D
Compulsion
Urge
46D
Popular cookie since 1912
Oreo
47D
First-season Game of Thrones actor Sean
Bean
51D
Jack in the ___ (fast food chain)
Box
52D
First woman to Christians
Eve
53D
___ Misérables
Les