11/25/23
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
Piece of furniture on a late-night talk show
Desk
5A
Clumsy clods
Oafs
9A
Black widow’s home
Web
12A
Woman’s name that rhymes with beady
Edie
13A
Chimney channel
Flue
14A
Color shade
Hue
15A
1964 Broadway musical about the life and career of 21-Across: 2 wds.
Funny Girl
17A
Nest-egg investment option: Abbr.
Ira
18A
Baseball level just below the major leagues
AAA
19A
Blunder
Error
21A
Comic actress who headlined the Ziegfeld Follies in the early 20th century: 2 wds.
Fanny Brice
26A
Attention hog’s problem
Ego
27A
Joins as a contest
Enters
30A
Citrus peel
Zest
32A
Leather color often
Tan
33A
Hand and ___ (how you might wait on someone)
Foot
35A
Wintertime tool for clearing driveways
Shovel
37A
Dessert used as a slapstick prop
Pie
38A
Glee star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds.
Lea Michele
42A
Book found in many hotel rooms
Bible
45A
Boot part that’s opposite the heel
Toe
46A
Nickname for the president whose first name was actually Dwight
Ike
47A
Glee costar who played the main character’s mother in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds.
Jane Lynch
53A
Two hours before midnight
Ten
54A
Tiny structure studied in chemistry
Atom
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Quotable baseball player and manager Berra
Yogi
56A
What a ___ state of affairs
Sad
57A
Evergreens that can live up to 3000 years
Yews
58A
Like a desert’s climate
Arid
1D
___ Leppard (Pour Some Sugar on Me band)
Def
2D
End of the email address for a university bursar say
Edu
3D
Bad action that could be deadly
Sin
4D
SNL cast member Thompson
Kenan
5D
Gift ___ (speaking skill): 2 wds.
Of Gab
6D
Leave the World Behind star Mahershala
Ali
7D
Covering for many mammals
Fur
8D
Make a choice
Select
9D
Blender’s sound
Whir
10D
Currency of 20+ nations
Euro
11D
Paddington for one
Bear
16D
Yahoo!
Yay
20D
Ocean feature made of coral
Reef
21D
Hat worn by Shriners
Fez
22D
ID numbers checked by a bouncer
Ages
23D
Small snack
Nosh
24D
Within the ___ of possibility
Realm
25D
Stopover in a medieval tale
Inn
28D
What some hammocks are made from
Rope
29D
Dirt in a flower pot
Soil
31D
Fee collected on some major roads
Toll
32D
Hot drink at a Chinese restaurant
Tea
34D
Short-sleeved shirt without buttons
Tee
36D
Martha Quinn or Alan Hunter in the early days of MTV
Veejay
39D
Be careful when opening overhead bins as ___ may have shifted in flight
Items
40D
Honorary rank of restaurant founder Sanders: Abbr.
Col
41D
2003 Outkast hit: 2 wds.
Hey Ya
42D
I’m thrilled to ___!
Bits
43D
Swedish chain whose largest store is in the Philippines
Ikea
44D
___ over backwards (make efforts to please)
Bend
48D
Chowed down
Ate
49D
Not earlier not later
Now
50D
Neither here ___ there
Nor
51D
Digital effects in modern movies: Abbr.
CGI
52D
Concealed
Hid