11/8/25
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
“Cornflake Girl” singer Tori
AMOS
5A
“It’ll ___ your brain” (what parents sometimes say to kids who watch a lot of TV)
ROT
8A
Each and every one
ALL
11A
Rescue
SAVE
12A
Otherworldly glow
AURA
13A
Secretive group nicknamed “the Company”: Abbr.
CIA
14A
Seller of Kallax shelves
IKEA
15A
Fastidious
NEAT
16A
Possessed
HAD
17A
French artist who painted the Cubist masterpiece “Nudes in the Forest”: 2 wds.
FERNANDLEGER
20A
Early Beatle Sutcliffe
STU
21A
Intimate apparel item with cups and straps
BRA
22A
“… no room for them in the ___” (line from the New Testament)
INN
25A
R&B singer Ella
MAI
27A
“___ the Man” (2006 Amanda Bynes movie)
SHES
31A
French artist who painted the Cubist masterpiece “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2”: 2 wds.
MARCELDUCHAMP
35A
Well-known performer
STAR
36A
Type of craft beer: Abbr.
IPA
37A
Fall ___ (someone who gets the blame)
GUY
38A
Pertinent
APT
41A
Clever like a fox
SLY
43A
Spanish artist who painted the Cubist masterpiece “Guernica”: 2 wds.
PABLOPICASSO
49A
“___ Feet Under” (2001-2005 HBO series)
SIX
50A
Parched
ARID
51A
Pay no ___ to (ignore)
HEED
52A
Animal studied by Jane Goodall
APE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
The Emerald ___ (nickname for Ireland)
ISLE
54A
Check out in a creepy way
OGLE
55A
Middle of the work week, often: Abbr.
WED
56A
Buck’s mate
DOE
57A
Lummoxes
OAFS
1D
“Oh, dream on!”: 2 wds.
ASIF
2D
“Go ahead, ___ my day!”
MAKE
3D
More than
OVER
4D
Actors Penn and Connery
SEANS
5D
Felt regret about
RUED
6D
Big name in the dental health aisle: Hyph.
ORAL-B
7D
___ Tots (Ore-Ida product)
TATER
8D
Need a massage, maybe
ACHE
9D
One who can’t be believed
LIAR
10D
Young fellow
LAD
12D
Happening every year
ANNUAL
18D
“Look ___ when I’m talking to you!”: 2 wds.
ATME
19D
Deep wound that may need stitches
GASH
22D
Notes sent via WhatsApp, say: Abbr.
IMS
23D
Black Widow’s real name, for short
NAT
24D
Group for gun owners: Abbr.
NRA
26D
___ Amin (“The Last King of Scotland” subject)
IDI
28D
Sea ___ (Popeye’s witchy nemesis)
HAG
29D
Bird on the Australian coat of arms
EMU
30D
Profession for cinema’s Ethan Hunt or Jason Bourne
SPY
32D
Symbol for the zodiac sign Cancer
CRAB
33D
___-down (inverted)
UPSIDE
34D
Math course that often follows trigonometry, for short
CALC
39D
Tartan pattern
PLAID
40D
Upper-body sculpture
TORSO
42D
Web portal founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo
YAHOO
43D
Water-bearing tube
PIPE
44D
Dismissed from a job, in slang
AXED
45D
Large mound, as of dirty clothes
PILE
46D
Video game company whose logo is the same color as Sonic the Hedgehog
SEGA
47D
“___ Control” (1984 hit for Laura Branigan)
SELF
48D
Poems written in admiration
ODES
49D
Took in visually
SAW