10/16/21
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Took home the gold medal
Won
4A
Tiny bit of matter that can be split
Atom
8A
Outfielder’s glove
Mitt
12A
“Take On Me” band: Hyph.
Aha
13A
Santa ___ (city in Sonoma County)
Rosa
14A
Reason to get a massage or use IcyHot
Ache
15A
___ and yang
Yin
16A
Bear’s opposite, on Wall Street
Bull
17A
Part of speech for an object
Noun
18A
Jazz saxophonist with the album “Tenor Madness”: 2 wds.
Sonny Rollins
21A
“Absolutely!”
Yes
22A
Organization concerned with foreign spies: Abbr.
CIA
23A
Bygone Peruvian
Inca
25A
Male siblings, for short
Bros
27A
Place that offers various kinds of treatments
Spa
30A
Jazz saxophonist with the album “Bird and Diz”: 2 wds.
Charlie Parker
33A
Netherlands airline whose name is three consecutive letters of the alphabet
KLM
34A
Trade-___ (compromises)
Offs
35A
Pig’s noise
Oink
36A
Small marsupial in the Hundred Acre Wood
Roo
37A
Main bartender on “Cheers”
Sam
38A
Jazz saxophonist with the album “Blue Train”: 2 wds.
John Coltrane
44A
12 people assembled in a courtroom
Jury
45A
Gray ___ (something that’s not clear-cut)
Area
46A
Gloomy
Sad
47A
Mild Dutch cheese
Edam
48A
Source of water seeping out
Leak
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Billy the ___
Kid
50A
Robert who served in the US Senate for 27 years
Dole
51A
Like a loser who can’t get over it
Sore
52A
Cunning and calculating
Sly
1D
House ___ and Means Committee
Ways
2D
State with Canton and Cleveland
Ohio
3D
Video device used to monitor a childcare provider: 2 wds.
Nanny Cam
4D
Fast food chain with the slogan “We have the meats”
Arbys
5D
Band’s world travel plans
Tour
6D
Capital of Norway
Oslo
7D
Hired security who watch over shopping centers: 2 wds.
Mall Cops
8D
Frenzy
Mania
9D
Billboard ___ Award (honor bestowed on singer Pink in 2021)
Icon
10D
___ far (as yet)
Thus
11D
Midmorning hour
Ten
19D
Come from ___ and far
Near
20D
Cartoon Simpson who plays the saxophone
Lisa
23D
“Ugh, that looks awful!”
Ick
24D
Organization whose newest team is the Seattle Kraken: Abbr.
NHL
25D
Glasses that allow for two different optical corrections
Bifocals
26D
Arbiter in a sports match, for short
Ref
27D
Head coverings worn by some winter athletes and bank robbers: 2 wds.
Ski Masks
28D
Something to sign a form with
Pen
29D
Boat built by Noah
Ark
31D
Minnesota’s state bird
Loon
32D
Sound made by Scar or Mufasa
Roar
36D
What free verse often doesn’t do
Rhyme
37D
Item driven through a vampire’s heart to kill it
Stake
38D
Olympics event that comes from Japan
Judo
39D
___ hygiene (practices like brushing teeth and flossing)
Oral
40D
Type of shake mentioned in the 2021 Walker Hayes song “Fancy Like”
Oreo
41D
King in a Shakespeare title
Lear
42D
Fight tooth and ___
Nail
43D
Swirling water
Eddy
44D
First name of the president on “The West Wing”
Jed