10/2/21
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Cushions that come between mattresses and bedsheets
Pads
5A
Notable achievement
Feat
9A
___ desk (support for writing while sitting down)
Lap
12A
From Naples or Milan, maybe: Abbr.
Ital
13A
Walt Disney World park featuring Spaceship Earth
Epcot
15A
Great anger
Ire
16A
South ___ (bottom of the Earth)
Pole
17A
Happen many times
Recur
18A
Cone-bearing tree
Fir
19A
Former prime minister of Canada whose first name is the capital of South Dakota: 2 wds.
Pierre Trudeau
22A
Thick as ___ soup (description of heavy fog)
Pea
23A
Sleek swimmer with flippers
Seal
24A
“No ___, ands, or buts”
Ifs
27A
Best Picture winner for 2012 that was based on a CIA operation
Argo
30A
Fey who wrote the film “Mean Girls”
Tina
33A
“Moonstruck” actress whose first name is the capital of Washington: 2 wds.
Olympia Dukakis
37A
“You’ve Got Mail” director Ephron
Nora
38A
Singer/actress Horne who was a civil rights advocate
Lena
39A
Large deer of the Rockies
Elk
40A
___ League (group of Asian and African nations)
Arab
43A
Product used to change hair color
Dye
45A
“Doctor, My Eyes” singer whose first name is the capital of Mississippi: 2 wds.
Jackson Browne
51A
“The Simpsons” character who sells Squishees
Apu
52A
Color of a clear blue sky
Azure
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Little computer image to click on
Icon
55A
___ Moines (state capital)
Des
56A
Prods with a stick
Pokes
57A
Fond nickname for Grandma
Nana
58A
Body spray with such varieties as Ice Chill and Epic Sky
Axe
59A
What the sun does at dusk
Sets
60A
Long cut from a knife
Gash
1D
Hero of “Great Expectations,” or any of Gladys Knight’s backup singers
Pip
2D
Resting upon
Atop
3D
Surrealist artist Salvador
Dali
4D
Slumber
Sleep
5D
Maker of sports cars and race cars with a prancing stallion logo
Ferrari
6D
Fencing sword at the Summer Olympics
Epee
7D
Checking or savings fund at a bank: Abbr.
Acct
8D
Guided trips
Tours
9D
Resembling what’s real, as a doll
Lifelike
10D
Solo opera piece
Aria
11D
Fourth-most populous country in South America
Peru
14D
Accurate
TRUE
20D
“You ___ what you sow”
Reap
21D
Statistics in a spreadsheet
Data
24D
Particle that carries a charge
Ion
25D
Rapper ___ Rida
Flo
26D
New York university whose teams are the Orange
Syracuse
28D
Israeli actress Gadot
Gal
29D
Wordsworth poem, sometimes
Ode
31D
Nada
Nil
32D
“___ not what your country can do for you …”
Ask
34D
Cuban of “Shark Tank”
Mark
35D
Take off one’s clothes
Undress
36D
Clobber in the boxing ring
Kayo
41D
Super-quickly, on a memo: Abbr.
ASAP
42D
Clownish idiots
Bozos
44D
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Patrick who’s the head coach at Georgetown
Ewing
45D
First name of Willow Smith’s mother
Jada
46D
Zenith
Apex
47D
Destructive warhead, for short
Nuke
48D
Rock singer Michaels
Bret
49D
Overseer of campus sports: Abbr.
NCAA
50D
Incalculably long times
Eons
54D
“Eh, I don’t think so”
Nah