10/20/18 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/20/18
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
___ joke (lame pun you might hear from your father)
Dad

4A
Stage drama like “Hamlet”
Play

8A
The ___ of the earth (the worst people alive)
Scum

12A
“Amber” brew
Ale

13A
Ant-Man or Aquaman for example
Hero

14A
Hard-to-carry brass instrument
Tuba

15A
1851 novel featuring Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest for a white whale: Hyph.
Moby Dick

17A
Son of Adam and Eve who had no children
Abel

18A
“Oh for ___’s sake!”
Pete

19A
“Murder ___ Wrote”
She

20A
Scarce
Rare

21A
Sutcliffe who was once a member of the Beatles
Stu

23A
Failure that fizzles
Dud

25A
___ bono (for no fee to a lawyer)
Pro

28A
Lost object that Indiana Jones searched for
Ark

30A
Tunes
Songs

34A
Classic opening line of 15-Across in which the narrator introduces himself: 3 wds.
Call Me Ishmael

37A
Win every game against another team
Sweep

38A
“Plug Walk” rapper Rich ___ Kid
The

39A
Young man
Boy

40A
Black goo used in roadwork
Tar

42A
What a stick might be used for on a snowman
Arm

44A
Place where you could buy corned beef
Deli

47A
Hooting bird of prey
Owl

49A
Carpenter’s file
Rasp

53A
Rapper/actor who portrayed a cop in the movie “New Jack City”: Hyph.
Ice T

54A
Author of 15-Across Herman ___
Melville

56A
Thick hard-to-vacuum carpet style
Shag

57A
Profess publicly
Avow

58D
On ___ of the world (ecstatic)
Top

59D
Gorilla fluent in sign language who died in 2018 at age 46
Koko

60D
“Any ___?” (“Do you have an update?”)
News

61D
Be in the red
Owe

1D
Somewhat moist
Damp

2D
___ vera (burn-soothing plant)
Aloe

3D
Loan needing to be repaid
Debt

4D
Degree that typically requires a written dissertation: Abbr.
PHD

5D
Time spent on hobbies and relaxation
Leisure

6D
___ your back (stretch like a cat)
Arch

7D
Joined together like oxen
Yoked

8D
Fame enjoyed by Hollywood celebrities
Stardom

9D
___ Gooding Jr. (“Jerry Maguire” actor)
Cuba

10D
___ Eats (meal-delivery service via rideshare vehicles)
Uber

11D
Masculine
Male

16D
“Affirmative!”
Yes

22D
___ Bay Buccaneers
Tampa

24D
“Love in This Club” singer
Usher

25D
Many desktop machines: Abbr.
PCs

26D
Like vegetables in the produce section
Raw

27D
___ Miss (Crimson Tide rival)
Ole

29D
Harington who plays Jon Snow on “Game of Thrones”
Kit

31D
Snatch
Nab

32D
Prefix for “graphic” or “caching”
Geo

33D
Tricky
Sly

35D
“Frozen” tune with the lyric “The cold never bothered me anyway”: 3 wds.
Let It Go

36D
Not deep like one end of a pool
Shallow

41D
From Italy’s capital
Roman

43D
3-D medical scan: Abbr.
MRI

44D
Floppy ___ (old computer storage device)
Disk

45D
Rebounding sound
Echo

46D
Spring a ___ (start losing water)
Leak

48D
Bob Seger’s “___ Got Tonite”
Weve

50D
Deep singing voice for a woman
Alto

51D
Opposite of fast
Slow

52D
Cartoon skunk ___ Le Pew
Pepe

55D
Beetles Golfs and Jettas for short
VWS