10/22/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/22/22
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Devious
Sly

4A
Wedding vow words: 2 wds.
I Do

7A
Network whose shows include NCIS FBI and S.W.A.T.
CBS

10A
Cedar or oak building material for example
Wood

12A
___-a-Lago (Donald Trump’s home)
Mar

13A
Come again?
Huh

14A
School graduate for short
Alum

15A
Pixar’s Monsters ___
Inc

16A
Hole in a needle
Eye

17A
What’s Going On singer honored on a 2019 Forever Stamp: 2 wds.
Marvin Gaye

20A
NBC show whose new cast members include Molly Kearney and Devon Walker: Abbr.
SNL

21A
Abdominal exercise: Hyph.
Sit Up

24A
Adobe Acrobat file format: Abbr.
PDF

27A
Animal handled by a dairymaid
Cow

29A
Alliance keeping tabs on Russia: Abbr.
Nato

30A
Broken Hearted Melody singer honored on a 2016 Forever Stamp: 2 wds.
Sarah Vaughan

33A
Sunflower’s stalk
Stem

34A
Flub
Err

35A
Unlikely to strike up a random conversation
Shy

36A
Is brimming (with)
Teems

38A
Linksmen’s sports group: Abbr.
PGA

40A
Imagine singer honored on a 2018 Forever Stamp: 2 wds.
John Lennon

45A
___ moment (when everything clicks)
Aha

47A
Slender battery type
AAA

48A
Comedian Cook
Dane

49A
Candy that might pop out from under Wonder Woman’s head
Pez

50A
Container for Tribal Council votes on Survivor
Urn

51A
1978 disco hit by the Village People
YMCA

52A
Online tabloid newspaper
TMZ

53A
The End Is ___ (Peacock series about natural disasters hosted by a science guy)
Nye

54A
Fish such as a moray
Eel

1D
Did the backstroke perhaps
Swam

2D
Showgirl in the Barry Manilow song Copacabana
Lola

3D
Is that ___ final answer? (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire line)
Your

4D
Be still my heart!: 3 wds.
Im In Love

5D
Gosh darn it!
Dang

6D
Killer whales
Orcas

7D
Speedy spotted cats
Cheetahs

8D
Money can’t ___ happiness
Buy

9D
Murder ___ Wrote
She

11D
Agencies that dispense licenses: Abbr.
DMVs

18D
1/36 of a yard
Inch

19D
___ Yang Twins (hip-hop duo)
Ying

22D
State with the Great Salt Lake
Utah

23D
Animal ridden by a polo player
Pony

24D
Furtive noise meant to get a person’s attention
Psst

25D
Romantic evening out
Date

26D
Late-1950s improvisational music style: 2 wds.
Free Jazz

28D
Military aircraft
Warp Lane

31D
Rubber darts for a Nerf gun for example
Ammo

32D
Encourage
Urge

37D
Snowboarder White who’s known as the Flying Tomato
Shaun

39D
Garcia who starred in 2022’s Father of the Bride
Andy

41D
___ a soul (nobody)
Nary

42D
Fox game show ___ That Tune
Name

43D
Two less than thrice
Once

44D
Late NPR host ___ Conan
Neal

45D
Fitting given the circumstances
Apt

46D
Fabric’s stitched edge
Hem