10/28/17
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Chooses
Opts
5A
Wrestler who acted in “Rocky III”: 2 wds.
Mr T
8A
The Queen ____ (member of the British royal family who died in 2002)
Mum
11A
“The ___ School Bus Rides Again” (kids’ show on Netflix)
Magic
13A
“That’s really impressive!”
Ooh
14A
“Your Body ____ Wonderland” (John Mayer hit): 2 wds.
Is A
15A
Physically flexible
Agile
16A
Acquired and kept way too much stuff
Hoarded
18A
Movement sparked by 29-/31- Across that led to Protestantism
Reformation
20A
Puts into storage
Stows
21A
Chomp down on
Bite
24A
President who was married to Mary Todd, for short
Abe
27A
Jim-dandy: Hyph.
A Ok
28A
NFL commissioner Goodell
Roger
29A
With 31-Across, German theologian who posted his “Ninety-Five Theses” 500 years ago this month
Martin
31A
See 29-Across
Luther
32A
Flying saucer passenger
Alien
33A
___-and-dried (routine)
Cut
34A
Gridiron scores worth six points: Abbr.
TDs
35A
“Have a ___ day”
Nice
36A
Has a hankering (for)
Longs
38A
Payments allowing Catholics to buy their absolution from sin, which 29-/31-Across denounced
Indulgences
43A
Unexpected bonanza, as if from heaven
God Send
45A
Wince or frown, for example
React
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46A
Something in a browser’s bookmarks menu: Abbr.
URL
47A
___ around with (spend time with, as a friend)
Pal
48A
American ___ (US island territory)
Samoa
49A
Actress Whitman of the upcoming series “Good Girls”
Mae
50A
“Don’t ___ this at home!”
Try
51D
Clark ____ (Superman’s secret identity)
Kent
1D
“The Wire” criminal ___ Little
Omar
2D
What’s turned by a reader
Page
3D
“Yay, tomorrow’s Saturday!”: Abbr.
TGIF
4D
Farm storage towers
Silos
5D
Hairdo named for a New York Tribe
Mohawk
6D
They hold plants in place
Roots
7D
Language spoken in Bangkok
Thai
8D
When one day ends and another begins
Midnight
9D
“___ the Force, Luke” (“Star Wars” quote)
Use
10D
Stark raving ___
Mad
12D
Absolutely positive
Certain
17D
“I, ____” (2004 Will Smith movie)
Robot
19D
Twelve people have walked on the surface of it
Moon
22D
___ off (very annoyed)
Teed
23D
Blunders
Errs
24D
“Don’t kick ___ when he’s down”: 2 wds.
A Man
25D
Lingerie company with the same name as an Indonesian island
Bali
26D
Monty Python member who cowrote “Spamalot”: 2 wds.
Eric Idle
28D
New Jersey university whose teams are the Scarlet Knights
Rutgers
30D
Many readers of young adult fiction
Teens
31D
Respiratory organ
Lung
33D
In an icy fashion
Coldly
36D
___ eclipse (type of celestial event visible at night)
Lunar
37D
___ preview (advance film viewing)
Sneak
39D
What the “D” stands for in “NYPD”: Abbr.
Dept
40D
Arrived
Came
41D
Business school subject: Abbr.
Econ
42D
“Right away,” in a hospital
Stat
43D
Chicklets, for example
Gum
44D
“Did they have a boy ___ girl?”: 2 wds.
Or A