10/9/22
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Vehicle with a meter
Cab
4A
A reader turns them in a book
Pages
9A
1 595 feet for the Brooklyn Bridge
Span
13A
Card that could be up your sleeve
Ace
14A
Fastest man ___ (longtime description of Usain Bolt)
Alive
15A
Daddy
Papa
16A
Actress who plays Barbara Howard on Abbott Elementary: 3 wds.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
19A
Spell-check may underline one
Typo
20A
Glide along a trail at Vail
Ski
21A
Cards below threes
Twos
25A
Totally bungle
Botch
30A
I solved the mystery!
Aha
33A
Animal whose full name ends with potamus
Hippo
36A
Thin cable
Wire
37A
Actor who played Sherlock Holmes on Elementary: 3 wds.
Jonny Lee Miller
40A
Alan who starred on M*A*S*H
Alda
41A
Say a curse word
Swear
42A
Six-point plays in football: Abbr.
TDs
43A
Sits on a bench say
Rests
45A
___-highs (stockings that only cover the lower legs)
Knee
47A
Grass in a stack
Hay
50A
Like not thanking someone for a gift
Rude
54A
Actress who played Laurie Strode in Halloween Kills: 3 wds.
Jamie Lee Curtis
61A
Aid and ___
Abet
62A
End of a bridal path
Altar
63A
Device that increases an electric guitar’s volume
Amp
64A
Blood and ___ (gore)
Guts
65A
Deposit eggs like salmon
Spawn
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
66A
Female lobster or chicken
Hen
1D
___ a ballot (vote)
Cast
2D
Like sore joints
Achy
3D
Smoke detector’s noise
Beep
4D
Crime does not ___
Pay
5D
Walk on ___ fours
All
6D
First name of William Petersen’s character on CSI
Gil
7D
December 24 and December 31 for example
Eves
8D
Try to obtain
Seek
9D
Self-care resort
Spa
10D
Playmate
Pal
11D
Program that may send notifications
App
12D
I’m gonna pass
Nah
17D
Become rancid
Rot
18D
Any of 24 chest bones
Rib
22D
___ is the sky blue?
Why
23D
Liquids that might come from sunflowers or soybeans
Oils
24D
Spurt out
Spew
26D
Bird in a barn perhaps
Owl
27D
Pinball transgression
Tilt
28D
Street ___ (respect of a sort)
Cred
29D
That woman’s
Hers
30D
Nearly closed but not entirely
Ajar
31D
Drilled opening
Hole
32D
No ifs ___ or buts
Ands
34D
Look at someone else’s cards say
Peek
35D
Country whose name appears in Romania
Oman
38D
___ Geo Wild (cable channel focused on animals)
Nat
39D
Great anger
Ire
44D
___-Hulk: Attorney at Law
She
46D
Miscount for example
Err
48D
How disappointing!
Alas
49D
Website featuring bar reviews
Yelp
51D
State with the most Mormons
Utah
52D
Coin worth ten pennies
Dime
53D
NFL Primetime channel
ESPN
54D
Show from which NCIS was spun off
Jag
55D
Aladdin monkey
Abu
56D
How I ___ Your Father
Met
57D
___ out of my hands
Its
58D
When a train should reach its destination: Abbr.
ETA
59D
Bird sound heard in a cornfield
Caw
60D
Ornamental vase
Urn