10/21/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

10/21/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Shut your ___! (Stop talking!)
Yap

4A
Music genre for Ice Spice
Rap

7A
___ the bill (be a good fit)
Fill

11A
Hand tool for a woodworker
Awl

12A
Suffix indicating give or take
Ish

13A
Store that includes a play area called Småland
Ikea

14A
NBC Sunday-morning political talk show moderated by Chuck Todd from 2014 to 2023: 3 wds.
Meet The Press

17A
Run out of battery power
Die

18A
Rome ___ not built in a day
Was

19A
Saying like Honesty is the best policy
Adage

22A
Male animal in the symbol for insurance company The Hartford
Stag

25A
Rice drink served with sashimi
Sake

26A
Pointless to argue about
Moot

29A
What a goalie guards
Net

31A
White House correspondent who replaced Chuck Todd as moderator of 14-Across last month: 2 wds.
Kristen Welker

34A
Scenery for a movie or a play
Set

35A
___ the chips are down …
When

36A
Oh I forgot to mention …
Also

37A
Container that might be cracked during a heist
Safe

39A
1994 movie referred to by Homer Simpson as The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down
Speed

40A
Grant’s opposing general in the US Civil War
Lee

42A
Animal that uses sonar
Bat

43A
CNN political analyst who was the moderator of 14-Across from 2008 to 2014: 2 wds.
David Gregory

49A
Game ___ (video-game screen message)
Over

50A
See 4-Down
Aid

51A
Split ___ soup
Pea

52A
Message that might come with an attached GIF
Text

53A
Two in Tijuana
Dos

54A
Agent who might send encrypted messages
Spy

1D
Starchy vegetable
Yam

2D
___-inspiring (super-impressive)
Awe

3D
Supports a fund drive
Pledges

4D
With 50-Across drugstore chain founded in 1962
Rite

5D
Leftover from a bonfire
Ash

6D
Gosh that was too close!
Phew

7D
Private ___ class (military rank)
First

8D
White House Plumbers actor Barinholtz
Ikea

9D
Guitar legend ___ Paul
Les

10D
The L in UNLV
Las

15D
Neckwear for SpongeBob SquarePants
Tie

16D
Scrapbook adhesive
Paste

19D
Wants an answer from
Asks

20D
Has the audacity
Dares

21D
Large Japanese dog breed
Akita

23D
Joint below the knee
Ankle

24D
Birds in a gaggle
Geese

26D
That doesn’t impress me much
Meh

27D
The Chosen ___ (Netflix series)
One

28D
Have as a possession
Own

30D
Walked heavily
Trod

32D
Woolen fabric for some Chanel jackets
Tweed

33D
Computers you can carry with you anywhere
Laptops

38D
Send out romantic signals
Flirt

39D
Start to droop a bit
Sag

41D
By Jove!
Egad

42D
A hotel room might include two of them
Beds

43D
Either half of a colon
Dot

44D
___ Maria (Catholic prayer)
Ave

45D
Irritate
Vex

46D
Vegas hotel where the Chippendales perform
Rio

47D
Sales ___ (person who works on commission for short)
Rep

48D
Woot woot!
Yay