10/3/26
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Low female voice
ALTO
5A
___ Stadium (former home of the Mets)
SHEA
9A
Notice on a clearance item’s tag: 2 wds.
AS IS
13A
Homophone of “barred”
BARD
14A
Foot treatment at a spa, for short
PEDI
15A
Butterfly cousin that’s repelled by cedar
MOTH
16A
Like items in secondhand stores
USED
17A
First Lady who appeared on “Sesame Street” in 2003: 2 wds.
LAURA BUSH
19A
TV show starring Jeremy Allen White that ended in June: 2 wds.
THE BEAR
21A
Director Guillermo ___ Toro
DEL
22A
Hill-building bug
ANT
23A
Someone who gets walked all over, metaphorically
DOORMAT
27A
Take to the skies
FLY
28A
Archery item with a string
BOW
29A
“___, captain” (affirmative answer from a sailor)
AYE
30A
First Lady who appeared on “Sesame Street” in 1993: 2 wds.
HILLARY CLINTON
35A
“Wicked: For Good” star Grande’s nickname
ARI
36A
“Definitely!”
YES
37A
Feel regret for
RUE
38A
Reduces the rank of, as a military officer
DEMOTES
41A
Neckwear at a drag show
BOA
42A
Winter malady
FLU
43A
Author’s alias: 2 wds.
PEN NAME
47A
First Lady who appeared on “Sesame Street” in 2022: 2 wds.
JILL BIDEN
51A
Participate in applause
CLAP
52A
Trendy berry
ACAI
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Took legal action against
SUED
54A
“Wyatt ___” (1994 Western movie)
EARP
55A
Widely shared Internet image
MEME
56A
Flowers that lend bitterness to beer
HOPS
57A
Gets off one’s feet
SITS
1D
Touch the edge of
ABUT
2D
Piece of eyelid hair
LASH
3D
Genealogy chart
TREE
4D
Quirky sort of person
ODDBALL
5D
Sound of a bursting paintball
SPLAT
6D
Detect sounds
HEAR
7D
Suffix in a UConn email address
EDU
8D
___ traffic controller
AIR
9D
Gem that might have a bug trapped inside
AMBER
10D
One-and-only true love
SOULMATE
11D
“___ hard to tell”
ITS
12D
“Quiet down!”
SHH
18D
Hullabaloo
ADO
20D
New Age singer from Ireland
ENYA
23D
Medical professionals, for short
DOCS
24D
Nocturnal bird
OWL
25D
Actress Edebiri
AYO
26D
Square root of 100
TEN
27D
Con artist’s swindle
FLIMFLAM
28D
Words of farewell
BYES
30D
“I guess you ___ to be there”
HAD
31D
Ill temper
IRE
32D
Pumpernickel, for example
RYE
33D
Curling ___ (hairstyling tool)
IRON
40D
Bath place
NUANCES
41D
Road curves
OLLIE
43D
Chirp from a small bird
TUB
44D
Jai ___ (court game)
BENDS
45D
Small store
PEEP
46D
Comic Mike with the 2026 Netflix special “Delusional”
ALAI
47D
Traffic slowdown
MART
48D
“Rocks,” in a cocktail
EPPS
49D
Suffix for “fool” or “amateur”
JAM
50D
Two-member group
ICE