9/3/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/3/22
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Actor Mike of The Upshaws or actor Omar of House
Epps

5A
Lines on road maps: Abbr.
Sts

8A
Razor-sharpening tool
Strop

13A
Hint for a crossword answer
Clue

14A
Long-handled weeding tool
Hoe

15D
What a telemarketer uses
Phone

16A
I feel so ___ (It’s hard to decide)
Torn

17A
MSNBC’s The Beat With ___ Melber
Ari

18A
Item in an archer’s quiver
Arrow

19A
TV talk show host who received the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal in 2000: 2 wds.
Oprah Winfrey

22D
Weight of 2 000 pounds
Ton

23A
Took to the skies like a bird or Superman
Flew

24A
___ pigeon (informer)
Stool

27A
Cat Ballou star ___ Marvin
Lee

28A
Hard to get ___ of (persistent)
Rid

31D
Day-O singer who received the Spingarn Medal in 2012: 2 wds.
Harry Belafonte

35A
Recede as ocean waters
Ebb

36A
Groovy! in 1980s slang
Rad

37A
Skip me this round: 2 wds.
I Pass

38A
Gather from the field
Reap

40A
Tribute from Keats or Shelley
Ode

41A
Opera star with five Grammys who received the Spingarn Medal in 2013: 2 wds.
Jessye Norman

46A
Reaches across
Spans

48A
Large deer in Yellowstone National Park
Elk

49A
Top-notch: Hyph.
A One

50D
Largest artery in the human body
Aorta

51A
Pale order in a pub
Ale

52A
Preschoolers
Tots

53A
Disorderly
Messy

54A
Beam of light
Ray

55D
Improve before publishing
Edit

1A
___-1 (Ghostbusters auto)
Ecto

2A
Sound at the start of the Alka-Seltzer jingle
Plop

3A
Sound from a contented cat
Purr

4A
Lawmaker on Capitol Hill
Senator

5A
If I Can’t Have You singer Mendes
Shawn

6D
Singer/songwriter ___ Amos
Tori

7D
Jerry with a self-named 1990s sitcom
Seinfeld

8D
___ me the details!
Spare

9D
Tossed
Threw

10D
PGA golfer McIlroy
Rory

11D
Yoko who cofounded Artists Against Fracking
Ono

12D
Pepé Le ___ (cartoon skunk)
Pew

20D
Sacred
Holy

21D
Tiny insect that preys on pets
Flea

24D
___-Devil (1989 Meryl Streep film)
She

25D
Bill that a bar patron might run
Tab

26D
Sphere-shaped object
Orb

27D
It adds an extra day in February: 2 wds.
Leap Year

28D
Messenger or transfer genetic material: Abbr.
RNA

29D
___ later than you think!
Its

30D
Start of Iowa’s capital
Des

32D
Sports ___ (undergarments that may be worn for workouts)
Bras

33D
Clichéd name for a dog from the Latin for faithful
Fido

34D
Perform surgery
Operate

38D
Leases as an apartment
Rents

39D
Piece of personal prose
Essay

40D
Not sharp or flat: 2 wds.
On Key

41D
Glass containers
Jars

42D
Actress Purnell of Army of the Dead
Ella

43D
In a bad ___ (grumpy)
Mood

44D
___-lock brakes
Anti

45D
Shelter made of twigs and leaves
Nest

46D
Rockwell who played George W. Bush in Vice
Sam

47D
19th-century author of creepy short stories
Poe