9/18/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/18/21
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
Border of a garment
Hem

4A
Place where workers wear white coats
Lab

7A
Newly employed person
Hiree

12A
“Selma” director DuVernay
Ava

13A
“Isn’t ___ shame?”: 2 wds.
It A

14A
Join forces
Unite

15A
“I Saw ___ Standing There” (Beatles song)
Her

16A
“The Marvelous ___ Maisel”
Mrs

17A
Olympic athlete’s award
Medal

18A
Catholic Church title for 31-Across before his 2020 elevation to cardinal
Archbishop

21A
Cable channel whose “Queen of the South” ended its five-year-run this June
USA

22A
“The Disaster ___” (2017 James Franco movie)
Artist

26A
Graceful waterbird
Swan

29A
Point at a target
Aim

30A
Scrappy-___ (much-hated cartoon dog)
Doo

31A
First Black American cardinal, appointed by Pope Francis in 2020: 2 wds.
Wilton Gregory

35A
___ fuel to the fire
Add

36A
Contest for spellers
Bee

37A
Sounds heard in bullrings
Oles

38A
Wild animals
Beasts

40A
Container for recycling
Bin

42A
East Coast city where 31-Across serves
Washington

47A
Capital of Vietnam
Hanoi

50A
Like half of all numbers
Odd

51A
“___ may I say is calling?”
Who

52A
Motorist’s full reversal: Hyph.
Uturn

53A
Garland that might be worn with a grass skirt
Lei

54A
Be of help to
Aid

55A
Pink Floyd and Maroon 5, for example
Bands

56A
Double-helix genetic material: Abbr.
DNA

57A
“Save us!”
Sos

1D
“Yeah, yeah, very funny”: Hyph.
Haha

2D
“Have I ___ lied to you?”
Ever

3D
___ Antony (long-ago Roman politician)
Marc

4D
Arms and legs
Limbs

5D
Sunny hotel lobbies, or heart chambers
Atria

6D
What Meghan Trainor was “all about”
Bass

7D
“Just play along, please”: 2 wds.
Humor Me

8D
Not at all skillful
Inept

9D
Get ___ of (discard)
Rid

10D
Uber prediction: Abbr.
ETA

11D
Long, thin fish
Eel

19D
Try to locate prey
Hunt

20D
What a barber cuts
Hair

23D
“Eyes Without a Face” singer Billy
Idol

24D
Having achy muscles
Sore

25D
Action figures and dolls, for example
Toys

26D
Cotton-tipped cleaning item
Swab

27D
Broad
Wide

28D
Alan who has 34 Emmy nominations
Alda

29D
How old you are
Age

32D
Procures
Obtains

33D
The Loch ___ monster
Ness

34D
Bronze, disk-shaped musical instrument
Gong

39D
Any fencing weapon, generically
Sword

40D
The 46th President
Biden

41D
Taj Mahal’s country
India

43D
Grasp in your hand
Hold

44D
“___ the night before Christmas …”
Twas

45D
Easternmost of the four-letter states
Ohio

46D
Head’s gestures of approval
Nods

47D
Airport where many flight connections happen
Hub

48D
___ later date (sometime in the future): 2 wds.
At A

49D
Woman who takes a vow of poverty
Nun