9/9/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/9/23
Smartypants Saturday

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1A
___ a soul (nobody)
Nary

5A
Pro golfer Ernie
Els

8A
Cooking spray brand
Pam

11A
Tiny jumping pest on a pet
Flea

12A
Liquors such as Tanqueray and Bombay Sapphire
Gins

14A
West Coast state where Grimm was filmed: Abbr.
Ore

15A
With 50-Across, composer who completed nine symphonies, including the Eroica: 2 wds.
Ludwigvan

17A
Aaron Burr, ____ (Hamilton song with a rhyming title)
Sir

18A
Not stereo, as a record album
Mono

19A
With 43-Across, composer who completed nine symphonies, including the Resurrection
Gustav

21A
Smack with a rolled-up magazine
Swat

24A
___ a ride (go hitchhiking)
Bum

25A
That dude’s
His

28A
Ready when you ___
Are

29A
The Red Planet
Mars

32A
Composer who completed nine syhmphnies, including the New World
Antonin Dvorak

36A
Lasting reminder of a surgery
Scar

37A
As well
Too

38A
___ West (Florida island 90 miles from Cuba
Key

39A
Feeling blue
Sad

41A
Small earring
Stud

43A
See 19-Across
Mahler

46A
Like dormitories that aren’t reserved for a single sex
Coed

49A
Monday Night Football with Peyton and ___
Eli

50A
See 15-Across
Beethoven

54A
Unit of geologic time that’s far longer than an era
Eon

55A
Item inserted into a VCR
Tape

56A
I didn’t get the ____ (Nobody told me)
Memo

57A
Barrel of beer
Keg

58A
World’s Greatest ___ (phrase that might appear on a Father’s Day gift
Dad

59A
Precipitation that comes down as flakes
Snow

1D
Group with Broncos and Browns: Abbr.
NFL

2D
University graduate, for short
Alum

3D
Decorate in a new way
Redo

4D
Indications of tiredness
Yawns

5D
Dyed item in an Easter basket
Egg

6D
Yellowjackets actress Hewson
Liv

7D
Hit a ___ (encounter an unforeseen obstacle)
Snag

8D
Ink stamp on an envelope that might identify when and where it was mailed
Postmark

9D
Solo performance from an opera star
Aria

10D
Griffin who created Jeopardy
Merv

13D
Intentionally ignore at a party, say
Snub

16D
Person who lives in Dubuque
Iowan

20D
Japanese wrestling style
Sumo

22D
MLB’s Diamondbacks, on a sports ticker
Aria

23D
Temporary shelters carried by backpackers
Tents

25D
Is in possession of
Has

26D
Abbreviation at the end of many company names
Inc

27D
Amassing a secret supply
Stashing

30D
Woman’s name that sounds like a beam of sunlight
Rae

31D
Where to see birds and clouds
Sky

33D
Like some exams conducted over Zoom
Oral

34D
Symbol that comes before edu or gov in a Web address
Dot

35D
___ for (attest to, as a person’s integrity)
Vouch

40D
Amount of money to be repaid
Debt

42D
Guarantees the failure of
Dooms

43D
Rather timid
Meek

44D
Succulent for soothing minor burns
Aloe

45D
Use a Kindle, say
Read

47D
Like the left-side page numbers in an open book
Even

48D
Sample track from a garage band
Demo

51D
Group that enforces the Toxic Substances Control Act: Abbr.
EPA

52D
Longtime senator Kennedy who ran for president in 1980
Ted

53D
It’s ___ or never
Now