Smart-alecky Crossword Clue

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Smart-alecky Crossword Answer

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PERT

(4 letters)

WISE

(4 letters)

FRESH

(5 letters)

FLIP

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. improperly forward or bold

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SMART (adjective)
1. improperly forward or bold
2. characterized by quickness and ease in learning
SMART (noun)
1. a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
SMART (verb)
1. be the source of pain

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

PERT
(4 letters)
WISE
(4 letters)
FRESH
(5 letters)
FLIP
(4 letters)

More Newsday Crossword (3/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. Online auctioneer

5. Vegan's taboo

9. Fashionable once again

14. Misplace

15. Not fooled by

16. Mistake

17. Be unsuccessful

18. Clothes dryer fuzz

19. Feeling furious

20. Brag excessively about skills

23. Upper limb

24. Rustic lodging

25. Synagogue scroll

29. Mr., Ms., or Mrs.

32. Lavish affection (on)

36. City street

38. Falsehoods

40. Large coffee dispenser

41. Implement pair given to graduates

44. Poetic before

45. Broadcasts

46. Walk unsteadily

47. Phase of a project

49. Supervisor at work

52. Leather-piercing tool

54. Sombrero, for example

56. Bad luck for candle lighting

63. Citrus beverage

64. Female opera star

65. Typical Saudi

67. Needing a meal

68. Change for a ten

69. Sleep briefly

70. Long parts of kites

71. Crimson and scarlet

72. Extremely impressed

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Down

1. Santa's assistant

2. Canoe or catamaran

3. Largest continent

4. Holler

5. Any wisdom tooth

6. Baffling puzzle

7. ___ time (never)

8. Dog in Oz

9. Rule a kingdom

10. Quick trip to the store

11. Disneyland trolley

12. Repetitive learning method

13. Mine extraction

21. Hawaiian honcho

22. Call the shots for a film

25. Rolls of adhesive

26. Openly seen

27. Actress Zellweger

28. Get __ for effort

30. Wish well to

31. Storage Container

33. Removes from office

34. Oaks and elms

35. Contest submission

37. Safe to consume

39. Afternoon nap

42. Athlete on a salary

43. Grassy expanse

48. Package to mail

50. Removed whiskers

53. Unwanted garden plants

55. Accumulate

56. __ fish sandwich

57. LP player

58. Strong scent

59. Highest sudoku digit

60. 'Look what I did!'

61. Cornfield bird

62. Thin fog

63. Protrude

66. River bottom

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