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 (5/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Cpls.' superiors

5. Extremely bad

10. Sandwich shop

14. Take a glance (at)

15. Not tight enough

16. Midterm or final test

17. Ready, willing and ___

18. Second-quality, as clothes: Abbr.

19. Each, informally

20. Table game with cue sticks

22. Dental string

23. Online crafts shop

24. __-med student

25. Blog messages

28. Weekly earnings

33. "Air" prefix for sphere

34. Pain reliever brand

36. Hunters' org.

37. Game with a star-shaped board

40. Snakelike fish

41. Grips another's hand

42. Part of the eye with color

43. Chests of drawers

45. Fidgety

46. Skillet or wok

47. Perform in a choir

49. Stream from an aerosol

52. Paper/pencil X's-and-O's game

57. Barber shop sweepings

58. Father, in Spanish

59. Wander around

60. Lubricates

61. Coffee lightener

62. Prefix meaning 'against'

63. Fir or maple

64. Sends junk email to

65. Highest-rated

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Down

1. Big slice of meat loaf

2. Mongolian desert

3. Bridge-crossing fee

4. Anatomy class model

5. Assumed name

6. Fret about

7. Harrison of Star Wars

8. Puts into service

9. Turkey drumstick

10. Casino worker with cards

11. Trade show, for short

12. Vietnam neighbor

13. Little rascals

21. Part of TGIF

22. Former French money

24. Layers of tissues

25. Walked back and forth

26. Turn the ___ cheek

27. Say "Cheese" for a photo

28. Bags for potatoes

29. Have sore muscles

30. Motionless

31. ''To __ human . . .''

34. Very pale

35. Get closer to

38. Opinion piece

39. Alaskan shellfish

44. Thinly distributed

45. Get __ for effort

47. "Get lost!"

48. 10 __ OR LESS (supermarket sign)

49. Photographed

50. Twosome

51. Make angry

52. Waterproof cover

53. Creative thought

54. Voicemail signal

55. Grains in granola

56. Give off, as light

58. Some laptops

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