8/9/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/9/21
Movie Monday

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1A
Annoying delay during a videoconference
Lag

4A
Soft surface for a computer mouse
Pad

7A
Test the weight of
Heft

11A
Cold blocks in a cocktail
Ice

12A
High-ranking business manager, for short
Exec

14A
The giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk,” for one
Ogre

15A
Chow down
Eat

16A
Michael of “Arrested Development”
Cera

17A
Mob or gang enforcer
Goon

18A
“Fences” actress who plays a government official in “The Suicide Squad”: 2 wds.
Viola Davis

21A
Linebacker Miller who was the Super Bowl 50 MVP
Von

22A
___ Lightfoot, hero of Pixar’s “Onward”
Ian

23A
Small dog with a wrinkly face
Pug

26A
Film franchise with “First Class” and “Apocalypse” films: Hyph.
Xmen

28A
Social ___ (problems in a society)
Ills

29A
Card game with Skip cards
Uno

30A
With 32-Across, “I, Tonya” actress who plays Harley Quinn in “The Suicide Squad”
Margot

32A
See 30-Across
Robbie

34A
Actor Mahershala of “Moonlight”
Ali

35A
“Results may ___”
Vary

37A
Does something
Acts

38A
“Game, ___, match”
Set

39A
Chicken ___ king: 2 wds.
Ala

40A
Drop the ball
Err

41A
“The New Mutants” actress who plays a revolutionary in “The Suicide Squad”: 2 wds.
Alice Braga

45A
Lennon of the Beatles
John

48A
Captain who pursued Moby Dick
Ahab

49A
Came out on top
Won

50A
Wilson who costars in the Disney series “Loki”
Owen

51A
“Party of Five” actress Campbell
Neve

52A
Scottish boy
Lad

53D
Irish New Age vocalist
Enya

54D
Spearheaded
Led

55D
Where farmers keep porkers
Sty

1D
Actor Schreiber
Live

2D
Exotic berry in fruit juices
Acai

3D
“Quit your whining and move on!”: 3 wds.
Get Over It

4D
Nut in a common Thanksgiving pie
Pecan

5D
Fired, in slang
Axed

6D
Force off-track
Derail

7D
Grabs more than one’s fair share of
Hogs

8D
Nigerian-American comedian Nwodim
Ego

9D
Puffy hairstyle, for short
Fro

10D
Half of twenty
Ten

13D
Troops riding on horseback
Cavalry

19D
“To make a ___ story short …”
Long

20D
“You are ___ much trouble!”: 2 wds.
In So

23D
Events that involve barhopping: 2 wds.
Pub Crawls

24D
Pound or pint, for example
Unit

25D
Heads out
Goes

26D
Yuletide occasion, for short
Xmas

27D
One using he/him pronouns
Male

28D
Language spoken in Naples
Italian

31D
Nail shape created by a manicurist
Oval

33D
William ___, attorney general under two presidents
Barr

36D
Jennifer Aniston’s role on “Friends”
Rachel

40D
Went back, like the tide
Ebbed

41D
Younger sister in “Frozen”
Anna

42D
Part of a roof near a gutter
Eave

43D
Bearded animal in a petting zoo
Goat

44D
Actor Serkis who’s played Gollum and King Kong
Andy

45D
President Biden’s first name, familiarly
Joe

46D
Have possession of
Own

47D
“What’s the big idea, pal?”
Hey