8/16/21
Movie Monday
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1A
___ in love (became enamored)
Fell
5A
Where the NBA’s Thunder play: Abbr.
OKC
8A
Perform a body search on at a TSA checkpoint
Frisk
13A
“I’ve got an ___” (“Why don’t we try this?”)
Idea
14A
Apple pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
A La
15A
Graceful and slender
Lithe
16A
“Dreamgirls” actress who plays Aretha Franklin in the new movie “Respect”: 2 wds.
Jennifer Hudson
19A
Enlarged detail in an atlas
Inset
20A
Vegetable that’s used to describe the smallest size of hail
Pea
21A
“Are we there ___?”
Yet
22A
List of web pages that aids in navigation: 2 wds.
Site Map
26A
“___ there?” (response to “Knock, knock!”)
Whos
30A
Word typically paired with “neither”
Nor
31A
Biting your nails or cracking your knuckles, for example
Habit
35A
With 37-Across, “Fifty Shades of Black” actor who plays Aretha’s husband Ted White in “Respect”
Marlon
37A
See 35-Across
Wayans
38A
Social misfit
Dweeb
39A
Apprehend, as a criminal
Nab
41A
Container for potatoes or flour
Sack
42A
End a marriage
Divorce
45A
Will Smith biopic of 2001
Ali
48A
Section of a circle
Arc
49A
Soaring high in the sky
Aloft
54A
“Black Panther” actor who plays Aretha’s father C.L. Franklin in “Respect”: 2 wds.
Forest Whitaker
58A
On a higher level than
Above
59A
What we breathe
Air
60A
Like stallions and roosters
Male
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
61A
Extend into the future, as a magazine subscription
Renew
62A
Positive answer
Yes
63A
Small unit of computer memory
Byte
1A
South Pacific country or bottled water brand
Fiji
2D
Garden of ___ (Biblical location)
Eden
3D
Part of a pair of glasses
Lens
4D
Narrow country road
Lane
5D
Doofus
Oaf
6D
Person who can’t stop stealing, for short
Klepto
7D
Long-term job
Career
8D
Winter illness many people get vaccinated for
Flu
9D
Clear or purge
Rid
10D
___-bitsy (quite small)
Itsy
11D
It might fasten with laces or Velcro
Shoe
12D
___ Brockman (news anchor on “The Simpsons”)
Kent
17D
“___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia”
Its
18D
Meat often served for Easter
Ham
23D
Quaint place to spend the night
Inn
24D
“Oh, now I get it!”
Aha
25D
Gives a salary to
Pays
26D
Big bombs that were a focus of the Iraq War: Abbr.
WMD
27D
Hem and ___ (avoid making a choice)
Haw
28D
Natural resource containing minerals
Ore
29D
Luge, for one
Sled
32D
Sound made by a sheep
Baa
33D
Abbreviation in many company names
Inc
34D
Sound suggesting disappointment in someone
Tsk
36D
Jedi Master ___-Wan Kenobi
Obi
37D
Association that names a heavyweight champion: Abbr.
WBC
39D
Country that borders Sweden
Norway
40D
Friend of Jughead and Veronica, in comics
Archie
43D
Vessel that holds dye
Vat
44D
Grabbing a bite to ___
Eat
45D
At a distance
Afar
46D
Section of the brain
Lobe
47D
Primary element in steel
Iron
50D
Just-born sheep
Lamb
51D
“Sure, I can go along with that”
Okay
52D
Material many fedoras are made of
Felt
53D
Plant in an apple orchard
Tree
55D
First woman, to Christians
Eve
56D
What seamstresses do
Sew
57D
Government agency with 1099 and W-2 forms: Abbr.
Irs