9/6/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/6/21
Movie Monday

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1A
Alphabetical TV network
ABC

4A
Honey Bunches of ___ (Post breakfast cereal)
Oats

8A
Mystery author Paretsky
Sara

12A
Murmur softly
Coo

13A
Coalition of groups with a common interest
Bloc

14A
Prepare for the future
Plan

15A
“I just took a ___ test …” (lyric from Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts”)
DNA

16A
___ Romeo (Italian car)
Alfa

17A
Vice squad’s incursion
Raid

18A
2003 film in which Renée Zellweger plays a woman helping her friend save her farm: 2 wds.
Cold Mountain

21A
Beef or pork, say
Meat

22A
Period of 24 hours
Day

23A
Prima donna’s song
Aria

25A
“Shallow ___” (Gwyneth Paltrow comedy)
Hal

26A
“Mr. Blue Sky” band, for short
Elo

29A
2005 film in which Renée Zellweger plays the wife of an injured boxer trying to revive his career: 2 wds.
Cinderella Man

33A
Digit at the end of a foot
Toe

34A
Beleaguer
Vex

35A
Manage in spite of difficulties
Cope

36A
End of the fall semester, usually: Abbr.
Dec

37A
Disney with a record number of Oscars
Walt

39A
1996 film in which Renée Zellweger plays a single mom who falls for Tom Cruise’s title character: 2 wds.
Jerry Maguire

44A
Bird that symbolizes peace
Dove

45A
___ package (treats in the mail)
Care

46A
___ railway (way up a steep incline)
Cog

47A
Swedish home furnishings chain
Ikea

48A
Country singer/songwriter Loretta
Lynn

49A
“Heavens!,” in a text
OMG

50A
Make repairs to
Mend

51A
Middle ___ (where Saudi Arabia is)
East

52A
Prefix that suggests newness
Neo

1D
Angus Young’s rock band
ACDC

2D
Sonny who was married to Cher
Bono

3D
Underground place for extracting a fossil fuel: 2 wds.
Coal Mine

4D
44th US president
Obama

5D
Assign as someone’s share
Allot

6D
Soy product also called bean curd
Tofu

7D
Public disgrace such as Watergate
Scandal

8D
“Say it, don’t ___ it”
Spray

9D
Jai ___ (ball game)
A Lai

10D
Drizzle
Rain

11D
Come ___ go
And

19D
Completely exhausted
Dead

20D
Like a typical NBA player
Tall

23D
Perform dramatically
Act

24D
Kia car since 1999
Rio

25D
“Jonah ___” (Josh Brolin movie)
Hex

26D
Texter’s mood-expressing graphic
Emoticon

27D
Place to put a napkin
Lap

28D
Ace’s value, sometimes
One

30D
At any point
Ever

31D
Put glass or paper to a new use
Recycle

32D
Group that defends LGBTQ rights, among others: Abbr.
ACLU

36D
Anticipate with great trepidation
Dread

37D
Makes aware of coming danger
Warns

38D
Someone representing an author
Agent

39D
It gets laughs
Joke

40D
“I haven’t ___ begun to think about it”
Even

41D
Moore who’s a four-time WNBA champion with the Minnesota Lynx
Maya

42D
City with an ancient forum and colosseum
Rome

43D
Brand of frozen pancakes
Eggo

44D
Take a ___ view of (disapprove of)
Dim