1/30/23
Movie Monday
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1A
Risk money on a race
Bet
4A
Mineral that feels soapy
Talc
8A
Top of a bottle of soda
Cap
11A
Actress Gardner of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Ava
12A
Salt Lake City’s state
Utah
13A
___ to a Nightingale (Keats poem)
Ode
14A
Oscar-winning actress who played the witch Isabel in 2005’s Bewitched: 2 wds.
Nicole Kidman
17A
Emits a steady light
Glows
18A
Tombstone gunslinger Wyatt ___
Earp
19A
Horse that’s no longer in its prime
Nag
21A
Approaches
Nears
24A
Welcome call for a baseball runner
Safe
27A
Suffix for lobby or guitar
Ist
29A
Dove’s soft murmur
Coo
30A
Oscar-winning actress who played the White Witch in 2005’s The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe: 2 wds.
Tilda Swinton
33A
Kerfuffle
Ado
34A
After-school group: Abbr.
PTA
35A
Starts a sentence with a word like why or how
Asks
36A
Yankee legend Yogi
Berra
38A
Protective part of a dog’s paw
Pad
40A
Live ___ day as if it were your last
Each
42A
Takes the bait
Bites
46A
Oscar-winning actress who played the Grand High Witch in 2020’s The Witches: 2 wds.
Anne Hathaway
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Apple Store computer
Mac
50A
Tickle Me Muppet
Elmo
51A
Dog sound that’s similar to woof
Arf
52A
Yes captain!
Aye
53A
Mix ingredients together
Stir
54A
On the ___ (sneakily)
Sly
1D
Sudden loud noise
Bang
2D
___ twin (soap opera cliché)
Evil
3D
___ Tuesday (weekly restaurant special with Mexican food)
Taco
4D
Second-largest city in Oklahoma
Tulsa
5D
Consumed at a meal
Ate
6D
Inland body of water
Lake
7D
Red wine from Tuscany
Chianti
8D
Cars like the Civic and Corolla
Compacts
9D
Title for a junior prosecutor on Law & Order: SVU: Abbr.
Ada
10D
You might refill its ink
Pen
15D
Held the deed to
Owned
16D
Dr. of rap
Dre
20D
Get the ___ of (understand the basics of)
Gist
22D
Chess piece that moves in a straight line
Rook
23D
Male children
Sons
24D
Wound with a knife
Stab
25D
Workplace assistant
Aide
26D
Black Widow actress Pugh
Florence
28D
Trade
Swap
31D
Geronimo and Cochise for two
Apaches
32D
Gymnast Comaneci with Olympic gold
Nadia
37D
Rap duo ___ Sremmurd
Rae
39D
Detest
Abhor
41D
Put a stop to
Halt
43D
___ the night before Christmas …
Twas
44D
Mid-level British noble
Earl
45D
Day of the Dead cable channel
Syfy
46D
I ___ Man of Constant Sorrow (O Brother Where Art Thou? song): 2 wds.
Am A
47D
No vote
Nay
48D
I don’t need to know that!: Abbr.
TMI