8/26/24 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/26/24
Movie Monday

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1A
Dot on a sonar screen
Blip

5A
Motor oil brand that sponsored racer Richard Petty
Stp

8A
___ Miz (long-running musical, for short)
Les

11A
Give a new moniker to
Rename

14A
Election Day’s day: Abbr.
Tue

15A
___-rock (category that includes emo and grunge)
Alt

16A
2024 biographical film about the 40th US president
Reagan

17A
Mountain such as the Matterhorn
Alp

18A
___ Slave 4 U (Britney Spears song): 2 wds.
Ima

19A
IRS investigations
Audits

21A
Metal used by a blacksmith
Iron

22A
Flight of the Phoenix actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds.
Dennis Quaid

26A
Doctors’ professional group: Abbr.
Ama

27A
____ Constitution (ship that first set sail in 1798): Abbr.
USS

28A
Tools in a janitor’s closet
Mops

31A
Religious figure that’s also a chess piece
Bishop

34A
Organ that stores red blood cells
Spleen

36A
2011 Marvel movie
Thor

37A
Became acquainted with
Met

39A
There are ___ sides to every story
Two

40A
With 50-Across Carlito’s Way actress who plays the First Lady in 16-Across: 2 wds.
Penelope Ann

44A
Notoriety
Fame

47A
Lacking a sense of right and wrong
Amoral

48A
Victorian ___ (late 19th century)
Era

49A
One of 24 bones in the chest
Rib

50A
See 40-Across
Miller

54A
Fish such as a lamprey or conger
Eel

55A
Killing ___ (series that starred Sandra Oh)
Eve

56A
Like some dangerous winter precipitation
Sleety

57A
Tit for ___ (even exchange)
Tat

58A
Revolutions ____ minute (record album’s speed)
Per

59A
Genial
Nice

1D
It’s f-f-f- freezing!
Brr

2D
See 10-Down
Lee

3D
Ship ___ bottle: 2 wds.
In A

4D
Person who celebrated Yule on the winter Solstice
Pagan

5D
Facebook post
Status

6D
Oklahoma city with over 400,000 people
Tulsa

7D
Have some ___ in your step (be energetic)
Pep

8D
Den for a wild animal
Lair

9D
Sesame Street Muppet who is supposedly three and a half years old
Elmo

10D
With 2-Down, cocreator of Spider-Man
Stan

12D
Demigod featured in the upcoming movie Moana 2
Maui

13D
Eventually becomes: 2 wds.
Ends Up

20D
Geniuses have high ones: Abbr.
IQs

21D
Personal hero
Idol

22D
Very small amount of ointment
Dab

23D
Radiate
Emit

24D
Niecy ___-Betts (star of The Rookie: Feds)
Nash

25D
Bratty kid
Imp

29D
Group that protests animal cruelty: Abbr.
Peta

30D
Hand-___ (not stitched by a machine)
Sewn

32D
Keep ___ alive!
Hope

33D
Material that gets smelted
Ore

34D
Hurricanes, for example
Storms

35D
Smoking or ____?
Non

37D
Person who pays dues to a group
Member

38D
Band with the 1977 hit Turn to Stone, for short
Elo

41D
Overly trusting
Naive

42D
Sandcastle builder’s container
Pail

43D
The Exorcist actress Burstyn
Ellen

44D
Get cold ___ (get scared before a wedding)
Feet

45D
Locale
Area

46D
Beermaker’s grain
Malt

49D
Insurance agent, for short
Rep

51D
Floral garland from the tropics
Lei

52D
Space-saving abbreviation
Etc

53D
Type of whiskey in an old-fashioned
Rye