3/24/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/24/25
Movie Monday

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1A
___ to be tied (very angry)
FIT

4A
Coagulate
CLOT

8A
Opposite of many
FEW

11A
___ snail’s pace (slowly): 2 wds.
ATA

12A
Opera title character who has been played by Maria Callas and Leontyne Price
AIDA

13A
Cheerleader’s yell
RAH

14A
“Raging Bull” actor who plays both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in “The Alto Knights”: 3 wds.
ROBERT DENIRO

17A
Chimpanzees and bonobos, for example
APES

18A
Elongated fish
EEL

19A
Device that’s dropped in a triumphant gesture
MIC

21A
Fishing pole
ROD

22A
With 33-Across, “The Sopranos” actress who plays Anna Genovese in “The Alto Knights”
KATHERINE

26A
Music genre whose first mainstream hit was by the Sugarhill Gang
RAP

29A
Sharpton and Jarreau, for example
ALS

30A
The longest-running Apple brand ever to be discontinued
IPOD

31A
Furious feeling
IRE

32A
“You haven’t seen anything ___!”
YET

33A
See 22-Across
NARDUCCI

35A
Pokémon professor named after a “mighty” tree
OAK

37A
“Color me unimpressed”
MEH

38A
“There’s no accounting ___ taste”
FOR

39A
___ Rocky (hip-hop artist with the upcoming album “Don’t Be Dumb”)
ASAP

42A
“Will & Grace” actress who plays Bobbie Costello in “The Alto Knights”: 2 wds.
DEBRA MESSING

47A
Make ___ double (request to a bartender): 2 wds.
ITA

48A
Man who takes religious vows
MONK

49A
Prevarication
LIE

50A
Fuming
MAD

51A
Academy of Television ___ & Sciences
ARTS

52A
Take it on the ___ (flee)
LAM

1D
___-fetched (quite unlikely)
FAR

2D
Lance who was the judge in the O.J. Simpson trial
I TO

3D
Diet soda that was discontinued in 2020
TAB

4D
Type of fish found in a koi pond
CARP

5D
Miller ___ (beer brand)
LITE

6D
Las Vegas calculations
ODDS

7D
___ kwon do (Korean combat sport)
TAE

8D
Chinese side dish that often contains carrots, green peas, and scrambled eggs: 2 wds.
FRIED RICE

9D
Emmy- and Tony-winning actor James ___ Jones
EARL

10D
Start of many “Jeopardy!” responses
WHO

15D
With ___ passing day (as time goes by)
EACH

16D
“The Matrix” character who entered “bullet time”
NEO

19D
___-pattern baldness
MALE

20D
“What a pity!”: 3 wds.
ITS TOO BAD

21D
2017–2022 “Saturday Night Live” regular Chris
REDD

22D
“Every kiss begins with ___” (jewelry store’s slogan)
KAY

23D
Where a hockey game takes place
RINK

24D
Type of beer that some consider an acquired taste: Abbr.
IPA

25D
Neither more ___ less
NOR

27D
Shape of a croquet hoop
ARCH

28D
Architect I.M. ___
PEI

34D
Baseball officials who wear masks, for short
UMPS

36D
Departure’s opposite, at LaGuardia: Abbr.
ARR

38D
Cheese in a Greek salad
FETA

39D
Spanish word for “love”
AMOR

40D
Shipped
SENT

41D
Inquires
ASKS

42D
Poorly illuminated
DIM

43D
Group for health care providers: Abbr.
AMA

44D
Queasy
ILL

45D
Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3”
NIA

46D
Valuable jewel
GEM