11/24/25
Movie Monday
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1A
Stylish sheepskin boots
UGGS
5A
Near the ground
LOW
8A
Shouts from hecklers
BOOS
12A
Pre-election surveys
POLLS
14A
Government group that measures air quality: Abbr.
EPA
15A
Forget to mention
OMIT
16A
Quarterback ___ (deceptive football play)
SNEAK
17A
Furniture mover’s vehicle
VAN
18A
Hard to look at
UGLY
19A
Willy Wonka portrayer who played Dr. Frankenstein in the 1974 film “Young Frankenstein”: 2 wds.
GENEWILDER
22A
Number of syllables in “crossword”
TWO
23A
Stroll without hurrying
AMBLE
26A
Tall, flightless bird
EMU
29A
Siesta
NAP
32A
Emotional states
MOODS
34A
Hercule Poirot portrayer who played Dr. Frankenstein in the 1994 film “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”: 2 wds.
KENNETHBRANAGH
38A
“Nikita” singer ___ John
ELTON
39A
Happy ___ clam: 2 wds.
ASA
40A
Charge on a checking account
FEE
41A
Extinct flightless birds
DODOS
43A
National park visitor’s reference
MAP
46A
Poe Dameron portrayer who plays Dr. Frankenstein in the 2025 Netflix film “Frankenstein”: 2 wds.
OSCARISAAC
51A
Soy protein with a “silken” variety
TOFU
54A
“The Golden Girls” actress McClanahan
RUE
55A
Metric weights, for short
KILOS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57A
Person from Syria, typically
ARAB
58A
Enjoyed a buffet
ATE
59A
TV sports replay speed: Hyph.
SLOMO
60A
___ to nothing (barely anything)
NEXT
61A
Fashionable, in the 1960s
MOD
62A
One of many in a gardener’s packet
SEED
1D
___ and downs
UPS
2D
Disk-shaped instrument hit with a mallet
GONG
3D
Giddy delight
GLEE
4D
Tilt
SLANT
5D
Jeans entrepreneur Strauss
LEVI
6D
Whitish birthstone
OPAL
7D
Marvel’s ___ Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch
WANDA
8D
Type of whiskey produced in Kentucky
BOURBON
9D
“Wowza,” in a text
OMG
10D
Liquid in some salad dressings
OIL
11D
Pigpen
STY
13D
Distort, as scientific results
SKEW
20D
“That ___ be necessary” (“Forget it”)
WONT
21D
“Poor Things” star Stone
EMMA
24D
Hunk of banana bread
LOAF
25D
Boundary
EDGE
26D
___ by (just barely survive)
EKE
27D
Card combination in gin rummy
MELD
28D
For ___ us a child is born (Bible quote)
UNTO
30D
“I’ve got the answer!”
AHA
31D
Network that aired “Reading Rainbow”
PBS
33D
“Murder, ___ Wrote”
SHE
35D
“Underneath It All” band fronted by singer Gwen Stefani: 2 wds.
NODOUBT
36D
“Lucky Hank” actress Mireille
ENOS
37D
Actor Malek of “Oppenheimer”
RAMI
42D
“Get lost!”
SCRAM
44D
Makes a request
ASKS
45D
Beach buckets
PAILS
47D
Coupe or sedan
AUTO
48D
Item in a clarinet’s mouthpiece
REED
49D
Natural sunburn balm
ALOE
50D
“The best is yet to ___”
COME
51D
Sunbather’s goal
TAN