1/5/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/5/26
Movie Monday

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1A
____ bump (casual greeting gesture)
FIST

5A
Type of credit card
VISA

9A
Solution to a maze
EXIT

13A
Colored part of an eye
IRIS

14A
“War for the Planet of the ____” (2017 movie)
APES

15A
Dark purple fruit from Brazil
ACAI

16A
“A Minecraft Movie” actor who costars in “Anaconda”
JACKBLACK

18A
What a tenant pays a landlord
RENT

19A
Slang term for a tattoo
INK

20A
Hard to get ____ of (tough to escape)
RID

21A
Children
KIDS

22A
“You ____ me at ‘hello'”
HAD

23A
Has possession of
OWNS

25A
Hundred ____ Wood (where Eeyore lives)
ACRE

28A
High-pitched woodwind instrument
OBOE

29A
Park or Madison, in Manhattan: Abbr.
AVE

32A
“Westworld” actress who costars in “Anaconda”
THANDIWENEWTON

36A
Cleaning tool in a broom closet
MOP

37A
“____ Murders in the Building”
ONLY

38A
It fits into a glove
HAND

39A
Single-____ reflex camera
LENS

40A
Negative vote
NAY

42A
Sail the seven ____ (travel the oceans)
SEAS

44A
“Orange Is the New Black” actress Laverne
COX

45A
Hawaiian food served with kalua pig
POI

48A
“Don’t rock the ____”
BOAT

49A
“That Thing You Do!” actor who costars in “Anaconda”
STEVEZAHN

52A
“So what ____ is new?”
ELSE

53A
Opera by Verdi
AIDA

54A
Pixar character who travels to the Communiverse
ELIO

55A
Animal that’s the source of venison
DEER

56A
Casual, warm-weather tops
TEES

57A
One of the noble gases on the periodic table
NEON

1D
Pacific island nation, or a brand of bottled water
FIJI

2D
Country that formerly had a shah
IRAN

3D
Under the weather
SICK

4D
Sound accompanying a finger-wagging
TSK

5D
Legally binding, like a contract
VALID

6D
Apple tablet
IPAD

7D
“Be with you in just a ___!”
SEC

8D
Inquire
ASK

9D
Where the Eiffel Tower is
PARIS

10D
Absolutely nailed, as a test
ACED

11D
Gets bronze from the sun
TANS

12D
Box-office success
HIT

17D
Garment made by Thirdlove or Chantelle
BRA

21D
“Bury My Heart at Wounded ___”
KNEE

22D
Mother of chicks
HEN

23D
Do what you’re told
OBEY

24D
Took the gold medal
WON

25D
Device that may have a “fast cash” option: Abbr.
ATM

26D
“Murderbot” actor John
CHO

27D
Music genre of the artist BigXthaPlug
RAP

28D
Birds associated with wisdom
OWLS

29D
“One Day ___ Time” (sitcom): 2 wds.
ATA

30D
Maria ___ Trapp (“The Sound of Music” character)
VON

31D
Come to a close
END

33D
Fawns’ mothers
DOES

34D
Quaint lodging place
INN

35D
“How come?”
WHY

39D
Sooner or ___ (eventually)
LATER

40D
Stars that explode
NOVAS

41D
Tool used by a woodcutter
AXE

42D
Ticklish part of a foot, often
SOLE

43D
“___ on Down the Road” (“The Wiz” song)
EASE

44D
Surrender, as land
CEDE

45D
White as a sheet
PALE

46D
State between Indiana and Pennsylvania
OHIO

47D
Getting ___ the ground floor: 2 wds.
INON

48D
It may have a box spring
BED

49D
Perched
SAT

50D
Neckwear worn with a suit
TIE