2/16/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/16/26
Movie Monday

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1A
“How ___ Grinch Stole Christmas”
THE

4A
“Uh-uh”
NAH

7A
Channel for sports buffs
ESPN

11A
“Ben-___” (Jack Huston movie)
HUR

12A
“You ___ it to yourself …”
OWE

13A
Actress Sorvino who won a game on “Celebrity Jeopardy!”
MIRA

14A
Put to work
USE

15A
Cartoon voice legend Blanc
MEL

16A
Object handled by an actor
PROP

17A
“Star Trek: Discovery” actor who plays Edgar Linton…
SHAZADLATIF

20A
“What ___ I tell you!”
DID

21A
Take to the sky
FLY

22A
“You’re so right!”
AMEN

24A
Opposite of guzzle
SIP

25A
Rosé and Bruno Mars song nominated for the 2025 Record of the Year Grammy
APT

28A
“Barbie” actress who plays Catherine Earnshaw…
MARGOTROBBIE

31A
1990s alternatives to albums and cassettes: Abbr.
CDS

32A
Color
HUE

33A
“___ bitten, twice shy”
ONCE

34A
Intend (to)
AIM

35A
Lennon collaborator Yoko
ONO

36A
“Frankenstein” actor who plays Heathcliff…
JACOBELORDI

41A
Mexican street food
TACO

42A
Young chap
LAD

43A
Implement for washing a floor
MOP

44A
“If I had to do it all ___ again …”
OVER

45A
WALL-E’s love interest
EVE

46A
Young comedy writer on “Hacks”
AVA

47A
Give an alert to
WARN

48A
Lion’s refuge
DEN

49A
Showed the way
LED

1D
For that reason
THUS

2D
“You’re being too loud!”
HUSH

3D
Kindles and Nooks, for two: Hyph.
E-READERS

4D
Drifter
NOMAD

5D
Astonished
AWED

6D
Inferno that’s said to be in store for sinners
HELLFIRE

7D
Containing nothing inside
EMPTY

8D
“Hey, ___” (how you can activate some iPhone commands)
SIRI

9D
University lecturer, for short
PROF

10D
Midday sleep session
NAP

18D
Vitality
ZING

19D
Purina pet food brand
ALPO

22D
“Dark Winds” cable channel
AMC

23D
Like the Wonderland hatter met by Alice
MAD

24D
Tripped while walking
STUMBLED

25D
Not typical
ABNORMAL

26D
Illustration, for short
PIC

27D
Souvenir shirt from a concert, say
TEE

29D
Where Toledo is
OHIO

30D
U2’s main vocalist
BONO

34D
Squirrel’s nut
ACORN

35D
From a time long gone
OLDEN

36D
Coffee, in diner slang
JAVA

37D
Taiwanese computer brand
ACER

38D
Projecting edge of a roof
EAVE

39D
Went headfirst into the water
DOVE

40D
Apple tablet since 2010
IPAD

41D
Job for AAA
TOW