5/19/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/19/26
Movie Monday

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1A
“Hey, wait a ___!”
SEC

4A
Toy guns’ ammo
BBS

7A
Like crunchy carrots
RAW

10A
___-op (before surgery)
PRE

11A
Main industry of Saudi Arabia
OIL

12A
“Penny Dreadful” star Green
EVA

13A
“Poldark” actor who plays journalist Declan O’Hara on “Rivals”: 2 wds.
AIDANTURNER

16A
Spool of film
REEL

17A
Larry and Curly’s partner in a classic comedy trio
MOE

18A
Lithium-___ battery
ION

21A
Dance popularized by Chubby Checker
TWIST

25A
Touchscreen device that’s larger than a smartphone
TABLET

28A
Brazilian resort city, for short
RIO

29A
“Doctor Who” actor who plays TV executive Lord Baddingham on “Rivals”: 2 wds.
DAVIDTENNANT

32A
Stock market debut: Abbr.
IPO

33A
“As the ___ goes …” (reference to a familiar adage)
SAYING

34A
Underground drainage system
SEWER

37A
“Parks and ___” (2009-2015 sitcom, for short)
REC

38A
Nozzle in a Jacuzzi
JET

40A
Large beer dispensers
KEGS

44A
“His Dark Materials” actor who plays politician Rupert Campbell-Black on “Rivals”: 2 wds.
ALEXHASSELL

48A
Word to an attack dog
SIC

49A
Braggart’s problem, often
EGO

50A
Zodiac sign for most of August
LEO

51A
“___ that down!” (“Drop it!”)
PUT

52A
Poisonous evergreen
YEW

53A
Part of a tennis match
SET

1D
Practice with a boxing trainer
SPAR

2D
Great Lake on Ohio’s northern border
ERIE

3D
Homophone of “seed”
CEDE

4D
___ Iver (indie folk band)
BON

5D
Chomped on
BIT

6D
Bad part of town
SLUM

7D
Extend, as a membership
RENEW

8D
“___ Maria” (religious song)
AVE

9D
Conflict that’s the subject of peace talks
WAR

14D
Cover story for a suspect
ALIBI

15D
Become decayed
ROT

19D
Outdated
OLD

20D
Brooklyn’s NBA team
NETS

22D
Country bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan
IRAN

23D
Perform in a church choir
SING

24D
Sippy cup user
TOT

25D
Stuff for sealing box flaps
TAPE

26D
State with certainty
AVOW

27D
Eye droplet
TEAR

29D
Belittle, in slang
DIS

30D
End-of-December occasion: Abbr.
NYE

31D
Small cuts made by razors
NICKS

35D
Pop out, like a CD or DVD
EJECT

36D
Tyrannosaurus ___
REX

39D
“What will ___ think of next?”
THEY

41D
Fish like Flotsam and Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid”
EELS

42D
Jubilant feeling
GLEE

43D
___ machine (casino device)
SLOT

44D
Egyptian snake
ASP

45D
Simu who played one of the Kens in “Barbie”
LIU

46D
100 or more, to a centenarian
AGE

47D
She-pig
SOW