9/14/26
Movie Monday
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1A
In the center of
AMID
5A
Has an illness
AILS
9A
Hidden ___ (something that’s valuable but doesn’t look like it)
GEM
12A
Written reminder
NOTE
13A
“___ Rap Battles of History” (YouTube series)
EPIC
14A
Small battery size
AAA
15A
2024 Dracula-inspired horror film starring 33-Across
NOSFERATU
17A
“Ugh, that’s awful!”
ICK
18A
Angsty music genre
EMO
19A
Clean your body with soap and water
BATHE
21A
Video game company that created “Pong”
ATARI
24A
Go ___ (attend a party without a date)
STAG
26A
Online commenter’s chuckle
LOL
27A
Type of bag offered in NPR pledge drives
TOTE
29A
“You may be ___ something here”
ONTO
33A
Swedish actor who played Pennywise the Clown in the 2017 horror film “It”: 2 wds.
BILL SKARSGÅRD
36A
Too
ALSO
37A
Operatic highlight
ARIA
38A
Legal ___ (bundle of yellow pages)
PAD
39A
Proclaims
SAYS
41A
By ___ and bounds
LEAPS
43A
Plumbing fixture that might attach to a toilet seat
BIDET
46A
“Thank God ___ Country Boy” (John Denver song): 2 wds.
I’M A
47A
___-warfare (radical activism for the environment)
ECO
48A
2022 horror film about a brutal Airbnb stay, starring 33-Across
BARBARIAN
54A
Queen or king’s value in many card games
TEN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Have ___ in your bonnet: 2 wds.
A BEE
56A
Nine-time Grammy nominee Amos
TORI
57A
Sponsored spots
ADS
58A
Group ___ (message received by multiple people)
TEXT
59A
Prominent feature of a camel
HUMP
1D
___ Arbor (city in Michigan)
ANN
2D
Cow’s sound
MOO
3D
“___ the least I can do”
IT’S
4D
Put off until later
DEFER
5D
Prefix for “dynamic” or “sol”
AERO
6D
Type of beer such as Voodoo Ranger: Abbr.
IPA
7D
Held a match to
LIT
8D
Diving gear
SCUBA
9D
Gallop or trot, for example
GAIT
10D
“At least we have ___ other”
EACH
11D
Manufacture
MAKE
16D
Sends out, as energy
EMITS
20D
Super-eager
AGOG
21D
Actress Jessica of “Sin City”
ALBA
22D
Do strenuous labor
TOIL
23D
“Twelve o’clock and ___ well!”
ALL’S
24D
There are six of them on the Australian flag
STARS
25D
“Spy Kids” actress Hatcher
TERI
28D
“Sure, why not?”
OKAY
30D
Wine valley near Sonoma
NAPA
31D
Sand hazard at Pebble Beach
TRAP
32D
Calculations on Kalshi or Polymarket
ODDS
34D
“You win some, you ___ some”
LOSE
35D
“From Dusk Till Dawn” actress Hayek
SALMA
43D
Phi ___ Kappa (honor society)
BETA
44D
Covered with frosting
ICED
45D
Puts on, as a blouse
DONS
46D
“Yeah, sure!”: 2 wds.
I BET
49D
Nickname of Mary Todd Lincoln’s husband
ABE
50D
T. ___ (type of dinosaur)
REX
51D
Written proof of a debt
IOU
52D
The long ___ of the law
ARM
53D
Small bite
NIP