4/12/21
Movie Monday
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1A
Actress Sarandon who won an Oscar for “Dead Man Walking”
Susan
6A
“Clarice” network
CBS
9A
Gorilla or chimpanzee, for example
Ape
12A
“Black-ish” star ___ Ellis Ross
Tracee
14A
Decay
Rot
15A
Nickname for a Waco cowboy, perhaps
Tex
16A
Villainous robot created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner in the second “Avengers” film
Ultron
17A
Maker of 3-in-1 Acne Pads
Oxy
18A
“Shut yer ___!” (“Stop talking!”)
Yap
19A
Being dragged along, like reluctant children: 2 wds.
Intow
21A
“Don’t be such a ___ loser!”
Sore
22A
“I couldn’t have ___ it better myself”
Said
25A
Villain who recovered the Tesseract in “Captain America: The First Avenger”: 2 wds.
Red Skull
28A
Stashed in a closet, maybe
Hid
29A
“Bravo!” to a bullfighter
Ole
31A
“Green Book” actor Mahershala
Ali
32A
Villain who seeks revenge for his father’s death in “Black Panther”: 2 wds.
Erik Killmonger
38A
“Billions” attorney played by Ben Shenkman
Ira
39A
Choose
Opt
40A
Any of 17 properties in Monopoly: Abbr.
Ave
41A
Villainous entity who rules the Dark Dimension in “Doctor Strange”
Dormammu
45A
Chef Guarnaschelli who hosts Food Network’s “Supermarket Stakeout”
Alex
46A
What ones are called on a Yahtzee scorecard
Aces
47A
Moist heat for cooking dim sum
Steam
50A
Social safety ___ (programs like universal basic income and school lunches)
Net
51A
Recyclable container, often
Can
53A
Supervillain who used all six Infinity Stones at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”
Thanos
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57A
___ candy (catchy, frivolous music)
Ear
58A
Sphere
Orb
59D
Adjective for dogs
Canine
60D
___-Cat (polar vehicle)
Sno
61D
Something sent on Snapchat, for short
Pic
62D
Soft wood used to make rafts
Balsa
1D
Father of Tommy and Dil, on “Rugrats”
Stu
2D
www.zynga.com, for one: Abbr.
URL
3D
Parked your keister
Sat
4D
Unpleasantly bitter-smelling
Acrid
5D
Like many highlighter colors
Neon
6D
“Boy Erased” star Russell
Crowe
7D
Penalty ___ (area next to a hockey rink)
Box
8D
Pen for swine
Sty
9D
“Here’s looking ___, kid!”: 2 wds.
At You
10D
Black ___ (Jack Sparrow’s pirate ship)
Pearl
11D
Eject
Expel
13D
Suffix for “differ”
Ent
20D
1980s pitching great Hershiser
Orel
21D
What to apply sunscreen to
Skin
22D
“Isn’t ___ Lovely” (1976 Stevie Wonder song)
She
23D
Atmosphere
Air
24D
___ Amin (former Ugandan despot)
Idi
26D
Slightly watery
Damp
27D
Opening for an ATM card
Slot
29D
Vegetable in gumbo
Okra
30D
Singer Payne or actor Neeson
Liam
33D
Actresses Cattrall and Basinger, for two
Kims
34D
Rude person
Lout
35D
“Wonder Woman” star Gadot
Gal
36D
“Killing ___” (BBC America series)
Eve
37D
Harrison who starred in “My Fair Lady”
Rex
41D
Claire of “Homeland”
Danes
42D
R&B singer Frank with the album “Channel Orange”
Ocean
43D
Like fashion that’s back in style again
Retro
44D
“The 11th Hour With Brian Williams” network
MSNBC
45D
Kitchen appliance brand owned by Whirlpool
Amana
48D
Abbreviation that means “and the rest”
ETC
49D
“Moby-Dick” captain
Ahab
51D
Traffic ___ (person who gives out speeding tickets)
Cop
52D
“34 35” singer Grande, for short
Ari
54D
Zero goals, in soccer
Nil
55D
Iron-___ (some patches)
Ons
56D
Poseidon was the god of it
Sea