4/5/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/5/21
Movie Monday

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1A
Cream ___ (filled pastry ball)
Puff

5A
Just a ___ (not much at all)
Tad

8A
Wrestler-turned-actor John
Cena

12A
Stare at rudely
Ogle

13A
___ up your sleeve (secret advantage)
Ace

14A
A black cat crossing your path is supposedly one
Omen

15A
Approached home plate feet-first
Slid

16A
Real-life NFL running back portrayed by Aldis Hodge in “One Night in Miami”: 2 wds.
Jim Brown

18A
Blood ___ (O and AB-, for example)
Types

20A
Former Alabama senator Jones
Doug

21A
Central point, as of an argument
Crux

23A
F’s position in the alphabet
Sixth

27A
With 33-Across, real-life heavyweight boxer portrayed by Eli Goree in “One Night in Miami”
Muhammad

31A
“Won’t ___ Be My Neighbor?” (2018 documentary)
You

32A
Pertaining to the mouth
Oral

33A
See 27-Across
Ali

34A
Typical WordPress website
Blog

35A
Elton John’s title
Sir

36A
Real-life soul singer portrayed by Leslie Odom, Jr. in “One Night in Miami”: 2 wds.
Sam Cooke

38A
Neon ___ (popular fish for home aquariums)
Tetra

41A
Wyatt of O.K. Corral fame
Earp

42A
Rock singer Pop, or pop singer Azalea
Iggy

45A
Grammy-winning Amy Winehouse song
Rehab

48A
Real-life civil rights activist portrayed by Kingsley Ben-Adir in “One Night in Miami”: 2 wds.
Malcolm X

52A
Barbie or Ken, for example
Doll

53A
Run ___ (go nuts)
Amok

54A
Frost, as cupcakes
Ice

55A
Bursting ___ the scene
Onto

56A
Award with an appropriately ball-shaped trophy
ESPY

57D
“___ Boys for Life” (2020 movie)
Bad

58D
Feline sound
Meow

1D
___-it Notes
Post

2D
Displeasing in appearance
Ugly

3D
Large pad of paper often mounted on an easel: 2 wds.
Flipchart

4D
The “F” in “FAA” and “FCC”
Federal

5D
___ Mahal (blues musician whose stage name comes from a building in India)
Taj

6D
Fluid in a battery
Acid

7D
Aspiring band’s recording
Demo

8D
Pembroke Welsh ___ (dog breed)
Corgi

9D
Doom-and-gloom style of rock music
Emo

10D
Unknown until recently
New

11D
Rashida’s “Parks and Recreation” role
Ann

17D
Vehicle that can’t make tight turns
Bus

19D
Dim ___ (Chinese food featuring dumplings)
Sum

22D
December holiday, for short
Xmas

24D
Musical instrument played with mallets
Xylophone

25D
Grabbed
Took

26D
Colossal
Huge

27D
Opposite of least
Most

28D
Panic! at the Disco front man Brendon
Urie

29D
Chicken ___ king: 2 wds.
Ala

30D
10¢ coin
Dime

34D
Seen-it-all-before feeling
Boredom

37D
Enterprise or Dollar rental
Car

39D
Comic actor Gervais
Ricky

40D
Previously
Ago

43D
Fast-talking, like some slick salespeople
Glib

44D
The Village People’s biggest hit
YMCA

46D
Vocal part below soprano
Alto

47D
Try to extinguish birthday candles
Blow

48D
Astronaut Jemison
Mae

49D
Morning times: Abbr.
Ams

50D
Slice off, like a dying tree branch
Lop

51D
___ out (deleted)
Xed