4/21/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

4/21/25
Movie Monday

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1A
“Put a ___ on it!” (“Stop talking!”)
LID

4A
Involuntary movements of muscles
TICS

8A
Zero-star review
PAN

11A
Family card game with a colorful deck
UNO

12A
Cookie with a limited-edition Post Malone variety
OREO

13A
Prefix for “Pen” in an allergy medicine’s name
EPI

14A
2006 futuristic drama with Natalie Portman as an activist reporter: 3 wds.
V FOR VENDETTA

17A
Stick out like a ___ thumb
SORE

18A
Faucets
TAPS

19A
They’re sold by the dozen
EGGS

22A
“It’s not exactly what ___ in mind”: 2 wds.
I HAD

25A
2016 film starring Natalie Portman as the title First Lady whose husband is assassinated
JACKIE

28A
Earn a point, in sports
SCORE

29A
“___ be the judge of that!”
I’LL

30A
“Star Wars” princess with a blue lightsaber
LEIA

32A
Pecan- or pumpkin-based dessert
PIE

33A
Animal that’s related to the alpaca
LLAMA

35A
2004 film starring Natalie Portman as a stripper in a deceitful relationship
CLOSER

37A
Actress/supermodel Banks
TYRA

38A
Chef with the TV series “Positively Paula”
DEEN

39A
“The Rite of Spring” composer Stravinsky
IGOR

41A
Rascally tots
IMPS

45A
2018 thriller starring Natalie Portman as a biologist entering an isolated zone
ANNIHILATION

49A
Be litigious
SUE

50A
Bright and colorful
NEON

51A
Zigzag down a snowy slope
SKI

52A
Insect that might invade a kitchen pantry
ANT

53A
Big Norwegian port city
OSLO

54A
___ the stage (prepare)
SET

1D
Rival of Huggies and Pampers
LUVS

2D
What encyclopedias provide, for short
INFO

3D
Entrance to a house
DOOR

4D
“Mazel ___!” (“Congratulations!”)
TOV

5D
Fury
IRE

6D
There are 25 of them in a quarter
CENTS

7D
Dr. Brown’s product
SODA

8D
Places to buy canaries and hamsters: 2 wds.
PET STORES

9D
Likely (to)
APT

10D
“Walker, Texas Ranger” actress Peeples
NIA

15D
Stink badly
REEK

16D
Long, sweeping movie such as “The Brutalist”
EPIC

20D
___ monster (reptile named for a US river)
GILA

21D
“Wow, who’d’ve thought!”
GEE

23D
Auto racer and “Bachelor” star ___ Luyendyk, Jr.
ARIE

24D
Bambi, for example
DEER

25D
Abandon just before a wedding
JILT

26D
Wartime partner
ALLY

27D
Woodwind instrument in an orchestra
CLARINET

28D
Event with bargain prices
SALE

31D
Surface of a frozen pond
ICE

34D
Threesome in a nativity scene
MAGI

36D
“Don’t bet ___!”: 2 wds.
ON IT

38D
Loses moisture
DRIES

40D
Olympic speed-skating gold medalist Apolo Anton ___
OHNO

42D
“You didn’t ___ a trick”
MISS

43D
Jab with one finger
POKE

44D
Irritated state
SNIT

45D
___ matter of principle: 2 wds.
AS A

46D
Woman who would wear a wimple
NUN

47D
Response to a cyber-jokester
LOL

48D
“That’s ___-brainer!”: 2 wds.
A NO