4/27/26
Movie Monday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Take a turn on “Wheel of Fortune”
SPIN
5A
What corn kernels are attached to
COBS
9A
“Call Me ___” (2021-2023 sitcom)
KAT
12A
Character who becomes the protector of the Enchanted Forest, in “Frozen 2”
ELSA
13A
Natural salve for burns
ALOE
14A
“That’s ___-brainer!”: 2 wds.
A NO
15A
“Rustin” actor who plays father Joe in 26-Across: 2 wds.
COLMAN DOMINGO
18A
Be clad in
WEAR
19A
Comment after a clever insult
ZING
20A
Native American tent
TEPEE
23A
You might have many of them open in a web browser
TABS
26A
New biopic about the singer of “Billie Jean”
MICHAEL
29A
1980s Dodgers pitcher Hershiser
OREL
30A
The whole shebang
ALL
31A
Mist from boiling water
STEAM
34A
“It could be a blessing ___ curse”: 2 wds.
OR A
35A
Rip apart
TEAR
37A
“Big Momma’s House” actress who plays mother Katherine in 26-Across: 2 wds.
NIA LONG
39A
Prefix for “spheric”
ATMO
40A
Goods carried on a ship
CARGO
41A
Taiwanese tea with “bubbles”
BOBA
43A
Gay ___ (person like Judy Garland or Barbra Streisand)
ICON
46A
Star of 26-Across, who is the singer’s real-life nephew: 2 wds.
JAAFAR JACKSON
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Boat containing pairs of animals
ARK
52A
Line on a GPS display
ROAD
53A
Arm bone beside the radius
ULNA
54A
Insect that stings
BEE
55A
Red Muppet
ELMO
56A
Yeats or Keats, for example
POET
1A
Triple ___ (certain liqueur)
SEC
2A
___ ahead (move forward unthinkingly)
PLOW
3A
Tahiti or Jamaica, for example
ISLE
4A
Joe who was the MVP of Super Bowl III
NAMATH
5A
“You ___ say that again!”
CAN
6A
Like King Cole or Mother Hubbard
OLD
7D
Liquor
BOOZE
8D
Large truck at a weigh station
SEMI
9D
Australian animal with a pouch
KANGAROO
10D
“Life of Pi” director ___ Lee
ANG
11D
Also
TOO
16D
Zones
AREAS
17D
Take ___ account
INTO
21D
Four-footed member of a family
PET
22D
2026 Australian Open champion Rybakina
ELENA
24D
Switzerland’s capital
BERN
25D
By-product from a steel mill
SLAG
26D
___ Hari (spy for Germany)
MATA
27D
“Before ___ you go …”: 2 wds.
I LET
28D
Beach party where seafood is cooked
CLAMBAKE
32D
It’s used to inflate tires
AIR
33D
Pulling a rabbit from a hat, say
MAGIC
36D
Where Santa lands his sleigh
ROOF
38D
Close with a key: 2 wds.
LOCK UP
40D
Christmas song
CAROL
42D
Do the ___ minimum
BARE
44D
Norway’s largest city
OSLO
45D
“Half a loaf is better than ___”
NONE
46D
Quick punch
JAB
47D
“We ___ the World” (1985 song)
ARE
48D
Printer problem
JAM
49D
Commotion
ADO
50D
___ Geo Wild (channel that shows “The Wizard of Paws”)
NAT