8/16/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

8/16/21
Movie Monday

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1A
___ in love (became enamored)
Fell

5A
Where the NBA’s Thunder play: Abbr.
OKC

8A
Perform a body search on at a TSA checkpoint
Frisk

13A
“I’ve got an ___” (“Why don’t we try this?”)
Idea

14A
Apple pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
A La

15A
Graceful and slender
Lithe

16A
“Dreamgirls” actress who plays Aretha Franklin in the new movie “Respect”: 2 wds.
Jennifer Hudson

19A
Enlarged detail in an atlas
Inset

20A
Vegetable that’s used to describe the smallest size of hail
Pea

21A
“Are we there ___?”
Yet

22A
List of web pages that aids in navigation: 2 wds.
Site Map

26A
“___ there?” (response to “Knock, knock!”)
Whos

30A
Word typically paired with “neither”
Nor

31A
Biting your nails or cracking your knuckles, for example
Habit

35A
With 37-Across, “Fifty Shades of Black” actor who plays Aretha’s husband Ted White in “Respect”
Marlon

37A
See 35-Across
Wayans

38A
Social misfit
Dweeb

39A
Apprehend, as a criminal
Nab

41A
Container for potatoes or flour
Sack

42A
End a marriage
Divorce

45A
Will Smith biopic of 2001
Ali

48A
Section of a circle
Arc

49A
Soaring high in the sky
Aloft

54A
“Black Panther” actor who plays Aretha’s father C.L. Franklin in “Respect”: 2 wds.
Forest Whitaker

58A
On a higher level than
Above

59A
What we breathe
Air

60A
Like stallions and roosters
Male

61A
Extend into the future, as a magazine subscription
Renew

62A
Positive answer
Yes

63A
Small unit of computer memory
Byte

1A
South Pacific country or bottled water brand
Fiji

2D
Garden of ___ (Biblical location)
Eden

3D
Part of a pair of glasses
Lens

4D
Narrow country road
Lane

5D
Doofus
Oaf

6D
Person who can’t stop stealing, for short
Klepto

7D
Long-term job
Career

8D
Winter illness many people get vaccinated for
Flu

9D
Clear or purge
Rid

10D
___-bitsy (quite small)
Itsy

11D
It might fasten with laces or Velcro
Shoe

12D
___ Brockman (news anchor on “The Simpsons”)
Kent

17D
“___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia”
Its

18D
Meat often served for Easter
Ham

23D
Quaint place to spend the night
Inn

24D
“Oh, now I get it!”
Aha

25D
Gives a salary to
Pays

26D
Big bombs that were a focus of the Iraq War: Abbr.
WMD

27D
Hem and ___ (avoid making a choice)
Haw

28D
Natural resource containing minerals
Ore

29D
Luge, for one
Sled

32D
Sound made by a sheep
Baa

33D
Abbreviation in many company names
Inc

34D
Sound suggesting disappointment in someone
Tsk

36D
Jedi Master ___-Wan Kenobi
Obi

37D
Association that names a heavyweight champion: Abbr.
WBC

39D
Country that borders Sweden
Norway

40D
Friend of Jughead and Veronica, in comics
Archie

43D
Vessel that holds dye
Vat

44D
Grabbing a bite to ___
Eat

45D
At a distance
Afar

46D
Section of the brain
Lobe

47D
Primary element in steel
Iron

50D
Just-born sheep
Lamb

51D
“Sure, I can go along with that”
Okay

52D
Material many fedoras are made of
Felt

53D
Plant in an apple orchard
Tree

55D
First woman, to Christians
Eve

56D
What seamstresses do
Sew

57D
Government agency with 1099 and W-2 forms: Abbr.
Irs