8/8/22
Movie Monday
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1A
Overhead ___ (storage place on a plane)
Bin
4A
State of amazement
Awe
7A
Slow-cooked meal
Stew
11A
Vehicle for Kang and Kodos on The Simpsons: Abbr.
UFO
12A
Small bite
Nip
13D
Small fruit that can be black or green
Olive
14A
Songwriter playwright and director Lin-Manuel
Miranda
16A
Flowers in a wreath given to the winner of the Kentucky Derby
Roses
17A
Take a load off
Sit
18A
The Pistons or Lions on scoreboards
Det
19D
2021 movie musical based on the stage musical by 14-Across: 3 wds.
In The Heights
25A
Short blurb consisting of personal information
Bio
26A
Cow’s complaint
Moo
27A
Something launched by a smartphone user
App
29A
___ Grand (Vegas hotel and casino)
MGM
30D
Nut that grows into an oak
Acorn
32A
Nothing at all
Nil
33A
___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Beatles song)
She
34A
___ Mahal
Taj
35A
Despicable Me supervillain
Gru
36A
2021 movie musical directed by 14-Across: 3 wds.
Tick Tick Boom
41A
That guy’s
His
42A
Put on TV
Air
43A
Matt of The Martian
Damon
46A
2021 Disney animated movie with music by 14-Across
Encanto
50D
Individual contents of an inventory in role-playing games
Items
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Talk on and on and on
Yak
52A
Dad ___ (guy’s physique that isn’t toned)
Bod
53A
Website with contributed reviews
Yelp
54A
Pro golfer Ernie
Els
55D
___ liver oil
Cod
1A
Get a ___ rap (receive undeserved criticism)
Bum
2A
Ask me ___ care!: 2 wds.
If I
3A
Word usually accompanying neither
Nor
4A
Sharpshooter Oakley
Annie
5A
Key measurement for a sofa
Width
6D
Federal department running the Energy Star program: Abbr.
EPA
7D
Sluggish mammal found in tropical rain forests
Sloth
8D
___ better to have loved and lost …
Tis
9D
December 24 or 31 for example
Eve
10D
Horror movie director Craven
Wes
13D
State between Washington and California
Oregon
15D
Volcanic fallout
Ash
18D
French luxury fashion house
Dior
19D
Many early PCs: Abbr.
IBMs
20D
___ Sky (Sissy Spacek series on Amazon)
Night
21D
Marisa of the Spider-Man movies
Tomei
22D
Texter’s pictogram
Emoji
23D
It takes two to ___
Tango
24D
Former US Vice President Agnew
Spiro
28D
Professor in the game Clue
Plum
30D
Low-carb diet fad of the 2000s
Atkins
31D
2019 film adaptation of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
Cats
37D
Bite as Pac-Man would
Chomp
38D
The Panama ___
Canal
39D
Strikes with a foot
Kicks
40D
Top piece of a two-piece
Bra
43D
Letters for someone into home improvement
DIY
44D
Had a nosh
Ate
45D
The Producers writer/director Brooks
Mel
46D
Small hole in a needle
Eye
47D
Network for Chicago Fire Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med
NBC
48D
Is it ___ much to expect …
Too
49D
Peculiar
Odd