8/9/21
Movie Monday
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1A
Annoying delay during a videoconference
Lag
4A
Soft surface for a computer mouse
Pad
7A
Test the weight of
Heft
11A
Cold blocks in a cocktail
Ice
12A
High-ranking business manager, for short
Exec
14A
The giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk,” for one
Ogre
15A
Chow down
Eat
16A
Michael of “Arrested Development”
Cera
17A
Mob or gang enforcer
Goon
18A
“Fences” actress who plays a government official in “The Suicide Squad”: 2 wds.
Viola Davis
21A
Linebacker Miller who was the Super Bowl 50 MVP
Von
22A
___ Lightfoot, hero of Pixar’s “Onward”
Ian
23A
Small dog with a wrinkly face
Pug
26A
Film franchise with “First Class” and “Apocalypse” films: Hyph.
Xmen
28A
Social ___ (problems in a society)
Ills
29A
Card game with Skip cards
Uno
30A
With 32-Across, “I, Tonya” actress who plays Harley Quinn in “The Suicide Squad”
Margot
32A
See 30-Across
Robbie
34A
Actor Mahershala of “Moonlight”
Ali
35A
“Results may ___”
Vary
37A
Does something
Acts
38A
“Game, ___, match”
Set
39A
Chicken ___ king: 2 wds.
Ala
40A
Drop the ball
Err
41A
“The New Mutants” actress who plays a revolutionary in “The Suicide Squad”: 2 wds.
Alice Braga
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45A
Lennon of the Beatles
John
48A
Captain who pursued Moby Dick
Ahab
49A
Came out on top
Won
50A
Wilson who costars in the Disney series “Loki”
Owen
51A
“Party of Five” actress Campbell
Neve
52A
Scottish boy
Lad
53D
Irish New Age vocalist
Enya
54D
Spearheaded
Led
55D
Where farmers keep porkers
Sty
1D
Actor Schreiber
Live
2D
Exotic berry in fruit juices
Acai
3D
“Quit your whining and move on!”: 3 wds.
Get Over It
4D
Nut in a common Thanksgiving pie
Pecan
5D
Fired, in slang
Axed
6D
Force off-track
Derail
7D
Grabs more than one’s fair share of
Hogs
8D
Nigerian-American comedian Nwodim
Ego
9D
Puffy hairstyle, for short
Fro
10D
Half of twenty
Ten
13D
Troops riding on horseback
Cavalry
19D
“To make a ___ story short …”
Long
20D
“You are ___ much trouble!”: 2 wds.
In So
23D
Events that involve barhopping: 2 wds.
Pub Crawls
24D
Pound or pint, for example
Unit
25D
Heads out
Goes
26D
Yuletide occasion, for short
Xmas
27D
One using he/him pronouns
Male
28D
Language spoken in Naples
Italian
31D
Nail shape created by a manicurist
Oval
33D
William ___, attorney general under two presidents
Barr
36D
Jennifer Aniston’s role on “Friends”
Rachel
40D
Went back, like the tide
Ebbed
41D
Younger sister in “Frozen”
Anna
42D
Part of a roof near a gutter
Eave
43D
Bearded animal in a petting zoo
Goat
44D
Actor Serkis who’s played Gollum and King Kong
Andy
45D
President Biden’s first name, familiarly
Joe
46D
Have possession of
Own
47D
“What’s the big idea, pal?”
Hey