12/12/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/12/22
Movie Monday

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1A
Stanley ___ (hockey prize)
Cup

4A
Prepare potatoes by crushing them
Mash

8A
Went too fast when driving
Sped

12A
Santa ___ (city in California’s Orange County)
Ana

13A
Site for selling collectibles
Ebay

14A
Edible holder for a scoop of gelato perhaps
Cone

15A
Chomped down on
Bit

16A
Protein-rich vegan food product
Tofu

17A
Discourteous
Rude

18A
2012 superhero movie in which Mark Ruffalo plays Bruce Banner: 2 wds.
The Avengers

21A
Tavern beverage
Ale

22A
Mountain ___ (soda brand)
Dew

23A
Homophone of apse
Apps

26A
Gobble up
Eat

27A
Poli ___ (certain college major for short)
Sci

30A
2010 thriller in which Mark Ruffalo plays US Marshal Chuck Aule: 2 wds.
Shutter Island

34A
Ball ___ (basketball player who doesn’t pass to their teammates)
Hog

35A
Genetic molecule with one strand: Abbr.
RNA

36A
Has the rights to
Owns

37A
Cul-de-___ (street that may have a NO OUTLET sign)
Sac

38A
Sheeran and Helms for two
Eds

40A
2013 heist film in which Mark Ruffalo plays FBI agent Dylan Rhodes: 4 wds.
Now You See Me

45A
Last word in two Star Wars movie titles
Jedi

46A
___-dry (hang on a clothesline)
Drip

47A
Unpopular part of the Treasury Department: Abbr.
IRS

49A
Flower that’s related to the crocus
Iris

50A
Brand of toaster waffles
Eggo

51A
Body part used for kissing
Lip

52A
Pop! ___ the Weasel
Goes

53A
___ puller (tool for fixing surface damage to a car)
Dent

54A
___ West Florida (island that’s 95 miles from Cuba)
Key

1D
Vehicle that might drive you from the airport
Cab

2D
___ of time (second or minute for example)
Unit

3D
Lead down the garden ___ (deceive)
Path

4D
Chrome for example
Metal

5D
Higher than
Above

6D
Out of harm’s way
Safe

7D
South Korean automaker that produces the Sonata
Hyundai

8D
Carpentry fastener that’s tightened by turning
Screw

9D
Serve from a decanter
Pour

10D
Conclusions
Ends

11D
Early rapper Kool Moe ___
Dee

19D
Direction from New York to Spain
East

20D
Receives
Gets

23D
Residue in a fire pit
Ash

24D
Vietnamese soup with rice noodles and beef
Pho

25D
Breed often used as a companion dog
Pug

26D
Important time period
Era

27D
Witnessed
Saw

28D
Channel whose lead anchor from 1980 to 2001 was Bernard Shaw
CNN

29D
Picks out of a lineup for short
Ids

31D
Small tabletop attached to an airplane seat
Tray

32D
Converted into a secret message
Encoded

33D
Be checkmated in chess
Lose

37D
___ Miss (brand of cocoa)
Swiss

38D
Endorse as a digital contract: Hyph.
Esign

39D
Bus terminal
Depot

40D
He supposedly fiddled while Rome burned
Nero

41D
Dog on the cartoon series Garfield and Friends
Odie

42D
Strong desire
Urge

43D
Beverage in a dairy
Milk

44D
New York canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
Erie

45D
Lively Irish dance
Jig

48D
CIA operative
Spy