12/16/17 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

12/16/17
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1A
Nonmetallic weapon for Professor Plum
Rope

5A
Google Earth graphic
Map

8A
Prefix for “logical” or “engineering”
Bio

11A
Great Lake near Niagara Falls
Erie

12A
“Some ___ born great …”
Are

13A
Garbanzo or lima, for example
Bean

14A
Taiwanese computer giant that bought Gateway in 2007
Acer

15A
“I warned you!”
See

16A
____ Turnblad (Tracy’s mom in “Hairspray”)
Edna

17A
Opera singer who was buried in Paris’s Pere Lachaise Cemetery, though she wasn’t French: 2 wds.
Maria Callas

20A
Noteworthy time in history
Era

21A
Landscaper’s roll of grass
Sod

22A
Droop down
Sag

25A
Title for a married woman: Abbr.
Mrs

27A
With 35-Across, playwright who was buried in Paris’s Pere Lachaise Cemetery though he wasn’t French
Oscar

31A
Its capital is Montgomery: Abbr.
Ala

32A
Feel crummy
Ail

34A
Long-handled tool for a gardener
Hoe

35A
See 27-Across
Wilde

38A
“Don’t bite off more than you ___ chew”
Can

40A
Like people in their 90s
Old

41A
Roker and Pacino, for two
Als

43A
“Better Call Saul” star Odenkirk
Bob

45A
Rock singer who was buried in Paris’s Pere Lachaise Cemetery, though he wasn’t French: 2 wds.
Jim Morrison

50A
Barbary ___ (primates in Gigraltar)
Apes

52A
“____ Slave 4 U” (Britney Spears hit): 2 wds.
Im A

53A
Extremely uncommon
Rare

54A
Quarry for a predator
Prey

55A
Held a match to
Lit

56A
Loses all power, like a smartphone
Dies

57A
Sound of a cork coming loose
Pop

58A
Visitors from Venus, maybe: Abbr.
ETs

59A
Place to insert a coin
Slot

1D
500 sheets of paper
Ream

2D
Black-and-white whale
Orca

3D
“Take a long walk off a short ____!”
Pier

4D
Spine-tingling
Eerie

5D
Makeup for eyelashes
Mascara

6D
Rest ___ (place for a highway driver to take a break)
Area

7D
Removes the skin from potatoes
Peels

8D
Sleeping places
Beds

9D
Actor McKellen
Ian

10D
“Based ___ true story”: 2 wds.
On A

13D
Small items on an abacus or a rosary
Beads

18D
Funny bone’s location
Arm

19D
Bathroom, in Bath
Loo

22D
What a magician uses to cut someone in half
Saw

23D
“Moonlight” actor Mahershala
Ali

24D
“Wonder Woman” star Gadot
Gal

26D
“___ ’em!” (command to a guard dog)
Sic

28D
Actor John of Fox’s “The Exorcist”
Cho

29D
ISP known for Buddy Lists
AOL

30D
Rightmost color on the French flag
Red

33D
Maze-running rodents: 2 wds.
Lab Rats

36D
Donald Duck’s girlfriend
Daisy

37D
Street of horror film fame
Elm

39D
Neither this ___ that
Nor

42D
Put on a happy face
Smile

44D
Sparrows and swallows, for example
Birds

45D
Vehicle for rough terrain
Jeep

46D
Neglect to mention
Omit

47D
Compete in a regatta
Sail

48D
Cookie that was introduced the month before the Titanic sank
Oreo

49D
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ ___”
Nest

50D
MyFitnessPal or Pokemon Go, for example
App

51D
___ and con (sides in a debate)
Pro