12/20/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

12/20/21
Movie Monday

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1A
___ fountain (machine at a concession stand)
Soda

5A
Where to apply ChapStick
Lip

8A
Step on the ___ (speed up)
Gas

11A
Role for Chris Hemsworth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Thor

12A
“No thanks, I already ___”
Ate

13A
Last part of a college’s URL
Edu

14A
Senator’s assistant
Aide

15A
More than merely damp
Wet

16A
Gold ___ (brand of dress socks)
Toe

17A
“Carol” actress who starred in 2011’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”: 2 wds.
Rooney Mara

20A
Deodorant body spray brand with such varieties as Anarchy and Excite
Axe

21A
Spiders have eight of them
Legs

23A
“Tarzan, the ___ Man”
Ape

26A
“___ You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” (Judy Blume novel)
Are

28A
Saudi or Syrian person, typically
Arab

30A
“I Care a Lot” actress who starred in 2014’s “Gone Girl”: 2 wds.
Rosamnud Pike

33A
___ silent (didn’t talk)
Kept

34A
Student advocacy group: Abbr.
PTA

35A
Family member that may be furry or scaly
Pet

36A
Slow gait for a horse
Trot

38A
Barbecue spice mix
Rub

40A
“Jungle Cruise” actress who starred in 2016’s “The Girl on the Train”: 2 wds.
Emily Blunt

45A
“It ___ fun while it lasted”
Was

47A
Football official, for short
Ref

48A
Where Karachi, Kathmandu, and Kuala Lumpur are
Asia

49A
Drivers’ licenses, passports, and the like: Abbr.
Ids

50A
Mother of Abel
Eve

51A
Finish flipping a house, say
Sell

52A
Promise at the altar: 2 wds.
I Do

53A
Recolor
Dye

54A
What the Keebler elves live inside
Tree

1D
Six-pointed shape on Israel’s flag
Star

2D
State whose three largest cities all start with “C”
Ohio

3D
Extinct bird once found on Mauritius
Dodo

4D
Setting for an NBA game
Arena

5D
Hire an attorney, in slang: 2 wds.
Lawyer Up

6D
Line-___ veto (option for most governors)
Item

7D
Colorful part of a flower
Petal

8D
“Pull yourself together!”: 3 wds.
Get a Grip

9D
“Much ___ About Nothing”
Ado

10D
“Peggy ___ Got Married” (1986 movie)
Sue

18D
Major test
Exam

19D
Gather, as grain from the field
Reap

22D
“Oh, for heaven’s ___!”
Sake

23D
Last word in the title of the first Indiana Jones movie
Ark

24D
Langston Hughes or Maya Angelou, for example
Poet

25D
Kind of coffee in a latte
Espresso

27D
Cost of participating: 2 wds.
Entry Fee

29D
Cable channel that airs “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”
Bet

31D
Part of a molecule
Atom

32D
Smear haphazardly
Daub

37D
Exhausted
Tired

39D
A ___ from the past
Blast

41D
“Schitt’s Creek” actor Daniel
Levy

42D
___-friendly software
User

43D
Longest river in Africa
Nile

44D
Fairy ___ (children’s story)
Tale

45D
Nintendo console with a motion sensor
Wii

46D
“Something just doesn’t ___ up”
Add