12/30/19
Movie Monday
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1A
Wrote down as in a college class
Noted
6A
___ none (with no exceptions)
Bar
9A
Down with the flu perhaps
Sick
13A
That’s ___ (romantic Dean Martin song heard in Moonstruck)
Amore
14A
___ Yankee Doodle dandy …: 2 wds.
Im A
15A
Square peg in a round ___
Hole
16A
Lose your mind with worry
Panic
17A
Toy that you spin
Top
18A
Get things squared ___
Away
19A
Actress who plays Gretchen Carlson in Bombshell: 2 wds.
Nicole Kidman
22A
Owner of a Lonely Heart band
Yes
23A
Modern dance move where the head is placed in the elbow
Dab
24A
___ silly question …: 2 wds.
Ask A
28A
High-ranking official: Abbr.
VIP
30A
Playground chute
Slide
34A
Actress who plays Megyn Kelly in Bombshell: 2 wds.
Charlize Theron
37A
Alabama city that’s the name of a 2014 movie
Selma
38A
What a headphone goes over
Ear
39A
Raked material in a Zen garden
Sand
40A
Weekly NBC sketch show: Abbr.
SNL
42A
Science class where a student might dissect a frog for short
Bio
44A
Actress who plays a fictional associate producer in Bombshell: 2 wds.
Margot Robbie
50A
Brass instrument that hits the lower pitches
Tuba
51A
By way of
Via
52A
Greek fable teller
Aesop
54A
Actor Baldwin who is the male performer with the most SAG Awards (eight)
Alec
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Pharmaceutical company ___ Lilly
Eli
56A
Food sent from heaven
Manna
57A
___: Birth of a Legend (2016 documentary about Brazil’s top-scoring soccer player)
Pele
58D
Room where a family might watch TV together
Den
59D
Fidgety
Antsy
1D
Midday snooze
Nap
2D
Country at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
Oman
3D
Singer Tennille or Braxton
Toni
4D
Actor Stonestreet of Modern Family
Eric
5D
Hunter’s wooden duck
Decoy
6D
Like miniature Milky Ways given out at Halloween: Hyph.
Bite Size
7D
Ran ___ (went wild)
Amok
8D
Quite quick
Rapid
9D
In ___ (like a complete mess)
Shambles
10D
State where the first presidential caucuses take place
Iowa
11D
Extended family
Clan
12D
One of 88 on a piano
Key
20D
___ Strauss (jeans maker)
Levi
21D
50-yard ___ (short run)
Dash
24D
Room coolers: Abbr.
Acs
25D
___ Drives Me Crazy (1989 Fine Young Cannibals hit)
She
26D
Sunnyside actor Penn
Kal
27D
Battle for missile superiority: 2 wds.
Arms Race
29D
Numbskull whose head is compared to a legume: Hyph.
Pea Brain
31D
Long-term savings plan: Abbr.
IRA
32D
CNN host Lemon
Don
33D
Final stage
End
35D
Auld ___ Syne
Lang
36D
Music group such as the Police
Trio
41D
Was gaga over
Loved
43D
Michelle who’s nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album
Obama
44D
Moscow ___ (vodka cocktail)
Mule
45D
The first shepherd in the Bible
Abel
46D
Square of ceramic flooring
Tile
47D
Yankee ___ soup
Bean
48D
This ___ what I signed up for!
Isnt
49D
Immense time periods
Eons
50D
Noisy type of dancing
Tap
53D
Fork over some cash
Pay
9A is Sick not ILL
9A should be Sick, not Ill.