12/5/22
Movie Monday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Heard and understood: 2 wds.
Got It
6A
Body part that a ballerina pirouettes on
Toe
9A
One of the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter stories
Fred
13A
___ acid (essential building block of life)
Amino
14A
First Norwegian band to have a #1 hit in the US: Hyph.
Aha
15A
European capital that’s 28 centuries old
Rome
16A
Number of events in a heptathlon
Seven
17A
Dimly ___ (faintly illuminated)
Lit
18A
Company that makes Large Breed Lamb and Rice dog food
Iams
19A
2005 Charlize Theron drama about sexual harassment at an iron mine: 2 wds.
North Country
22A
Overly
Too
23A
Butter portion
Pat
24A
In the past
Ago
27A
Hearing ___ (auditory help)
Aid
30A
Size that’s larger than grande at Starbucks
Venti
34A
2015 Charlize Theron action movie set in a postapocalyptic wasteland: 4 wds.
Mad Max Fury Road
38A
___ your case (give a defense in court)
Plead
39A
Thar ___ blows!
She
40A
Cable channel with the cooking game show Rat in the Kitchen
TBS
41A
Something that beavers build
Dam
43A
Muscles that can be worked in Pilates
Abs
46A
2017 Charlize Theron spy thriller based on the graphic novel The Coldest City: 2 wds.
Atomic Blonde
52A
Unwanted consequence of sunbathing
Burn
53A
Baseball great Gehrig
Lou
54A
Forgo as your legal rights
Waive
56A
Nation led by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Iran
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57A
What you tug in charades to indicate sounds like
Ear
58A
Exists
Lives
59A
NCAA’s Crimson Tide for short
Bama
60A
Clever like a fox
Sly
61A
What diagonal lines do
Slant
1D
It’s neither solid nor liquid
Gas
2D
Dark cloud or black cat according to some
Omen
3D
DVR brand introduced in 1999
Tivo
4D
Nonreactive like helium or neon
Inert
5D
Sidekick of the Lone Ranger
Tonto
6D
Material in some body powders
Talc
7D
State known as the Mother of Presidents
Ohio
8D
Gobble with gusto: 2 wds.
Eat Up
9D
Deep-fried treat often made with corn or apples
Fritter
10D
Katy Perry hit named for an animal sound
Roar
11D
The E of EGOT
Emmy
12D
West ___ Moines (city in Iowa)
Des
20D
Fraudulent story that Snopes.com might debunk
Hoax
21D
Branch of the armed services featured in Top Gun: Maverick
Navy
24D
Volume-boosting equipment
Amp
25D
___ pal (female friend)
Gal
26D
Poem that might be in iambic pentameter
Ode
28D
No ___ ands or buts
Ifs
29D
Wow I should have realized that!
Duh
31D
Batteries ___ included (line on some packaging)
Not
32D
Bill at a bar
Tab
33D
They might be checked by a nightclub bouncer: Abbr.
Ids
35D
The Material Girl
Madonna
36D
Maroon 5 front man Levine
Adam
37D
The ___ McCoy
Real
42D
What the 500 in Indy 500 represents
Miles
44D
Rolls a spare or a strike say
Bowls
45D
Slug in a shell essentially
Snail
46D
Mystique
Aura
47D
Airport shuttle
Tram
48D
Naughty child’s Christmas stocking gift
Coal
49D
Hide like a pirate’s treasure
Bury
50D
Demanding egotistical superstar
Diva
51D
___-steven (identical)
Even
52D
Protective garment for a hungry baby
Bib
55D
Suffix indicating more than -er
Est