12/6/21
Movie Monday
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1A
Tool for a rowboat
Oar
4A
Calculate 2 2, for example
Add
7A
Baby-faced
Cute
11A
Layer of toilet paper
Ply
12A
Has regrets about
Rues
14A
Egyptian fertility goddess
Isis
15A
Kellogg’s cereal with such varieties as Vanilla & Almond and Cinnamon Pecan: 2 wds.
Special K
17A
Opposite of shallow
Deep
18A
First Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress: 2 wds.
Halle Berry
20A
Foundation, as of an argument
Basis
23A
Black, sticky substance
Tar
24A
Easy-Off ___ cleaner
Oven
25A
Fastener on a bulletin board
Tack
27A
Natural resource that contains metal
Ore
30A
2002 James Bond film starring 18-Across as Jinx: 3 wds.
Die Another Day
33A
36-inch units of length: Abbr.
Yds
34A
Feeling of jealousy
Envy
35A
Move slowly, like honey
Ooze
36A
Charge on a checking account
Fee
37A
___ all (opens up in a tell-all interview)
Bares
38A
2012 film starring 18-Across in multiple roles: 2 wds.
Cloud Atlas
43A
Clothing article worn at a spa
Robe
44A
Home-selling agents
Realtors
48A
“American ___” (singing competition series)
Idol
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Hair on a horse
Mane
50A
Simu who plays Shang-Chi
Liu
51A
Honey producers
Bees
52A
Showed the way
Led
53A
Actor Cheadle
Don
1A
Black ___ (secret military activities)
Ops
2A
Mountain peak in Germany or Austria, say
Alp
3D
Grain that some whiskeys are made with
Rye
4D
Songs heard in operas
Arias
5D
Having two parts
Dual
6D
“The Farmer in the ___”
Dell
7D
Drink sometimes served with doughnuts in autumn
Cider
8D
Person logging into a computer
User
9D
Layer of a wedding cake
Tier
10D
TV award won by athletes
Espy
13D
Like an outline that’s lacking in detail
Sketchy
16D
Yao Ming’s home country
China
19D
Make cakes or cookies, say
Bake
20D
“Touch My ___” (Mariah Carey song)
Body
21D
Full of enthusiasm
Avid
22D
Catches sight of
Sees
25D
Long, skinny part of a record player
Tone Arm
26D
Four-wheeler to drive over rough ground: Abbr.
ATV
27D
Smell that indicates spoilage
Odor
28D
Homophone (and opposite) of “raise”
Raze
29D
Needle holes
Eyes
31D
Absolutely have to have
Need
32D
Prepare prime rib, perhaps
Roast
36D
Provides energy to
Fuels
37D
Like hay that’s in bundles
Baled
38D
Baby’s sleeping spot
Crib
39D
Mother ___ (mining discovery)
Lode
40D
Slender woodwind
Oboe
41D
Color between blue and green
Teal
42D
“The Producers” star Nathan
Lane
45D
“___ King Cole” (nursery rhyme)
Old
46D
Where Carnival takes place, for short
Rio
47D
It gives Superman his powers
Sun