2/3/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

2/3/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Low-___ (like keto and paleo diets)
CARB

5A
Google ___ (app used by trip planners)
MAPS

9A
Butchers may trim it from meat
FAT

12A
Where Bangladesh is
ASIA

13A
Actor Baldwin of “30 Rock”
ALEC

14A
One of the songwriting Gershwin brothers
IRA

15A
2019 folk-horror film starring Florence Pugh as an American student visiting Sweden
MIDSOMMAR

17A
Prime ___ (beef dish)
RIB

18A
Places where patrons wear robes
SPAS

19A
Tripod in a painter’s studio
EASEL

21A
Sailing the ocean: 2 wds.
AT SEA

24A
Uphill ___ (something hard to do)
BATTLE

25A
2019 literary adaptation featuring Florence Pugh as Amy March: 2 wds.
LITTLE WOMEN

28A
Actor DiCaprio, to fans
LEO

29A
Symbol in a URL
DOT

30A
___ Baba
ALI

33A
2023 biopic featuring Florence Pugh as Communist activist Jean Tatlock
OPPENHEIMER

38A
Sneaky attempt to avoid linemen: 2 wds.
END RUN

40A
Language spoken in Athens
GREEK

41A
Creation that’s similar to an android
ROBOT

42A
“Wake Me Up Before You ___” (Wham! hit): Hyph.
GO-GO

44A
“Kings & Queens” singer ___ Max
AVA

45A
2022 psychological drama starring Florence Pugh as an English nurse investigating an apparent miracle: 2 wds.
THE WONDER

50A
“Hey, wait a ___!”
SEC

51A
1962 doo-wop hit “Duke of ___”
EARL

52A
State that includes Dubuque and Sioux City
IOWA

53A
Large, antlered animal
ELK

54A
Colorings for Easter eggs
DYES

55A
Enjoy a piece of gum
CHEW

1D
University of Miami Hurricanes quarterback ___ Ward (Need more info)
CAM

2D
“__ may have mentioned …”: 2 wds.
AS I

3D
Get ___ of (remove)
RID

4D
Long-eared hound
BASSET

5D
Mother, to a baby
MAMA

6D
Charitable offerings
ALMS

7D
Small vegetable under the mattresses in the musical “Once Upon a Mattress”
PEA

8D
Horror franchise featuring Ghostface
SCREAM

9D
You call a friend by theirs: 2 wds.
FIRST NAME

10D
Disney princess who begins as a mermaid
ARIEL

11D
Large piece of dining-room furniture
TABLE

16D
Gemstone that mainly comes from Australia and Ethiopia
OPAL

20D
Downed a meal
ATE

21D
“Is that ___ you can think about?”
ALL

22D
Businessman’s neckwear
TIE

23D
Didn’t get too close: 2 wds.
STOOD BACK

24D
Jump in with ___ feet
BOTH

26D
“I Dream of Jeannie” actress Barbara
EDEN

27D
Triumphed over the competition
WON

31D
Country singer Brice
LEE

32D
Tick off
IRK

34D
Athlete who’s paid to play
PRO

35D
Struck a golf ball on a green
PUTTED

36D
Brand of frozen waffles
EGGO

37D
Like a traffic jam when you’re already late, according to Alanis Morissette
IRONIC

38D
Clear the slate
ERASE

39D
George Orwell’s “1984,” for one
NOVEL

42D
“The Agency” actor Richard
GERE

43D
Messenger birds in the Harry Potter books
OWLS

46D
Make ___ while the sun shines
HAY

47D
Homer Simpson’s cry
D’OH

48D
Female in a pasture
EWE

49D
___ bar (place that serves shellfish)
RAW