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Movie Monday
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1A
Pointy item at the end of a fishing line
Hook
5A
Round of applause
Hand
9A
Blouse or shirt for example
Top
12A
Riviera currency unit
Euro
13A
___ Dream Extreme Cheesecake (cookie-flavored dessert at Cheesecake Factory)
Oreo
14A
What a pumpkin grows on
Vine
15A
2023 animated film about a family of ducks going south for the winter
Migration
17A
Ever so slightly: 2 wds.
Abit
18A
Suffix for Japan
Ese
19A
___ to (before)
Prior
20A
The Big Sick star who voices Mack Mallard in 15-Across: 2 wds.
Kumail Nanjiani
26A
Get one’s ducks ___ row: 2 wds.
In A
27A
Be ___ to (assist): 2 wds.
Of Use
28A
Entryway
Door
30A
Shoe with hiking and knee-high varieties
Boot
31A
Move gently back and forth
Sway
35A
___ acid (DNA component)
Amino
37A
___ you aware that …
Are
38A
The Hunger Games actress who voices Pam Mallard in 15-Across: 2 wds.
Elizabeth Banks
44A
Big name in photocopiers
Xerox
45A
Clumsy ox
Oaf
46A
Cliched name for a labroatory assistant
Igor
47A
Crazy Rich Asians costar who voices a pigeon gang leader in 15-Across
Awkwafina
53A
Altoids containers
Tins
54A
Old ___ (card game)
Maid
55A
Touchscreen picture
Icon
56A
Pigpen
Sty
57A
Military force
Army
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58A
Lucy Lawless role of the 1990s
Xena
1D
What a clothing alteration might alter
Hem
2D
Word of agreement in French
Oui
3D
Doctors Without Borders’ website suffix
Org
4D
Divided Asian peninsula
Korea
5D
Ritz-Carlton for one
Hotel
6D
The Diamondbacks on scoreboards
Ari
7D
Modern: Prefix
Neo
8D
Henley of the Eagles
Don
9D
Bone below the knee
Tibia
10D
Vegetable often found in tuna salad
Onion
11D
___ dish (biology class container)
Petri
14D
Isn’t the same for everyone
Varies
16D
___ think about this more …: 2 wds.
As I
19D
Slumber party outfit for short
Pjs
20D
Young goat
Kid
21D
___ Pizzeria & Grill (restaurant chain)
Uno
22D
Chinese chairman who launched the Great Leap Forward
Mao
23D
Zero percent of the population: 2 wds.
No One
24D
The game is ___! (Sherlock Holmes cry)
Afoot
25D
Trail mix morsel
Nut
29D
Shaving implements
Razors
30D
___ Fortuna (crime aide in Return of the Jedi)
Bib
32D
White-faced
Wan
33D
Last word in the title of the first Indiana Jones movie
Ark
34D
Positive reply
Yes
36D
Uppermost limit for short
Max
38D
Interstate off-ramps
Exits
39D
Honest and aboveboard
Legit
40D
Humor derived from a contradictory observation
Irony
41D
Cowpoke’s greeting
Howdy
42D
Sound from a sheep
Baa
43D
Attach as a windshield sticker
Affix
47D
Group for many hospital workers: Abbr.
Ama
48D
International conflict often
War
49D
Supreme leader ___ Jong-un
Kim
50D
Main ingredient of a snow cone
Ice
51D
Prefix with compliance and conformist
Non
52D
Actress Ortiz of Love Victor
Ana