1/6/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

1/6/25
Movie Monday

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1A
Circus animal that might balance a ball on its nose
SEAL

5A
Microbe
GERM

9A
___ Moines Register (Iowa newspaper)
DES

12A
Teens facial blemishes
ACNE

13A
Song where a soprano might hit a high C
ARIA

14A
County Killarney’s country: Abbr
IRE

15A
2011 movie in which Kate Winslet plays a doctor helping to control a disease outbreak
CONTAGION

17A
Be a competitor
VIE

18A
Avocado spread, for short
GUAC

19A
Avarice
GREED

21A
Stoneworker or bricklayer
MASON

24A
Crass individual
BOOR

25A
Key often pressed along with “Control” and “Delete”
ALT

26A
Mexican food that might be served “al pastor”
TACO

29A
Ripened
AGED

32A
Level of management in a company
TIER

34A
Hot dog holder
BUN

35A
“Whip It” band
DEVO

36A
Scrimp and ___
SAVE

37A
Stare at inappropriately
LEER

39A
Neighbor of Homer and Marge
NED

40A
Outer extremity
EDGE

42A
Baseball player from Houston
ASTRO

44A
Action figure that first had “Kung-Fu Grip” in 1974: 2 wds
GI JOE

46A
Card higher than a ten and lower than a queen
JACK

48A
“Where did ___ wrong?”: 2 wds
I GO

49A
2008 movie in which Kate Winslet plays an illiterate woman: 2 wds
THE READER

54A
Move up and down, like a buoy
BOB

55A
“Right, sure thing, buddy”: 2 wds
I BET

56A
Ahi, on a sushi menu
TUNA

57A
Places to bring sudden medical cases: Abbr
ERS

58A
Toys that spin around
TOPS

59A
“Electric Avenue” singer Grant
EDDY

1D
___ fly (long-hit ball in baseball, for short)
SAC

2D
___ mode (option in a hybrid car)
ECO

3D
“Parks and Recreation” character who’s a nurse
ANN

4D
Release one’s grip: 2 wds
LET GO

5D
“Born This Way” singer Lady ___
GAGA

6D
Actor Idle who co-created the musical “Spamalot”
ERIC

7D
___ Grande (river on the Texas border)
RIO

8D
Fruit that’s often a chutney ingredient
MANGO

9D
2014 movie in which Kate Winslet plays the leader of the Erudite faction
DIVERGENT

10D
Pennsylvania city that shares its name with its bordering lake
ERIE

11D
Crunchy bit from a pumpkin or sunflower
SEED

16D
May, to Peter Parker
AUNT

20D
“The Long and Winding ___” (Beatles song)
ROAD

21D
Floor protectors in a Pilates class
MATS

22D
Actress Shawkat who’s in season 2 of “Severance”
ALIA

23D
2015 movie in which Kate Winslet plays an Apple marketing executive: 2 wds
STEVE JOBS

24D
T-___ steak
BONE

27D
Competent
ABLE

28D
Stick for playing eight-ball
CUE

30D
“… and they lived happily ___ after”
EVER

31D
Extinct bird that has become synonymous with being obsolete
DODO

33D
Give a new look to
REDO

38D
Marathon or 5K, for example
RACE

41D
“Do you understand the joke?”: 2 wds
GET IT

43D
Footwear used by ice hockey players
SKATE

44D
Teasing remark
GIBE

45D
Stereotypical name for a mad scientist’s underling
IGOR

46D
Car company that makes the Grand Cherokee
JEEP

47D
The “A” in the government agency “NEA”
ARTS

50D
“Euphoria” cable channel
HBO

51D
Firework that doesn’t go off
DUD

52D
Finish
END

53D
2004 musical biography starring Jamie Foxx
RAY