7/17/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/17/23
Movie Monday

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1A
Cul-de-___ (dead-end street)
Sac

4A
Headphone wearers at dance clubs: Abbr.
Djs

7A
Zoom command that blocks sound whe, say, your dog’s barking
Mute

11A
Tennis ____ (country club staffer at the courts)
Pro

12A
Sturdy wood used in Viking ships
Oak

13A
Have ___ too many (overindulge): 2 wds.
A Few

14A
Where an elbow is
Arm

15A
Upper-left number on an ATM keypad
One

16A
In the ___ (mentally focused)
Zone

17A
Actor who plays agent Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible movies:L 2 wds.
Tom Cruise

20A
Bend in the wind
Sway

21A
Insect that has a fire variety
Ant

22A
___ Virgo (Amazon comedy series): 2 wds.
Im A

25A
Lifesaving technique with a hands-only option: Abbr.
CPR

27A
Not quite level, as a picture frame
Askew

29A
Actress who plays Grace in the new Mission: Impossible movie: 2 wds.
Hayley Atwell

33A
Plants that can climb trellises
Ivies

34A
Insect that may be tended by a keeper
Bee

35A
Opposite of a rave, in terms of reviews
Pan

36A
Fish served at Long John Silver’s restaurants
Cod

38A
Great Lake that takes its name from a Native American tribe
Erie

42A
Actor who plays technical field agent Benji Dunn in the Mission Impossible series: 2 wds.
Simon Pegg

44A
Typical ___ (#2 hit for Tina Turner)
Male

47A
Former 20/20 correspondent Robach
Amy

48A
___ George Foreman (2023 sports biopic)
Big

49A
___ Morgan of the National Women’s Soccer League
Alex

50A
Female bird on a farm
Hen

51A
Name from Genesis that reads the same forward and backward
Eve

52A
Pottery class material
Clay

53A
Not by ___ stretch of the imagination
Any

54A
Was ahead in a competition
Led

1D
Petty quarrels
Spats

2D
Symbol on an elevator button
Arrow

3D
Punctuation mark that suggests a brief pause
Comma

4D
Item that may include a keycard slot
Door

5D
First month of the year
January

6D
Ball of yarn
Skein

7D
Test for a labroratory rat
Maze

8D
Sky sighting in the movie Nope: Abbr.
UFO

9D
Number of events in a decathlon
Ten

10D
She that’s watched over by a shepherd
Ewe

18D
Rinse or spin: for a washing machine
Cycle

19D
What a governor governs
State

22D
History of the World, Part II actor Barinholtz
Ike

23D
Josh’s wife in Schmicago, for shot
Mel

24D
Leather-punching tool
Awl

26D
Oscar-winning actor Joe
Pesci

28D
Clean with a broom
Sweep

29D
Trendy
Hip

30D
Selma director DuVernay
Ava

31D
Yang’s counterpart in Chinese philosophy
Yin

32D
Midsection of the body
Abodmen

37D
Warren Buffett’s hometown in the Great Plains
Omaha

39D
Person who challenges the status quo
Rebel

40D
Can ___ you a hand here?: 2 wds.
I Give

41D
___ on (prodded into action)
Egged

42D
Titillating
Sexy

43D
Part of a Manhattan mailing address: 2 wds. Abbr.
Nyny

44D
Ocean’s Eleven costar Bernie ___
Mac

45D
Opposite of none
All

46D
Actress Seydoux or Michele
Lea