7/20/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

7/20/20
Movie Monday

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1A
Spaces where teeth are missing
Gaps

5A
Brief fashion crazes
Fads

9A
High-speed PC connection: Abbr.
DSL

12A
Sore and tender
Achy

13A
Decrease in intensity
Abate

15A
Imagine Peace campaigner Yoko
Ono

16A
Mix with a spoon
Stir

17A
___ of industry (business magnate)
Titan

18A
Wiggle like a happy puppy’s tail
Wag

19A
She won the 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress for Us: 2 wds.
Lupitan Yongo

22A
Porky for one
Pig

23A
Family guys
Dads

24A
A penny saved ___ penny earned: 2 wds.
Is A

27A
Low-pitched brass instrument
Tuba

30A
Liquids that french fries are cooked in
Oils

33A
He won the 2020 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor for Just Mercy: 3 wds.
Michael B Jordan

37A
Prudish
Prim

38A
Group of people working together
Team

39A
Speech course for some immigrants to the US: Abbr.
ESL

40A
Place for a ship to load and unload
Dock

43A
Get ___ of (throw away)
Rid

45A
She won the 2020 NAACP Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for Little: 2 wds.
Marsai Martin

50A
Letters from ___ Jima (2006 movie)
Iwo

51A
Hindu religious teacher
Swami

52A
Short casual letter
Note

55A
Nickname for a physician (and homonym of 40-Across)
Doc

56A
Warning sound on an ambulance
Siren

57A
Villainous
Evil

58A
Of that ___ (of the same kind)
Ilk

59A
Joined in some caroling
Sang

60A
Person’s position in a hierarchy
Rank

1D
It’s not solid or liquid
Gas

2D
Have a movie role
Act

3D
Golfer Mickelson
Phil

4D
Topping for pancakes
Syrup

5D
Extreme tiredness
Fatigue

6D
Just ___ (not much): 2 wds.
A Bit

7D
Numbers to be analyzed
Data

8D
Get up on one’s feet
Stand

9D
Bad part of an option
Downside

10D
Minor setback
Snag

11D
Brand’s recognizable symbol
Logo

14D
Gaelic singer who lives in a castle
Enya

20D
Middle Eastern pocket bread
Pita

21D
Skunk’s defense
Odor

24D
Mischievous kid
Imp

25D
Title for Elton John or Ringo Starr
Sir

26D
Music style suggestive of psychedelics: 2 wds.
Acid Rock

28D
Sandwich that’s not kosher for short
BLT

29D
Nickname of a US president who was born in a log cabin
Abe

31D
___ Finest (Gabrielle Union series)
Las

32D
Comedy series with a different host each week: Abbr.
SNL

34D
Medical insurance networks: Abbr.
HMOs

35D
Disconcerting or shocking
Jarring

36D
Fail to include
Omit

41D
Mama ___ Elliot (singer with the Mamas and the Papas)
Cass

42D
Small fuzzy fruits
Kiwis

44D
Casual restaurant
Diner

45D
Computerized music file format
Midi

46D
Not in the barracks when you should be: Abbr.
Awol

47D
Rooney ___ who starred in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Mara

48D
Can I get an ___? (Tell me you agree!)
Amen

49D
Longtime PBS science show
Nova

53D
Container for sardines or Altoids
Tin

54D
Deer that an American fraternal organization is named after
Elk