7/6/26
Movie Monday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Word that can go before “squad” or “rally”
PEP
4A
Clothing label that can be itchy
TAG
7A
Go for a light run
JOG
10A
“Pulp Fiction” costar Thurman
UMA
11A
___ Raton, Florida
BOCA
12A
Animal in the logo of a sneaker brand
PUMA
13A
Words of denial
NOS
14A
Laundromat unit
LOAD
15A
The paradise of “Paradise Lost”
EDEN
16A
1994 Disney movie with about $852 million in US home video sales, a record: 3 wds.
THELIONKING
19A
What needed to be turned to start a Model T car
CRANK
20A
Excessively
TOO
21A
1992 Disney movie with about $748 million in US home video sales
ALADDIN
23A
Floor models
DEMOS
27A
Hoover ___ (hydroelectric structure)
DAM
28A
From ___ to bottom
TOP
30A
Leave astonished
AWE
31A
Scissors’ sounds
SNIPS
34A
1997 James Cameron movie with about $655 million in US home video sales
TITANIC
37A
Letters before a stage name
AKA
39A
Scold mildly
CHIDE
40A
2003 Pixar movie with about $801 million in US home video sales: 2 wds.
FINDINGNEMO
44A
Carded at a bar
IDED
45A
Film ___ (gritty crime genre)
NOIR
46A
Room with test tubes and beakers
LAB
49A
Kill, as a werewolf
SLAY
50A
All at ___ (at the same time)
ONCE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Type of beer that may be “hazy”: Abbr.
IPA
52A
“All ___ Fault” (2025 Peacock miniseries)
HER
53A
Hoped-for answer to a marriage proposal
YES
54A
Oddball
NUT
1D
Joke that typically involves a homonym
PUN
2D
___ pop (Jimmy Eat World’s music genre)
EMO
3D
Deli meat similar to corned beef
PASTRAMI
4D
Fix-it box with wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers: 2 wds.
TOOLKIT
5D
Purple berry that’s rarely sold fresh in the US
ACAI
6D
“Snow White” actress Gal
GADOT
7D
Dench who played M in eight James Bond films
JUDI
8D
Eerie warning sign
OMEN
9D
Kool & the ___ (funk band)
GANG
11D
Mix thoroughly
BLEND
12D
Orange ___ tea
PEKOE
17D
“I’ve ___ enough of this!”
HAD
18D
Brief bow of the head
NOD
19D
Large family, like the Kennedys
CLAN
21D
Jumbotrons sometimes display them
ADS
22D
“It’s ___ too late!”
NOT
24D
Stringed instrument in a bluegrass band
MANDOLIN
25D
Playground boo-boo
OWIE
26D
“Hold on just a ___”
SEC
29D
Lunch outings on park lawns
PICNICS
32D
Field for growing rice
PADDY
33D
Enjoy a winter resort
SKI
35D
“___ you have it, folks!”
THERE
36D
Prepare to throw an ax
AIM
41D
“___ hands are the devil’s workshop”
IDLE
42D
Close at hand
NEAR
43D
No longer available
GONE
47D
“The Simpsons” character formerly voiced by Hank Azaria
APU
48D
Cave-dwelling animal
BAT