6/13/22
Movie Monday
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1A
Talks endlessly
Gabs
5A
Metal flap for opening a soda can
Tab
8A
Suffix with child or fiend
Ish
11A
State that’s home to Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah
12A
Verbal
Oral
13A
Ally of Trinity and Morpheus in The Matrix
Neo
14A
2004 film in which Denzel Washington plays the bodyguard for a child who’s kidnapped: 3 wds.
Man on Fire
16A
Deplete as one’s strength
Sap
17A
Dunderhead
Oaf
18A
Designed for women under 5’3 in clothing sizes
Petite
20A
Stomach muscles
Abs
23A
Ask urgently
Beg
25A
Degrees for dissertation writers: Abbr.
Phds
26A
What you do to a drum
Beat
28A
Monster in a Scottish lake informally
Nessie
30A
Small casual eatery
Café
31A
Visualize
See
32A
Award for a TV show
Emmy
35A
___ baggage (luggage that an airline charges more for)
Excess
37A
Payment for a bus or cab ride
Fare
38A
Blacken when cooking
Char
39A
Power of predicting future events: Abbr.
Esp
41A
College basketball competition: Abbr.
Nit
42A
Duplicated exactly like Dolly the sheep
Cloned
44A
Response from a bride or groom: 2 wds.
I Do
46A
R&B singer Rawls
Lou
47A
2003 film in which Denzel Washington plays a police chief suspected of stealing money and killing his lover: 3 wds.
Out of Time
52A
Donkey
Ass
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
___ on Me (classic Bill Withers song)
Lean
54A
Mineral that beef and spinach are good sources of
Iron
55A
Teeny
Wee
56D
And many more: Abbr.
ETC
57D
Lose control on a slippery road
Skid
1D
Stuff you chew but shouldn’t swallow
Gum
2D
___ snail’s pace (very slowly): 2 wds.
At A
3D
Prohibit by law
Ban
4D
Go away!
Shoo
5D
Prefix that means three
Tri
6D
Group for older people that sponsors the annual Movies for Grownups Awards
AARP
7D
High-pitched sounds that replace expletives
Bleeps
8D
2006 film in which Denzel Washington plays a detective negotiating for the release of hostages: 2 wds.
Inside Man
9D
Chairs
Seats
10D
Cross my heart and ___ to die
Hope
12D
Part of a team that’s currently trying to score
Offense
15D
Seize as a criminal suspect
Nab
19D
Identity ___ (2013 Melissa McCarthy comedy)
Thief
20D
Grey’s Anatomy network
ABC
21D
Don’t ___ stranger!: 2 wds.
Be A
22D
2012 film in which Denzel Washington plays a former CIA agent thought to be a traitor: 2 wds.
Safe House
24D
Birds that are a-laying in a Christmas song
Geese
27D
Lyndon Johnson or Laura Bush by birth
Texan
29D
Meeting of a legislature
Session
33D
Diagnostic body scan: Abbr.
Mri
34D
But on the other hand …
Yet
36D
Type of cuisine that’s popular in New Orleans
Creole
38D
Actress Glenn ___ of Apple TV ‘s Tehran
Close
40D
File extension for text or graphics: Abbr.
PDF
42D
Curved nail on a cat’s foot
Claw
43D
Song such as Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s Rain on Me
Duet
45D
Asa Butterfield’s character on Sex Education
Otis
48D
Tic ___ Dough (old game show)
Tac
49D
Annoy
Irk
50D
Pardonnez-___!
Moi
51D
___ on a high note
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