6/20/22
Movie Monday
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1A
Track down
Find
5A
Tool with crosscut and circular varieties
Saw
8A
Nite ___ (bird-themed superhero in Watchmen)
Owl
11A
Territory
Area
12A
Shared by you and me
Ours
14A
Starbucks brand of instant coffee
Via
15A
Daybreak
Dawn
16A
Notion
Idea
17A
Golf champion Ernie from South Africa
Els
18A
Actor in the Best Picture Oscar films The English Patient Shakespeare in Love and The King’s Speech: 2 wds.
Colin Firth
21A
It can replace four houses in Monopoly
Hotel
24A
PC’s bail-out key
ESC
25A
Homer Simpson’s dad
Abe
26A
Attire
Garb
30A
Ship captains’ diaries
Logs
33A
Actor in the Best Picture Oscar films Driving Miss Daisy Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby: 2 wds.
Morgan Freeman
36A
Viral video perhaps
Meme
37A
Fried vegetable on Cracker Barrel menus
Okra
38A
Brother of Peyton Manning
Eli
39A
Faux ___ (blunder)
Pas
41A
Bowling alley button
Reset
43A
Actor in the Best Picture Oscar films It Happened One Night Mutiny on the Bounty and Gone With the Wind: 2 wds.
Clark Gable
48A
Body part below a mustache
Lip
49A
Great Lake near Niagara Falls
Erie
50A
El ___ (weather-affecting current)
Nino
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54A
Dwight Eisenhower’s nickname
Ike
55A
World ___ Web
Wide
56A
Supermodel who wrote the 2005 book The Beauty of Color
Iman
57A
For each
Per
58A
Soft food for a baby
Pap
59A
Mike who stars on Netflix’s The Upshaws
Epps
1D
Latest craze
Fad
2D
This American Life host Glass
Ira
3D
___ Jersey Devils (NHL team)
New
4D
Waltz or tango for example
Dance
5D
Dirt in a flowerpot
Soil
6D
German automaker whose name derives from the Latin for listen
Audi
7D
Small songbird
Wren
8D
Conquers as one’s fears
Overcomes
9D
Basketball Hall of Famer Chamberlain
Wilt
10D
Bit of eye hair
Lash
13D
Not in danger
Safe
19D
Soviet gymnast Korbut who won Olympic gold medals in 1972 and 1976
Olga
20D
___ of Dogs (2018 animated movie)
Isle
21D
Actor Jon of Top Gun: Maverick
Hamm
22D
Skinny woodwind
Oboe
23D
Student’s major writing assignment: 2 wds.
Term Paper
27D
I’ll take that as ___: 2 wds.
Ano
28D
Presidential brother who was assassinated in 1968 for short
RFK
29D
We need some heat in here!
Brr
31D
Hurricane-force wind
Gale
32D
Peevish mood
Snit
34D
Machine part with teeth
Gear
35D
James ___ Jones (actor who received an honorary Oscar in 2011)
Earl
40D
Distort as data
Skew
42D
___ Meenie (2010 Sean Kingston/Justin Bieber song)
Eenie
43D
Trim with shears
Clip
44D
___ taking candy from a baby
Like
45D
Grab tightly
Grip
46D
Verdi opera set in ancient Egypt
Aida
47D
Pager’s sound
Beep
51D
Naughty brat
Imp
52D
Forty winks
Nap
53D
Iron-___ (some patches)
Ons