6/26/23
Movie Monday
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1A
Informal modern lingo such as it’s lit and you do you
Slang
6A
Golf score that’s better than a bogey
Par
9A
Sound of a crow
Caw
12A
Waterway of Amsterdam or Venice
Canal
13A
Warts and all: 2 wds.
As Is
15A
Tint
Hue
16A
Best Actor Oscar winner for both The Silence of the Lambs and The Father: 2 wds.
Anthony Hopkins
19A
___ off (start a hole of golf)
Tee
20A
Bottom of a mountain or a statue
Base
21A
___ Too Proud to Beg (Temptations hit)
Aint
22A
Suffix for the best or the worst
Est
23A
Also mention
Add
24A
With 38-Across Best Actor Oscar winner for both Mystic River and Milk
Sean
27A
Well I’ll be a monkey’s ___!
Uncle
30A
___ Beta Kappa
Phi
33A
Quite eager
Avid
34A
Powerful sound from a jet engine
Roar
35A
Measurement that might be given in square miles
Area
36A
Rob Schneider to Elle King
Dad
37A
Adhesive used in a collage
Paste
38A
See 24-Across
Penn
39A
Chum
Pal
40A
Participate in drama class
Act
42A
Fly the ___ (leave your parents’ home say)
Coop
44A
Ye ___ Curiosity Shoppe
Olde
46A
Not yet known on a schedule: Abbr.
TBA
49A
Best Actor Oscar winner for My Left Foot There Will Be Blood and Lincoln: 2 wds. hyph.
Daniel Day Lewis
52A
University of Chicago’s state: Abbr.
Ill
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Strap for a horse rider
Rein
54A
Takes a peek
Looks
55A
Toilet tissue’s thickness
Ply
56A
Meet ___ greet
And
57A
Beginning stage
Onset
1D
Get outta here!
Scat
2D
Bowling spot with gutters on both sides
Lane
3D
Opening poker stake
Ante
4D
No thanks I’m good
Nah
5D
Dollops as of whipped cream
Globs
6D
Foots the bill
Pays
7D
1970 Australian Open champ Arthur
Ashe
8D
___ Grande
Rio
9D
Place for a goatee
Chin
10D
Julia Roberts’s relationship to Emma Roberts
Aunt
11D
Mission: Impossible — Fallout actor Bentley
Wes
14D
Digging tool
Spade
17D
___ disaster (flood or earthquake for example)
Natural
18D
Adolescent
Kid
22D
Adjournment
End
23D
Bummed response to Time to go!
Already
24D
Feeling dejected
Sad
25D
Casino Royale actress Green
Eva
26D
Kool-___ (flavored drink mix)
Aid
28D
Negative responses
Nos
29D
Animal with such varieties as Siamese and Manx
Cat
30D
Opposite of post-
Pre
31D
Mother ___ (overprotective woman)
Hen
32D
Actor McShane of the John Wick movies
Ian
35D
Quite appropriate
Apt
37D
It’s shredded to make confetti
Paper
39D
Purplish food at a luau
Poi
41D
Largest instrument in a typical string quartet
Cello
42D
Contact as a telemarketer would
Call
43D
Beauty is ___ skin-deep
Only
44D
Norse god with an eye patch
Odin
45D
___ of opportunity
Land
46D
Lowest cards in many card games
Twos
47D
Participate in the Tour de France
Bike
48D
Executive’s helper: Abbr.
Asst
49D
Tango maneuver
Dip
50D
Singer Salonga who provided the singing voice for Mulan
Lea
51D
Cosmic length of time
Eon