6/6/22
Movie Monday
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1A
Shoo!
Scat
5A
Not very interesting
Blah
9A
Actor’s role
Part
13A
Food ___ (joking term for the tired feeling after a big feast)
Coma
14A
Holder for a scoop of ice cream
Cone
15A
Lake that borders four US states and one Canadian province
Erie
16A
2013 crime film with Amy Adams as a con artist: 2 wds.
American Hustle
19A
Comic actor Stiller
Ben
20A
Blood’s color
Red
21A
Blooms that are often sold by the dozen
Roses
22A
Spitball for example
Wad
23A
Bestie
Pal
25A
Distribute proportionately
Allot
28A
There’s got to ___ better way!: 2 wds.
Be A
29A
Gullible people
Saps
33A
2021 Broadway film adaptation with Amy Adams as a grieving mom: 3 wds.
Dear Evan Hansen
36A
Dummy
Dope
37A
Drop-___ (surprise visitors)
Ins
38A
___ bull (proclamation from the Vatican)
Papal
39A
Used to be
Was
40A
Measure of fuel efficiency: Abbr.
MPG
41A
The ___ (game show hosted by Sara Haines)
Chase
45A
Electrified fish
Eel
46A
Respond to applause from the audience
Bow
49A
2020 drama based on a true story with Amy Adams as a troubled mother: 2 wds.
Hill Billy Elegy
53A
Restricted ___ (place that’s not accessible to most people)
Area
54A
Linoleum square
Tile
55A
Material in a knitting basket
Yarn
56A
It might include abbreviations such as brb or tbh
Text
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
57A
Practice for a boxing match
Spar
58A
Humanity’s first home to Christians
Eden
1D
It forms over a scrape
Scab
2D
Attend
Come
3D
Response from a congregation
Amen
4D
Sticky black material
Tar
5D
Secretly included on an email: Abbr.
Bcced
6D
Word that can follow work or pay
Load
7D
The Baby-Sitters Club author ___ M. Martin
Ann
8D
Sound of a small chuckle
Heh
9D
Money used in Mexico
Peso
10D
Dance and painting for example
Arts
11D
Make angry
Rile
12D
Holders of golf balls
Tees
17D
Super-angry
Irate
18D
Internet address: Abbr.
URL
22D
Was dressed in
Wore
23D
Items used for autographs
Pens
24D
That feels so nice!
Aah
25D
___ insult to injury
Add
26D
Astrological sign for many people born in August
Leo
27D
100 meters in an Olympic-sized pool
Lap
28D
Declares off-limits
Bans
29D
Unexpected setback
Snag
30D
Egyptian serpent
Asp
31D
Split ___ With Ham & Bacon (Campbell’s soup variety)
Pea
32D
Bowen Yang’s show: Abbr.
SNL
34D
By way of
Via
35D
Company that makes iPads and iPhones
Apple
39D
The third w in www.
Web
40D
Selina ___ (Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s character on Veep)
Meyer
41D
Have an informal talk
Chat
42D
Put on the staff
Hire
43D
Rodriguez who hit 696 home runs in his career
Alex
44D
Narrow strip of wood
Slat
45D
___ Mai (singer with the new album Heart on My Sleeve)
Ella
46D
Wooden or plastic item on an abacus
Bead
47D
Monster such as Shrek
Ogre
48D
Steve ___ owner of a namesake Las Vegas casino
Wynn
50D
___ a free country
Its
51D
Fat ___ (facial injury from a punch perhaps)
Lip
52D
Harsh chemical used for cleaning
Lye