3/8/20 Answer Crosswords With Friends

3/9/20
Movie Monday

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1A
Insult, in slang
Dis

4A
“Weekend Update” coanchor Michael
Che

7A
Minimum’s opposite, for short
Max

10A
Empire that built Machu Picchu in Peru
Inca

12A
“What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” band
Rem

13A
Pacific Time ___
Zone

14A
Slide across a reader at a grocery store
Scan

15A
Orange root vegetable
Yam

16A
Comic strip about teenager Jeremy Duncan
Zits

17A
“Guardians of the Galaxy” actor who voices Barley Lightfoot in the Pixar film “Onward”: 2 wds.
Chris Pratt

20A
Egyptian king from the 14th century BC
Tut

21A
Misfortunes
Woes

24A
With 37-Across, “Hidden Figures” actress who voices the manticore Corey in “Onward”
Octavia

28A
Winfrey who was Oscar-nominated for “The Color Purple”
Oprah

30A
NPR reporter Shapiro
Ari

31A
“Love Island” network
CBS

33A
“Late Night” actor Barinholtz
Ike

34A
Bit of gossip
Rumor

37A
See 24-Across
Spencer

40A
Forty minus forty
Zero

41A
___ Speedwagon (“Can’t Fight This Feeling” group)
Reo

42A
“Spider-Man: Far From Home” actor who voices Ian Lightfoot in “Onward”: 2 wds.
Tom Holland

48A
Prefix for “climax” or “depressant”
Anti

51A
Note that says you’ll pay someone back later
IOU

52A
Plant used in Olay Complete moisturizers
Aloe

53A
Cameron who retired from acting in 2017
Diaz

54A
Collapsible bed
Cot

55A
Nickname for a grandmother
Nana

56A
Guy honored on the third Sunday in June
Dad

57A
Aliens: Abbr.
Ets

58D
Actor Beatty whose first movie was “Deliverance”
Ned

1D
____ golf (sport involving frisbees)
Disc

2D
One of 12 in a foot
Inch

3D
Lion voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor in the 2019 version of “The Lion King”
Scar

4D
Like a message that’s hard to understand
Cryptic

5D
“You’ll never ___ the end of it”
Hear

6D
Actress Thompson of “Dolittle”
Emma

7D
French word for “me”
Moi

8D
Insect that lives in a colony
Anti

9D
“Xerox” begins and ends with them
Xes

11D
Ruth, June, and ___ Pointer (singing sisters)
Anita

13D
“Legs” band: 3 wds
ZZ Top

18D
Chevrolet Tahoe or Honda CR-V, for example: Abbr.
Suv

19D
Lowest even nubmer in a deck of cards
Two

22D
Clapton who’s been induncted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times
Eric

23D
Rice wine at a sushi bar
Sake

24D
Paddler’s stick
Oar

25D
Cuban salsa singer Celia
Cruz

26D
Magazine whose 2019 Person of the Year is Greta
Time

27D
Six-pack ___ (sculpted tummy muscles)
Abs

29D
“Along came a spider who sat down beside ___”
Her

32D
Word after “Brussels” or “alfalfa” in the names of foods
Sprouts

35D
Red Sox great David
Ortiz

36D
Australian mammal whose young are called joeys, for short
Roo

38D
“Electric” ocean dweller
Eel

39D
MLB’s career strikeout record holder ___ Ryan
Nolan

43D
Cats chase them
Mice

44D
Noise from an owl
Hoot

45D
Actor Rickman who played Severus Snape in eight movies
Alan

46D
Slim to ___ (bad odds)
None

47D
Extinct
Dead

48D
Find a tally
Add

49D
“Pretty Little Liars” actress Peeples
Nia

50D
Teeny bit
Tad