3/10/25
Movie Monday
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1A
Holiday film starring Will Ferrell
ELF
4A
Shoo-___ (sure winners)
INS
7A
2024 song by Rosé and Bruno Mars
APT
10A
Make a pigeon’s noise
COO
11A
___ Halen (rock band)
VAN
12A
Actress Long or Vardalos
NIA
13A
Movie franchise in which Alan Rickman played Severus Snape: 2 wds.
HARRY POTTER
16A
“We may be ___ something there”
ONTO
17A
“Wednesday’s child is full of ___” (line from a nursery rhyme)
WOE
18A
Granola ___
BAR
21A
“Homicide: Life on the Street” actor Braugher
ANDRE
25A
Comedian Margaret who played Kim Jong Il on “30 Rock”
CHO
28A
“Rah, rah, ___-boom-bah!”
SIS
30A
Part of speech that often comes before a verb
NOUN
31A
2003 rom-com in which Alan Rickman played a married man flirting with his secretary: 2 wds.
LOVE ACTUALLY
34A
Sound that suggests “I’d like to say something now”
AHEM
35A
Nickname for a Harley-Davidson bike
HOG
36A
___ & Perrins Worcestershire sauce
LEA
37A
Singer and author Janelle
MONAE
39A
Question that some parents answer with “Because!”
WHY
41A
Feeling that’s beyond mere annoyance
IRE
43A
Hasn’t yet paid back
OWES
47A
1999 sci-fi comedy in which Alan Rickman played an actor from a cult TV show: 2 wds.
GALAXY QUEST
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Female animal that’s the source of Roquefort cheese
EWE
52A
British place to order a pint
PUB
53A
___ it on the line
LAY
54A
Rock singer Nugent
TED
55A
Word after “black” or “covert”
OPS
56A
“Monkey suit,” for short
TUX
1D
Sound that’s reflected back
ECHO
2D
Temporarily give out, like a library book
LOAN
3D
Play structure sometimes built out of sofa cushions
FORT
4D
Green plant on some college walls
IVY
5D
Quick forty winks
NAP
6D
Flakes in winter
SNOW
7D
Reception aid on an early TV
ANTENNA
8D
Dessert option often featuring fruit
PIE
9D
Hot, black goo used in some roadwork
TAR
14D
Burglarize
ROB
15D
Come ___ decision: 2 wds.
TO A
19D
Actor Butterfield
ASA
20D
Rolling in cash
RICH
22D
What Chucky is, in the “Child’s Play” movies
DOLL
23D
Sit on a royal throne
RULE
24D
New Age singer from Ireland
ENYA
25D
Seafood item whose varieties include the quahog and the geoduck
CLAM
26D
Hostess chocolaty snack cake: 2 wds.
HO HO
27D
Appliance that often requires mitts to use
OVEN
29D
Put away, as baggage on a plane
STOW
32D
Sent a message by computer
EMAILED
33D
“That really stinks!”
UGH
38D
Historical period
ERA
40D
“___ shall not pass!” (Gandalf quote)
YOU
42D
Event such as a World’s Fair, for short
EXPO
44D
Whip mark
WELT
45D
Biblical brother who sold his birthright
ESAU
46D
Rock band named for a mythical river
STYX
47D
“I ___ it now” (“Understood”)
GET
48D
Feeling of wonder
AWE
49D
“Yes sirree!”
YUP
50D
Football players such as Tom Brady and Drew Brees: Abbr.
QBS