5/11/26 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/11/26
Movie Monday

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1A
“___ Gun: Maverick”
TOP

4A
Scripps National Spelling ___ (annual competition)
BEE

7A
Move smoothly
FLOW

11A
Play it by ___
EAR

12A
“So, then what happened?”
AND

13A
Part of a poem
LINE

14A
John who plays Sulu in the “Star Trek” films
CHO

15A
Manhattan college (Adam Sandler and Idina Menzel): Abbr.
NYU

16A
In the center of
AMID

17A
“Song Sung Blue” actor (shepherd in “The Sheep Detectives”): 2 wds.
HUGHJACKMAN

20A
2016 Olympics host, for short
RIO

21A
Brewery beverage
ALE

22A
Stick around
STAY

24A
Letters between R and V
STU

25A
“___ was saying…”: 2 wds.
AS I

28A
“Love Actually” actress (lawyer in “The Sheep Detectives”): 2 wds.
EMMATHOPSON

31A
“___ better to have loved and lost…”
‘TIS

32A
“___ Force One” (Harrison Ford movie)
AIR

33A
State that’s south of Kansas: Abbr.
OKLA

34A
Sample a glass of wine, say
SIP

35A
Raise a ___ and cry (kick up a fuss)
HUE

36A
“The Bear” actress (Rebecca in “The Sheep Detectives”): 2 wds.
MOLLYGORDON

41A
Trail of water behind a boat
WAKE

42A
PC key next to the space bar
ALT

43A
It’s mined and then refined
ORE

44A
Literary governess Jane
EYRE

45A
“The Golden Girls” actress McClanahan
RUE

46A
“The Residence” star Aduba
UZO

47A
Enjoy a bubble bath
SOAK

48A
Actor Benicio ___ Toro
DEL

49A
Cargo measure
TON

1D
The “T” of “MIT,” for short
TECH

2D
Island home to Pearl Harbor
OAHU

3D
TV shows
PROGRAMS

4D
Stringed instrument played by Steve Martin
BANJO

5D
Irish New Age singer
ENYA

6D
Teacher
EDUCATOR

7D
Like a moth to a ___
FLAME

8D
Type of bean named after a South American city
LIMA

9D
“What’s going ___ there?”: 2 wds.
ON IN

10D
“With this ring, I thee ___”
WED

18D
Slangy “hello”
HIYA

19D
Supermodel Heidi
KLUM

22D
Broadway designer’s creation
SET

23D
“OMG! Spare me!”: Abbr.
TMI

24D
Area where boats are built
SHIPYARD

25D
Invited to dinner, perhaps: 2 wds.
ASKED OUT

26D
Note that’s “a needle pulling thread”
SOL

27D
___ blue funk (feeling down): 2 wds.
IN A

29D
What a monkey has that a gorilla doesn’t
TAIL

30D
Rain quite hard
POUR

34D
Stylish and smooth
SLEEK

35D
“___ California” (hit for the Eagles)
HOTEL

36D
Sandwich spread, for short
MAYO

37D
Vegetable that’s often deep-fried
OKRA

38D
White adhesive
GLUE

39D
Rice-like pasta
ORZO

40D
___ Trees (band with 2011 hit “Everybody Talks”)
NEON

41D
“The Hunger Games” actor Bentley
WES