5/12/25 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/12/25
Movie Monday

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1A
___ de Triomphe (Paris landmark)
ARC

4A
Type of animal Templeton is, in “Charlotte’s Web”
RAT

7A
Kit ___ (candy bar)
KAT

10A
“Yoo-___!” (attention-getting cry)
HOO

11A
“General Hospital” actress LaRue
EVA

12A
What Santa smokes
PIPE

13A
Group that helps stranded motorists: Abbr.
AAA

14A
Black ___ Scandal (1919 baseball incident)
SOX

15A
Homophone of “ode”
OWED

16A
Actor who meets his younger self, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in the 2012 film “Looper”: 2 wds.
BRUCE WILLIS

19A
Tater ___ (small potato puff)
TOT

20A
Grain that’s a key ingredient in many Canadian whiskeys
RYE

21A
Arthur who won the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open
ASHE

23A
Large receptacle for recycling
BIN

24A
Termination
END

27A
Actor who meets his younger self, played by Zachary Quinto, in the 2009 film “Star Trek”: 2 wds.
Leonard Nimoy

30A
On a ___ with (about equal to)
PAR

31A
“Friend or ___?”
FOE

32A
Guy on a western ranch
DUDE

33A
Large tree that grows from an acorn
OAK

34A
Only scale note that’s three letters long
SOL

35A
Actress who meets her younger self played by Maisy Stella in the 2024 film “My Old Ass”: 2 wds.
AUDREYPLAZA

40A
Person who inspires a writer or artist
MUSE

41A
“The world will little note, ___ long remember, what we say here”
NOR

42A
Number people call you at: Abbr.
TEL

43A
Bird of ___ (animal such as an eagle)
PREY

44A
Civil rights legend ___ B. Wells
IDA

45A
Greek letter that looks like an H
ETA

46A
Actor Josh who was Tony-nominated for “The Book of Mormon”
GAD

47A
Vote that cancels out an “aye”
NAY

48A
Actor Aykroyd
DAN

1D
Whale-chasing captain of fiction
AHAB

2D
Sound of a crowd or a lion
ROAR

3D
Book-writing partner
COAUTHOR

4D
Button that starts everything over again
RESET

5D
Declare with assurance
AVOW

6D
Trip in a cab: 2 wds.
TAXIRIDE

7D
New Zealand bird with bristly feathers
KIWI

8D
“Kingdom of the Planet of the ___” (2024 movie)
APES

9D
“___ Lasso” (series whose fourth season has been announced)
TED

12D
“North” or “South” part of the Earth
POLE

17D
Last name of moviemaking brothers Joel and Ethan
COEN

18D
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” singer Loretta
LYNN

21D
Austrian mountain
ALP

22D
Large body of water
SEA

23D
Like clothes that are no longer stiff after being worn: 2 wds.
BROKENIN

24D
Copied, as someone else’s actions
EMULATED

25D
Indicate “yes” with a head movement
NOD

26D
Product that changes hair color
DYE

28D
A long way away
AFAR

29D
Long-running singing competition, for short
IDOL

33D
Follow orders
OBEY

34D
Apply paint from an aerosol can
SPRAY

35D
Halo that some psychics claim to see around people
AURA

36D
Having had a previous owner
USED

37D
Alien who first appears in “The Empire Strikes Back”
YODA

38D
Catherine ___-Jones
ZETA

39D
“The Traitors” host Cumming
ALAN

40D
Stat that’s bad for a gas guzzler: Abbr.
MPG