5/19/25
Movie Monday
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1A
“Go, team!”
RAH
4A
Liable (to)
APT
7A
Well-___ (refined)
BRED
11A
“No Country for ___ Men”
OLD
12A
Selection on a stick shift
GEAR
14A
Zero, to tennis players
LOVE
15A
Camp bed
COT
16A
“Everything Everywhere All at ___”
ONCE
17A
___-steven (exactly equal)
EVEN
18A
He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1990’s “Dances With Wolves”
KEVIN COSTNER
21A
Coloring for Easter eggs
DYE
22A
Fish with flaky, white flesh
COD
23A
Birthstone for someone born on Halloween
OPAL
26A
“Levitating” singer ___ Lipa
DUA
27A
“Outlander” actor Heughan
SAM
30A
He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1980’s “Ordinary People”
ROBERT REDFORD
34A
Maker of the Round Stic pen
BIC
35A
Amazement
AWE
36A
Osiris’s wife, in Egyptian mythology
ISIS
37A
Word that can go before “jump” or “lodge”
SKI
38A
Small amount
TAD
40A
He won the Best Director Oscar for the first film he directed, 1983’s “Terms of Endearment”
JAMES L BROOKS
46A
Passenger in a cab
FARE
47A
Sound from a bicycle horn
TOOT
48A
Shaggy head of hair
MOP
49A
“Hey, what’s the big ___?”
IDEA
50A
Parents’ boys
SONS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
___ Weissman (dad in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
ABE
52A
Come from ___ and far
NEAR
53A
___ lime pie
KEY
54A
Color that scarlet is a shade of
RED
1D
Material that could be igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary
ROCK
2D
___ vera (potted plant, sometimes)
ALOE
3D
Entertainment item with a sharp image: Abbr.
HDTV
4D
Opposite of ecstasy
AGONY
5D
Trump’s first vice president
PENCE
6D
___ Tuesday (time to have Mexican food)
TACO
7D
___ into the background (become inconspicuous)
BLEND
8D
Roam without a clear destination
ROVE
9D
Next-to-last word in many fairy tales
EVER
10D
Home for a bear cub
DEN
13D
“___: HI-Surf” (action series on Fox)
RESCUE
19D
The ___ rich (wealthy people who don’t do much)
IDLE
20D
Mario character with a mushroom-like head
TOAD
23D
Round three-dimensional object
ORB
24D
Hawaiian food with a creamy texture
POI
25D
Beginning of the alphabet
ABC
26D
Beats by ___ (audio brand)
DRE
27D
Translation of the Morse code “… — …”
SOS
28D
“And Just Like That …” actress Nicole ___ Parker
ARI
29D
Physicians’ degrees: Abbr.
MDS
31D
Quiet alternative to a leaf blower
RAKE
32D
___ and turns (surprising changes)
TWISTS
33D
Stereotypical name for a dog
FIDO
37D
Eyeliner smudge
SMEAR
38D
Type of steak in the steak emoji: Hyph.
T-BONE
39D
Pretentiously creative
ARTSY
40D
Valuable green gemstone
JADE
41D
Neighborhood
AREA
42D
Take a gander (at)
LOOK
43D
Actor Sharif or Epps
OMAR
44D
Five-time NBA champion Bryant
KOBE
45D
Drove 75 in a 55 zone, for example
SPED
46D
Part of a flounder
FIN