5/2/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/2/22
Movie Monday

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1A
Rock-concert blaster
Amp

4A
Disparaging comment
Slur

8A
Like muscles after a workout
Sore

12A
Constricting snake
Boa

13A
Sharpen as an axe blade
Hone

14A
Information gathered by a CIA agent for short
Intel

15A
Type of sauce you might put on pot stickers
Soy

16A
Story ___ (season-long narratives)
Arcs

17A
Beats in chess
Mates

18A
Director of Lost in Translation whose father directed The Godfather: 2 wds.
Sofia Coppola

21A
Credit or ___?
Debit

23A
What a contented cat does
Purrs

24A
___ the Terrible (infamous Russian czar)
Ivan

25A
___-friendly (not harmful to rain forests for example)
Eco

26A
Getaway spot with steam rooms
Spa

29A
Director of The Notebook whose father directed A Woman Under the Influence: 2 wds.
Nick Cassavetes

34A
Antlered animal of the Rockies
Elk

35A
Birds ___ feather flock together: 2 wds.
Of A

36A
African country that borders Algeria and Senegal
Mali

37A
Embroidery or pottery for example
Craft

39A
Leaves out
Omits

40A
Director of Ghostbusters: Afterlife whose father directed Ghostbusters: 2 wds.
Jason Reitman

44A
When actors should enter a scene ideally: 2 wds.
On Cue

45A
Like Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard
Bare

46A
Lost actor Somerhalder
Ian

49A
The Hate U Give heroine ___ Carter
Starr

50A
___ go bragh! (St. Patrick’s Day slogan)
Erin

51A
December 31 observance: Abbr.
Nye

52A
Helpful tip for a stumped solver
Hint

53A
End-of-day bugle call
Taps

54A
___ the lead out (move quickly)
Get

1D
Muscles strengthened by planking
Abs

2D
Heifer’s comment
Moo

3D
Makes good on as a debt: 2 wds.
Pays Back

4D
Vertical passageway in a mine
Shaft

5D
Actress Loughlin of Fuller House
Lori

6D
Open as a toothpaste tube
Uncap

7D
Saves from danger
Rescues

8D
Makes a clicking noise with one’s fingers
Snaps

9D
___ Octavius aka Doctor Octopus
Otto

10D
Spool in a film library
Reel

11D
Disney character who sings Let It Go
Elsa

14D
Comedy form seen on Whose Line Is It Anyway? for short
Improv

19D
Sow sound
Oink

20D
Black-and-white whale
Orca

21D
Have supper
Dine

22D
Resident ___ Village (2021 video game)
Evil

26D
Applying dye to as wooden furniture
Staining

27D
Attack as with stones or snowballs
Pelt

28D
Warning about a sale item’s condition: 2 wds.
As Is

30D
Place where two streets meet
Corner

31D
From ___ (at a distance)
Afar

32D
Guess that’s almost certainly right: 2 wds.
Safe Bet

33D
Jane Austen character played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2020 movie
Emma

37D
Place to play basketball or tennis
Court

38D
Princess’s bejeweled headpiece
Tiara

39D
Foreboding signs
Omens

40D
Avenue 5 actor Gad
Josh

41D
___-inflammatory (drug that reduces swelling)
Anti

42D
Digitize as documents
Scan

43D
Stumble
Trip

47D
Yes from a seaman or petty officer in the Navy
Aye

48D
Nothing but ___! (boast on a basketball court)
Net