5/23/22 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/23/22
Movie Monday

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1A
___-Dixon Line
Mason

6A
Cereal mascot who appears with Crackle and Pop
Snap

10A
___ Grove California (city named after a type of deer)
Elk

13A
Houston baseball player
Astro

14A
Daylight saving ___
Time

15A
Mother’s boy
Son

16A
2004 biographical drama in which Leonardo DiCaprio plays Howard Hughes: 2 wds.
The Aviator

18A
___-op (before surgery)
Pre

19A
___ and haw (avoid making up one’s mind)
Hem

20A
Color of waves of grain in an American song
Amber

21A
Bubbling concoction in a witch’s cauldron
Brew

22A
Loose ___ goose: 2 wds.
As A

23A
Fencing weapon
Epee

25A
Cable channel that airs Wimbledon matches
ESPN

28A
Oh em ___! (longer form of a texter’s Wow!)
Gee

31A
Prop for a painter’s canvas
Easel

34A
2013 drama in which Leonardo DiCaprio plays a 1920s millionaire: 3 wds.
The Great Gatsby

37A
Singer Green who had the 2010 hit Forget You
Ceelo

38A
Black stuff used on flat roofs
Tar

39A
Part of a lung or brain
Lobe

40A
Door openers on a custodian’s ring
Keys

42A
___ gracefully (get older without trying to appear young)
Age

44A
Prejudice
Bias

46A
Student in a classroom
Pupil

49A
Where appendectomies take place: Abbr.
Ors

52A
Sphere
Orb

53A
2021 black comedy in which Leonardo DiCaprio plays an astronomy professor: 3 wds.
Don’t Look Up

55A
Park where visitors can view wild animals
Zoo

56A
Type of song in The Marriage of Figaro for example
Aria

57A
More achy
Sorer

58A
Yoko who’s won three Grammys
Ono

59D
Animals who might have ID chips implanted
Pets

60D
Protected from direct light by tall trees
Shady

1D
Trigonometry or geometry for example
Math

2D
1970s tennis legend Arthur
Ashe

3D
What you hold a flower by
Stem

4D
… ___ reasonable facsimile: 2 wds.
Or A

5D
Star bursts
Novas

6D
Pierce with a skewer
Stab

7D
Evening informally
Nite

8D
Love in Italy
Amore

9D
Beats ___ minute (electronic music term)
Per

10D
Coffee order served in a miniature cup
Espresso

11D
Stories passed down by folk
Lore

12D
The next thing I ___ … (And then …)
Knew

17D
Picture that you might hold in your mind
Image

21D
John Paul George or Ringo
Beatle

22D
A square has four right ones where the sides meet
Angles

24D
Pellet-shaped vegetable
Pea

25D
And the like: Abbr.
ETC

26D
___ Hate Me (Spike Lee movie)
She

27D
Face-hiding game that may get a baby laughing
Peekaboo

29D
Have lunch
Eat

30D
Info for someone picking up a friend from the airport: Abbr.
ETA

32D
Go down like floodwaters
Ebb

33D
Caustic cleanser ingredient
Lye

35D
Singer Rogers or Orbison
Roy

36D
Holy chalice sought by Sir Galahad
Grail

41D
Mushroom’s reproductive cell
Spore

43D
Cosmetic applied for shiny lips
Gloss

44D
Name of a classic TV clown
Bozo

45D
Curling ___ (hairstyling implement)
Iron

47D
Storage ___ (place to stash things)
Unit

48D
School groups for moms and dads: Abbr.
PTAS

49D
Traditional gumbo vegetable
Okra

50D
Felt remorse for
Rued

51D
Quite nimble
Spry

53D
Greet with a fist bump
Dap

54D
___ and aah (indicate amazement)
Ooh