5/29/23 Answer Crosswords With Friends

5/29/23
Movie Monday

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1A
Fireplace residue
Ash

4A
Candied vegetable at Thanksgiving
Yam

7A
Vatican City leader
Pope

11A
Luau neckwear
Lei

12A
Head honcho for short
Exec

14A
Greater metropolitan ___
Area

15A
Label with washing instructions
Tag

16A
Morbius star Jared
Leto

17A
Criminal informants
Rats

18A
Grown-ish actress who plays Ariel in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid: 2 wds.
Halle Bailey

21A
Mount Olympus residents
Gods

23A
Birds that can turn their heads 270 degrees
Owls

24A
Leaves out
Omits

26A
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) band
Rem

27A
State where Helen Keller and Charles Barkley were born: Abbr.
Ala

30A
With 32-Across Skyfall actor who plays King Triton in The Little Mermaid
Javier

32A
See 30-Across
Bardem

34A
Anger
Ire

35A
Running ___ (joke that’s repeated over and over)
Gag

37A
Online search engine whose name means yippee
Yahoo

38A
Fish in sandwiches and sushi
Tuna

39A
Loch ___ monster
Ness

40A
Hamilton actor who voices Sebastian the crab in The Little Mermaid: 2 wds.
Dave Eddiggs

45A
Fifty-fifty
Even

46A
Fairy tale beast
Ogre

47A
Hoppy order at a microbrewery: Abbr.
Ipa

50A
House of ___ (Showtime series with Don Cheadle as an unethical consultant)
Lies

51A
Like the Grinch
Mean

52A
Tool for cleaning up potato chip crumbs for short
Vac

53A
Repair as a ripped poster
Tape

54A
Explosive used by Wile E. Coyote: Abbr.
TNT

55A
Doctor who might treat sinus headaches: Abbr.
Ent

1D
PC key by the space bar
Alt

2D
Under the ___ (The Little Mermaid song)
Sea

3D
Jump headfirst into the water from a platform 70 feet up: Hyph.
High Dive

4D
Holler
Yell

5D
Triple ___ (figure skater’s leap)
Axel

6D
Rock in a celestial shower
Meteor

7D
Emily in ___ (Netflix series)
Paris

8D
Paper-free like some exams
Oral

9D
Politician Buttigieg
Pete

10D
Like taking candy from a baby!
Easy

13D
Stringy Halloween decoration
Cobweb

19D
___ Spumante (sparkling wine)
Asti

20D
Cosmetics brand with hypoallergenic and fragrance-free products
Almay

21D
___ berry (superfood from Asia)
Goji

22D
Queen Sugar actor Dorsey
Omar

25D
Transition between topics
Segue

27D
Like the strip on the back of a Post-it Note
Adhesive

28D
People born during the last week of July astrologically
Leos

29D
Singer Tori
Amos

31D
Completely unpredictable
Random

33D
You ___? (question from Lurch on The Addams Family)
Rang

36D
Useful gizmo
Gadget

38D
Feeling on edge
Tense

40D
Shoulder muscle for short
Delt

41D
Brand of fitness shoes
Avia

42D
Series for which Julia Louis-Dreyfus won nine Emmys
Veep

43D
If ___ the Zoo (Dr. Seuss book): 2 wds.
Iran

44D
Dapper chap
Gent

48D
Negative review
Pan

49D
Quit stalling
Act