5/30/22
Movie Monday
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1A
Sermon’s final word often
Amen
5A
What snow peas grow inside
Pods
9A
Super Soul Sunday cable channel
Own
12A
Coke or Pepsi but not Sprite
Cola
13A
This won’t hurt ___!: 2 wds.
A Bit
14A
Dessert served in triangular slices
Pie
15A
Top Gun actor who returns as Maverick in Top Gun: Maverick: 2 wds.
Tom Cruise
17A
They can be skipped past with a DVR
Ads
18A
Betty’s father on Riverdale
Hal
19A
___ parking (service at a fancy restaurant)
Valet
21A
Rubber City of Ohio
Akron
24A
Long-handled tools used in the garden
Hoes
26A
Big Little ___ (HBO series with Nicole Kidman)
Lies
27A
With 34-Across Alita: Battle Angel actress who plays the owner of a bar in Top Gun: Maverick
Jennifer
31A
Inventor Whitney
Eli
32A
Knobs on old radios
Dials
33A
Spanish cheer
Ole
34A
See 27-Across
Connelly
36A
Wrestling grip
Hold
37A
Misfortunes
Ills
38A
Gradually loses brightness
Fades
39A
Spicy stew at a cook-off
Chili
42A
Company that invented the floppy disk drive
IBM
43A
Cornish game ___
Hen
44A
Top Gun actor who returns as Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick: 2 wds.
Valkilmer
50A
Boat built before the biblical flood
Ark
51A
What I Am singer Brickell
Edie
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
___ peasy lemon squeezy
Easy
53A
Item in a kid’s Christmas stocking
Toy
54A
16-time Grammy nominee McEntire
Reba
55A
Do some data entry
Type
1D
Nightclub routine
Act
2D
Calf’s sound
Moo
3D
Tree in many street names
Elm
4D
Ballpark snack of chips and cheese
Nachos
5D
Ghostbusters: Afterlife actor Rudd
Paul
6D
___-Wan Kenobi (Disney miniseries)
Obi
7D
Bad-mouth in slang
Dis
8D
Singer Sufjan with the 2021 album Convocations
Stevens
9D
Lustrous gem that was thought to bring good luck in the Middle Ages
Opal
10D
Opposite of narrow
Wide
11D
Where baby birds are born
Nest
16D
Was on the ballot
Ran
20D
It’s just ___ feared!: 2 wds.
As I
21D
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Martinez
Alec
22D
Metric unit that’s a little over two pounds for short
Kilo
23D
Horse-guiding strap
Rein
24D
Becomes well
Heals
25D
RIGHT TURN ___ (traffic sign)
Only
27D
She went up the hill with Jack
Jill
28D
Word that can follow fast or fish
Food
29D
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil actress Fanning
Elle
30D
Cincinnati baseball team
Reds
32D
Bring to one’s door as a package
Deliver
35D
Zero in soccer scores
Nil
36D
Shakespeare play that inspired The Lion King
Hamlet
38D
Domestic law enforcement agency: Abbr.
FBI
39D
Exchange texts
Chat
40D
Person who defeats a villain
Hero
41D
Covered in liquid from a leaky pen
Inky
42D
Assemble-it-yourself furniture chain
Ikea
45D
Ending for orange or Power
Ade
46D
Ad-___ (unscripted line)
Lib
47D
Memorial Day’s month
May
48D
Psychic skill: Abbr.
ESP
49D
Dark loaf
Rye