11/16/20
Movie Monday
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1A
Fish that resembles a snake
Eel
4A
Bypasses, as a Netflix program’s intro
Skips
9A
Get older
Age
12A
Warner’s or Playtex undergarment
Bra
13A
German skin-care brand
Nivea
14A
ESPN tennis commentator Shriver
Pam
15A
Actor who had a 35-year gap between Oscar nominations for 1978’s “Coming Home” and 2013’s “Nebraska”: 2 wds.
Bruce Dern
17A
Triceps location
Arm
18A
“Mad Max: Fury ___”
Road
19A
Word that can follow “demolition” or “roller”
Derby
21A
Sound of walking on an old wooden staircase
Creak
23A
Simple shelter with an inclined roof: Hyph.
Leanto
25A
Actress who had a 28-year gap between Oscar nominations for 1984’s “Places in the Heart” and 2012’s “Lincoln”: 2 wds.
Sally Field
27A
“___ a long story”
Its
28A
“90210” actor Ziering
Ian
29A
Caller of balls and strikes, for short
Ump
32A
Actor who had a 41-year gap between Oscar nominations for 1940’s “The Grapes of Wrath” and 1981’s “On Golden Pond”: 2 wds.
Henry Fonda
36A
Game shows award them
Prizes
38A
“___, matey!” (Talk Like a Pirate Day line)
Avast
39A
First-place winner
Champ
40A
Perfect tennis serves
Aces
41A
Larger pig
Hog
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
42A
Actor who had a 38-year gap between Oscar nominations for 1968’s “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” and 2006’s “Little Miss Sunshine”: 2 wds.
Alan Arkin
47A
Snacked on
Ate
48A
Double-___ (like some adhesive tape)
Sided
49A
Anton ___ (food critic in “Ratatouille”)
Ego
50A
Tide detergent capsule
Pod
51A
“Short Cuts” actress Madeleine
Stowe
52A
Small round mark made by a pencil
Dot
1A
Recede, like the tide
Ebb
2A
Make a screwup
Err
3D
Rest on your ___ (be satisfied with past achievements)
Laurels
4D
Underhanded
Sneaky
5D
Lakers assistant coach Jason
Kidd
6D
“___ had my share of disappointments”
Ive
7D
Miles ___ hour
Per
8D
Shoe held on by a strap
Sandal
9D
In different places
Apart
10D
Greta of classic movies
Garbo
11D
Any of nine awards recently won by “Schitt’s Creek”
Emmy
16D
Fossil fuel mined in West Virginia
Coal
20D
Finale
End
21D
CBS forensics show with three spin-offs
CSI
22D
Subway rodent
Rat
23D
Tellers of fibs
Liars
24D
“___ meeny, miney, moe …”
Eeny
26D
“That’s okay with me”
Fine
29D
___-for (gratuitous, as advice)
Unasked
30D
Surgeons’ degrees: Abbr.
MDs
31D
Singer Benatar
Pat
32D
That guy
Him
33D
Electronic toll collection system in the Eastern US: Hyph.
Ez Pass
34D
Decorative front of a building
Facade
35D
“It’s déjà vu all ___ again”
Over
36D
Instagram post
Photo
37D
Went ballistic
Raged
39D
Fellow, in London
Chap
40D
Bright as ___ penny: 2 wds.
A New
43D
Illuminated
Lit
44D
Big fuss
Ado
45
“This is as far as ___”: 2 wds.
I Go
46
“That’s ___ my department”
Not