11/20/23
Movie Monday
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1A
Mature male deer
Mature male deer
5A
Put on ___ (act snooty)
Airs
9A
___ a jungle out there!
Its
12A
Either end of a magnet
Pole
13A
Witch’s potion
Brew
14A
White part of bacon
Fat
15A
Last full season in a calendar year
Fall
16A
2012 Ang Lee film about a shipwrecked boy and tiger: 3 wds.
Life of Pi
18A
Rise of the Planet of the ___ (2011 movie)
Apes
20A
Appliance used after a washer
Dryer
21A
Act over-theatrically
Emote
24A
Busy insect
Bee
25A
2019 Ang Lee film about a sniper who is targeted by a young clone of himself: 2 wds.
Gemini Man
28A
Work on Project Runway for example
Sew
31A
Smile that could look evil
Grin
32A
Metric ___ (1000 kg or 2204.62 lb)
Ton
33A
Palo ___ (California city near Stanford)
Alto
34A
Fully ready
Set
35A
With 44-Across
0
37A
Homophone of bye
Buy
38A
Insects drawn to flames
Moths
39A
Walk like a peacock
Strut
42A
Out of bounds in softball
Foul
44A
See 35-Across
Mountain
46A
World’s best-selling tablet computer
iPad
50A
Ornamental vase in a garden
Urn
51A
Somewhere ___ (not here)
Else
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps actor LaBeouf
Shia
53A
Part of a band’s tour
Gig
54A
Rodents in lab mazes
Rats
55A
___ your horses! (Be patient!)
Hold
1D
Letters on a bottle of sunscreen
SPF
2D
Coming soon ___ theater near you!: 2 wds.
Toa
3D
___ I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow hit)
All
4D
Ingredient in vitamin capsules
Gelatin
5D
Sufficiently skilled
Able
6D
Eye part around the pupil
Iris
7D
Rugby official for short
Ref
8D
Nordic country bordering Norway and Finland
Sweden
9D
Very uncertain
Iffy
10D
Audio or video recording
Tape
11D
Mix with a straw
Stir
17D
Unprocessed metal
Ore
19D
Implement that might leak ink
Pen
21D
Colorful items in an Easter basket
Eggs
22D
It was more than ___ chance
Mere
23D
Neglect to include
Omit
24D
Place to deposit a check
Bank
26D
Modest response to a compliment: 2 wds.
I Try
27D
Calf’s call
Moo
28D
Piece of wood in a deck chair
Slat
29D
Carve with acid
Etch
30D
Large pans with rounded bottoms
Woks
33D
Make illegal
Abolish
35D
Yellow spread sold in sticks
Butter
36D
Bird from Down Under whose eggs resemble avocados
Emu
37D
Roll that a hot dog’s served in
Bun
39D
Holier-than-thou
Smug
40D
90210 actress Spelling
Tori
41D
Step on a stepladder
Rung
42D
Clenched hand
Fist
43D
Smallest dollar bills
Ones
45D
Chicken ___ king (creamy dish): 2 wds.
Ala
47D
Soup that is considered Vietnam’s national dish
Pho
48D
Feel fluish say
Ail
49D
American ___! (animated show whose title character is Stan Smith)
Dad