11/4/24
Movie Monday
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1A
Epic story
Saga
5A
Faith with five pillars
Islam
10A
Make tears in
Rip
13A
Selena hit ____ Prohibido, whose title translates to Forbidden Love
Amor
14A
___ Will Save You (2023 sci-fi movie): 2 wds.
No One
15A
Uplifting poem
Ode
16A
1999 Jake Gyllehaal biopic about a kid inspired to take up rocketry: 2 wds.
October Sky
18A
Homophone of ail
Ale
19A
___ of Easttown (Kate Winslet series)
Mare
20A
Person with followers
Leader
22A
Gray metallic element, or a shade of blue
Cobalt
25A
Resting spot in a birdcage, or a type of freshwater fish
Perch
26A
Cause to laugh
Amuse
27A
Like Florida in the summer
Hot
28A
Mother-____ (woman who’s expecting): Hyph.
To Be
31A
Mad scientist’s workplace
Lab
32A
Calligraphy tools
Pens
33A
Internet address: Abbr.
URL
34A
Cable channel that airs Squawk Box
CNBC
36A
Word that can go after dish or wash
Rag
37A
Flat-topped landforms
Mesas
39A
Hard work
Labor
41A
Remove, as from a spreadsheet
Delete
42A
Built in advance
Prefab
44A
Newsmagazine with a red border on its front cover
Time
45A
Singer and filmmaker Zombie
Rob
46A
2011 Jake Gyllenhaal thriller about an experimental program to relive the minutes before a train explosion: 2 wds.
Source Code
51A
Angsty genre of music
Emo
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Belly button that doesn’t protrude
Innie
53A
Blond ambition or Sticky & Sweet, for Madonna
Tour
54A
Pick up the tab
Pay
55A
Like cursive letters with many curves
Loopy
56A
Practice before a boxing match
Spar
1D
___ Paulo, Brazil
Sao
2D
Theater chain known for its Nicole Kidman commercial
AMC
3D
You’ve ___ some nerve!
Got
4D
Attractive smells
Aromas
5D
Nonreactive, like a noble gas
Inert
6D
____ spot (sensitive topic for someone)
Sore
7D
___ del Rio (music duo best known for Macarena)
Los
8D
Pieces of lower-leg jewelry
Anklets
9D
Stephenie who wrote the Twilight series
Meyer
10D
2024 Jake Gyllenhaal action remake about a bouncer in the Florida Keys: 2 wds.
Roadhouse
11D
Doing nothing
Idle
12D
____ pressure (influence from one’s friends)
Peer
17D
Bundle of hay
Bale
21D
Clean up your ____ (behave better)
Act
22D
Advanced math course, for short
Calc
23D
Muscat’s country
Oman
24D
2001 Jake Gyllenhaal comedy about a teenager with no immune system: 2 wds.
Bubble Boy
25D
Early video game based on table tennis
Pong
27D
Use your ears
Hear
29D
Little troublemaker
Brat
30D
If you don’t do it, someone ___ will
Else
32D
Like free legal work: 2 wds.
Pro Bono
35D
Half-____ (coffee order)
Caf
37D
Viral internet phenomenon
Meme
38D
Gives the most votes to
Elects
40D
Pasta sauce herb
Basil
41D
Questionable and risky
Dicey
42D
Meal ____ (making one’s dinners in advance, say)
Prep
43D
2018 Alfonso Cuaron movie that won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
Roma
44D
Vacation
Trip
47D
A third of tres
Uno
48D
Alley-____ (basketball move)
Oop
49D
___ Lipa (self-titled album of 2017)
Dua
50D
Mess up
Err