10/25/21
Movie Monday
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1A
Tools used for shaping fingernails
Files
6A
___ queen (teen girl given a crown at a school dance)
Prom
10A
“___ didn’t I think of that?”
Why
13A
Picture you find in a type of Google search
Image
14A
Solitary
Lone
15A
“Tee-___!” (sound of a small laugh)
Hee
16A
“Aquaman” actor who plays Paul Atreides’s mentor in the new movie “Dune”: 2 wds.
Jason Momoa
18A
“This ___ recording”: 2 wds.
Is A
19A
Drive-___ (outdoor movie theaters)
Ins
20A
It’s often served on a separate plate from the main course
Side
21A
Badminton court barrier
Net
23A
Cause of insomnia in a Hans Christian Andersen story
Pea
24A
“History repeats ___”
Itself
27A
Wears a long face
Mopes
30A
With 35-Across, “Little Women” actor who plays the lead character Paul Atreides in “Dune”
Timothee
32A
“___ what you did there”: 2 wds.
I See
33A
Purple pet of Fred and Wilma
Dino
34A
Unimaginably long spans of time
Eons
35A
See 30-Across
Chalamet
37A
Test versions of computer apps
Betas
38A
Artists’ items for holding canvases
Easels
39A
___ a ride (hitchhike)
Bum
40A
Body part that a halter top doesn’t cover
Arm
41A
Go sky-high
Soar
43A
Jamaican music genre
Ska
46A
“Speed” and “Twister” director ___ de Bont
Jan
48A
“Inside Llewyn Davis” actor who plays Paul Atreides’s father in “Dune”: 2 wds.
Oscar Isaac
51A
Quite appropriate
Apt
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Item that is often found atop a Christmas tree
Star
53A
Each one in a rectangle is 90°
Angle
54A
“The Magic School ___”
Bus
55D
Plastic containers for margarine
Tubs
56D
“The Biggest ___” (reality show with weigh-ins)
Loser
1D
Competitor of Dasani and Evian
Fiji
2D
Widow of David Bowie
Iman
3D
Girl from Scotland
Lass
4D
Comedian Nwodim who joined “Saturday Night Live” in 2018
Ego
5D
Sight and smell, for example
Senses
6D
Trudge along
Plod
7D
World capital where the Colosseum is
Rome
8D
Peace activist Yoko
Ono
9D
“I Didn’t ___ Turn You On” (Robert Palmer song): 2 wds.
Mean To
10D
Glowing brightly, as an ember: Hyph.
White Hot
11D
“For ___ a jolly good fellow …”
Hes
12D
Vote that’s synonymous with “aye”
Yea
17D
Retired soccer icon Hamm
Mia
22D
Held in high ___ (regarded with respect)
Esteem
23D
Kitchen tool for removing apple skins
Peeler
24D
“It seems to me …,” in a text
Imo
25D
“The Chi” creator Waithe
Lena
26D
___ up (admit the truth)
Fess
27D
Cinderella’s animal friends
Mice
28D
Agency concerned with employees’ well-being: Abbr.
Osha
29D
Lowly medieval workers
Peasants
30D
What kids learn to do to shoelaces
Tie
31D
Amount that a savings account earns: Abbr.
Int
33D
Reaches out to via Instagram, perhaps: Abbr.
DMs
36D
“___ Famous” (2000 Kate Hudson movie)
Almost
37D
Act of hiding something underground, like a dog’s bone or a treasure chest
Burial
39D
Saloon or pub
Bar
41D
Person crossing a picket line
Scab
42D
A crew team uses them to move their boat
Oars
43D
Droops
Sags
44D
Curly-leaved type of cabbage
Kale
45D
Taiwanese maker of PCs
Acer
46D
Boxer’s quick strike
Jab
47D
Animated shopkeeper on TV
Apu
49D
Ed Helms’s character in “The Hangover”
Stu
50D
___-cone (icy dessert)
Sno