10/19/26
Movie Monday
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1A
Homophone of “hair”
HARE
5A
Foot-long sandwiches, perhaps
SUBS
9A
Get into other people’s business
PRY
12A
End-of-term test
EXAM
13A
“I ___ you’d say that!”
KNEW
14A
Australian marsupial, for short
ROO
15A
“Finding ___” (2003 Pixar movie)
NEMO
16A
It’s symbolized by a light bulb in comic strips
IDEA
17A
Having many years under your belt
OLD
18A
“Aquaman” actor who plays Blanka in “Street Fighter”: 2 wds.
JASON MOMOA
21A
Bit of monkey business
ANTIC
24A
Black spot on a die
PIP
25A
___ constrictor (type of snake)
BOA
26A
“It hit me like ___ of bricks”: 2 wds.
A TON
30A
Turndowns
NOS
32A
Actor also known as 50 Cent who plays Balrog in “Street Fighter”: 2 wds.
CURTIS JACKSON
36A
“Neither snow ___ rain …” (start of a motto associated with the US Postal Service)
NOR
37A
Arthur ___ Stadium (US Open arena)
ASHE
38A
Drink such as New Belgium Fat Tire
ALE
39A
Support for a golf ball
TEE
41A
Apportioned (out)
DOLED
43A
WWE champion who plays Guile in “Street Fighter”: 2 wds.
CODYRHODES
48A
1600 Pennsylvania ___ (the White House’s address): Abbr.
AVE
49A
Ready to eat, as fruit
RIPE
50A
Mooing animals
COWS
54A
Fleetwood ___ (Stevie Nicks’s band)
MAC
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55A
Kitchen appliance for making brownies
OVEN
56A
Naturally curly hairstyle
AFRO
57A
Antlered animal in the Grand Tetons
ELK
58A
Monthly payment to a landlord
RENT
59A
Sunbeams
RAYS
1D
Mad as a wet ___
HEN
2D
Firefighter’s tool for chopping down doors
AXE
3D
Los Angeles football player
RAM
4D
Image sent within a text
EMOJI
5D
Items attached to biathletes’ feet
SKIS
6D
Reverse, as a computer command
UNDO
7D
“It’s the moment that everyone has ___ waiting for”
BEEN
8D
Bog
SWAMP
9D
Choreographed invitation to a high school dance
PROMPOSAL
10D
Chocolate candy with a gooey interior
ROLO
11D
Green guru in “Star Wars” movies
YODA
19D
Berry sometimes marketed as a “superfood”
ACAI
20D
Grunt from a sow
OINK
21D
“R.J. Decker” network
ABC
22D
A word such as “adjective,” ironically
NOUN
23D
Set of cards used in fortune-telling: 2 wds.
TAROTDECK
27D
Organization responsible for airport safety: Abbr.
TSA
28D
Pulpy drinks ordered at breakfast: Abbr.
OJS
29D
“I don’t wanna”
NAH
31D
Where a sneaker’s tread is
SOLE
33D
Nickname for a three, in cards
TREY
34D
Formally hand over
CEDE
35D
Flanders who lives next to the Simpsons
NED
40D
Mistake made on a baseball diamond
ERROR
44D
Shape of some mirrors
OSCAR
45D
Home for a colony of bees
CAME
46D
Ready to take customers
OVAL
47D
Ding in a car door
HIVE
51D
The last ___ dying breed: 2 wds.
OPEN
52D
Wickedly funny
DENT
53D
Desperate call for help
OF A