10/26/26
Movie Monday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
“The ___ Lemon Show” (YouTube series hosted by a former CNN journalist)
DON
4A
“Shark Tank” shark Greiner
LORI
8A
Tra-___ (musical sounds): Hyph.
LA-LA
12A
“Love Ain’t” group ___ Young Band
ELI
13A
Tablet made by Apple
IPAD
14A
“Monsieur Spade” actor Clive
OWEN
15A
“Room” actor who voices a boy named Curtis Mehlberg in the new movie “Wildwood”: 2 wds.
JACOB TREMBLAY
18A
Worship from ___ (discreetly love)
AFAR
19A
URL suffix for Princeton’s website
EDU
20A
Fully transfixed
RAPT
23A
Liquidy lump
GLOB
27A
“I’d even ___ step further …”: 2 wds.
GO A
29A
The “A” of the nation known as “UAE”
ARAB
32A
Nights before some big holidays
EVES
34A
“Black Panther” actress who voices a golden eagle called the General in “Wildwood”: 2 wds.
ANGELA BASSETT
37A
Calculator symbol for addition
PLUS
38A
Opposite of push
PULL
39A
Actor Liotta of “GoodFellas”
RAY
40A
Elite university in Connecticut
YALE
42A
___ swing (quick emotional change)
MOOD
44A
Turn bad, as a banana
ROT
47A
Wilma’s husband, on “The Flintstones”
FRED
50A
“Moonlight” actor who voices Brendan, the Bandit King, in “Wildwood”: 2 wds.
MAHERSHALA ALI
56A
Nation northeast of Yemen
OMAN
57A
Frilly white edging on some clothes
LACE
58A
Shark ___ soup
FIN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
59A
Word that can precede “reading” or “games”
MIND
60A
Hold ___ (grip tightly): 2 wds.
ONTO
61A
Exceedingly
TOO
1D
“It’s ___ vu all over again” (Yogi Berra quote)
DEJA
2D
“Frozen II” snowman
OLAF
3D
Largest country in Central America
NICARAGUA
4D
Ad-___ (off-the-cuff remark)
LIB
5D
___ out of (decide not to participate)
OPT
6D
Uncommon
RARE
7D
Checked the credentials of
IDED
8D
Gentle toss
LOB
9D
Tool a cobbler uses to make holes
AWL
10D
Broadway actress Michele
LEA
11D
“___ requests?”
ANY
16D
English singer Rita
ORA
17D
Rob on the street
MUG
21D
Pen ___ (friend you write to)
PAL
22D
Mouse catcher
TRAP
24D
Guitar legend ___ Paul
LES
25D
Bank account problem that might incur a fee
OVERDRAFT
26D
Second Greek letter
BETA
27D
Clothing retailer that owns Old Navy
GAP
28D
The first “O” of “YOLO”
ONLY
30D
Aladdin’s monkey sidekick
ABU
31D
Lip ___ (moisturizing product)
BALM
33D
Pig’s muddy home
STY
35D
Word-focused course for some immigrants to the US: Abbr.
ESL
36D
___-mo replay
SLO
41D
Go astray
ERR
46D
Word that follows “more” or “less,” in math
OF A
48D
Pixar movie that partly takes place in the Communiverse
OSLO
49D
Stegosaurus or triceratops, for short
THAN
50D
“Date My ___” (MTV series)
ELIO
51D
“Who ___ to criticize?”: 2 wds.
DINO
52D
“Star Wars” character who marries Leia
MOM
53D
Grand finale
AM I
54D
Play a part in a stage production
HAN
55D
Zodiac symbol represented by a lion
END