10/27/25
Movie Monday
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1A
Amazement
AWE
4A
Muscles that might be hidden by belly flab
ABS
7A
Thin
SLIM
11A
Actress Farrow who has 14 children
MIA
12A
Future fish
ROE
13A
Machu Picchu’s country
PERU
14A
Gives a thumbs-up to
OKS
15A
“Eeny, meeny, miney, ___.”
MOE
16A
Fired, or chopped down
AXED
17A
“Heartstopper” star who plays a Navy SEAL in the 2025 drama “Warfare”: 2 wds.
KITCONNOR
20A
Goof up
ERR
21A
Financial obligations
DEBTS
25A
Apple discard
CORE
27A
Slimy substance
GOO
29A
NPR host Shapiro
ARI
30A
2024 animated movie in which 17-Across voiced a goose named Brightbill: 3 wds.
THEWILDROBOT
33A
Oil-drilling structure
RIG
34A
Friend’s non-friend
FOE
35A
Computer memory unit
BYTE
36A
Corporate symbols
LOGOS
38A
That guy’s
HIS
39A
2019 biopic in which 17-Across played Elton John as a teenager
ROCKETMAN
44A
How a chef classifies vinegar or lemon juice
ACID
47A
“I cannot tell a ___” (line attributed to George Washington)
LIE
48A
“The Producers” actress Thurman
UMA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49A
Be bold enough
DARE
50A
Not just some
ALL
51A
Florida governor DeSantis
RON
52A
Practice before a bout
SPAR
53A
Two, in Mexico
DOS
54A
Moving to and ___
FRO
1D
Ran ___ (went nuts)
AMOK
2D
User-edited online info page
WIKI
3D
Hidden feature in a video game: 2 wds.
EASTEREGG
4D
Protective metal suit
ARMOR
5D
Windfall
BOON
6D
“Children should be ___ and not heard”
SEEN
7D
What the symbol “/” indicates in bowling scores
SPARE
8D
Supervillain Luthor
LEX
9D
Country that’s home to the Blarney Stone: Abbr.
IRE
10D
Drag through the ___ (defame)
MUD
18D
Staff working on a film set
CREW
19D
Gross smell
ODOR
22D
Young, blue animated character who lives with such characters as Papa, Brainy, and Clumsy: 2 wds.
BABYSMURF
23D
Horse’s gait
TROT
24D
Webmaster’s creation
SITE
25D
___+Z (undo, on a PC)
CTRL
26D
The Buckeye State
OHIO
27D
Mop & ___ (floor cleaner brand)
GLO
28D
“___ to a Nightingale” (Keats poem)
ODE
31D
“In that case …”: 2 wds.
IFSO
32D
“In memoriam” write-up, for short
OBIT
37D
Sequence
ORDER
38D
Back parts of feet
HEELS
40D
Dressed (in)
CLAD
41D
Metric prefix that represents the letter K in the radio alphabet
KILO
42D
Love, in Spanish
AMOR
43D
iPod model that was produced from 2005 to 2017
NANO
44D
They often precede previews in movie theaters
ADS
45D
“Put on your thinking ___!”
CAP
46D
NPR host Glass, or 29-Across backward
IRA