9/14/20
Movie Monday
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1A
Hair ___ (place to get a cut and color)
Salon
6A
Early rocker Domino who sang “Blueberry Hill”
Fats
10A
Summertime coolers: Abbr.
Acs
13A
Major airport in Chicago
Ohare
14A
“Okay if ___ myself out?”: 2 wds.
I Let
15A
Olympic gymnast Mary ___ Retton
Lou
16A
Daughter in the comic strip “FoxTrot”
Paige
17A
Best Supporting Actor nominee for 2019’s “The Irishman”: 2 wds.
Joe Pesci
19A
Best Supporting Actor winner for 2019’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”: 2 wds.
Brad Pitt
21A
Piece of footwear that’s worn on snowy days
Boot
22A
TV scientist Bill who wrote “Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation”
Nye
23A
Medical plan option: Abbr.
HMO
25A
Faux ___ (social slip-up)
Pas
28A
“Superstore” network
NBC
31A
___ cords (tissues used for speaking)
Vocal
35A
Best Supporting Actor nominee for 2019’s “The Two Popes”: 2 wds.
Anthony Hopkins
39A
Substitute for silk
Rayon
40A
Water, at a French café
Eau
41A
Again ___ again (repeatedly)
And
42A
Rejections
Nos
44A
Ho ___ Minh City, Vietnam
Chi
47A
Spoke
Said
50A
Best Supporting Actor nominee for 2019’s “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”: 2 wds.
Tom Hanks
55A
Best Supporting Actor nominee for 2019’s “The Irishman”: 2 wds.
Al Pacino
57A
Showing no emotions
Stoic
59A
British bathroom
Loo
60A
TV role for a young Ron Howard
Opie
61A
Numerically, where J is in the alphabet
Tenth
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
62A
Senator Cruz
Ted
63A
Moistens
Wets
64A
Wipe away, as chalk marks
Erase
1D
___ up (absorb, like spilled water)
Sop
2D
Crazed whaler in a Herman Melville novel
Ahab
3D
Animal’s den
Lair
4D
Stomach or spleen, for example
Organ
5D
Destitute
Needy
6D
Pacific island nation
Fiji
7D
“It’s beginning to look ___ like Christmas …”: 2 wds.
A lot
8D
Fangs
Teeth
9D
Engine additive known as “the racer’s edge”
STP
10D
“Furthermore …”
Also
11D
Pixar movie whose title character is a great-grandmother
Coco
12D
Word that can follow “bathing” or “birthday”
Suit
18D
Something to read on a Kindle: Hyph.
Ebook
20D
___ and Teller (magicians with a show in Las Vegas)
Penn
24D
Stephen Strasburg’s honor for the 2019 World Series: Abbr.
MVP
25D
___ for the course (typical)
Par
26D
Golden Globe nominee ___ de Armas
Ana
27D
Pen that includes a trough
Sty
29D
Word of farewell
Bye
30D
“___-ching!” (sound of a cash register)
Cha
32D
Federal agency Jessica Chastain’s character worked for in “Zero Dark Thirty”: Abbr.
CIA
33D
___ Taylor (women’s clothing store)
Ann
34D
Drug that was taken by many hippies: Abbr.
LSD
36D
Maker of the Civic and Accord
Honda
37D
Yoko ___
Ono
38D
“Wow, that hurt!”
Ouch
43D
Michael who was the lead singer on R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion”
Stipe
45D
Too big a hurry
Haste
46D
Prefix for “mission” or “view”
Inter
47D
Flavoring in a shaker
Salt
48D
Tropical plant used on sunburns
Aloe
49D
Apple’s portable music player
iPod
51D
“I can’t quite put my finger ___, but …”: 2 wds.
On It
52D
Tavern in the animated town of Springfield
Moes
53D
Hawaiian coffee district
Kona
54D
Settles into a chair
Sits
56D
Calf’s mother
Cow
58D
Jost’s coanchor on “Weekend Update”
Che