9/27/21 Answer Crosswords With Friends

9/27/21
Movie Monday

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1A
___ meets girl (start of a classic movie plot)
Boy

4A
What a pitcher pitches
Ball

8A
Word that can follow “speed” or “sand”
Trap

12A
Nickname of the president on the $5 bill
Abe

13A
1980s band named for a continent
Asia

14A
Dance often performed in a grass skirt
Hula

15A
“The Politician” star who plays the title role in the movie adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen”: 2 wds.
Ben Platt

17A
Love from ___ (have a secret crush on)
Afar

18A
Cosmetics company founder Lauder
Estee

19A
Cry at the end of the workweek: Abbr.
TGIF

21A
Having little fat
Lean

22A
Singer of “Strong Enough” and “Believe”
Cher

24A
Discord or Zoom, say
App

27A
Tea in a spicy drink
Chai

29A
More sick
Iller

31A
“Still Alice” star who plays Evan’s mother Heidi in “Dear Evan Hansen”: 2 wds.
Julianne Moore

35A
“___ probability …” (“Most likely”): 2 wds.
Inall

36A
“Wichita Lineman” singer Campbell
Glen

37A
Woman with children
Mom

38A
Middle child on “The Cosby Show”
Theo

40A
Something you strive for
Goal

44A
Bottom of a pedestal
Base

46A
“On Beyond ___!” (Dr. Seuss book)
Zebra

47A
Pennant
Flag

49A
“Hillbilly Elegy” star who plays grieving mother Cynthia Murphy in “Dear Evan Hansen”: 2 wds.
Amy Adams

52A
Home health ___ (caregiver)
Aide

53A
Celebrity chef Paula
Deen

54A
Yankee’s crosstown baseball rival
Met

55A
“The Walking ___” (horror series in its 11th and final season)
Dead

56A
Dispose of, as a dragon
Slay

57A
The messages in “We’ll return after these messages”
Ads

1D
Setting of a biblical tower
Babel

2D
Very, very overweight
Obese

3D
Yiddish term for a busybody
Yenta

4D
Christian who played Batman in three movies
Bale

5D
Naked ___ jaybird: 2 wds.
As A

6D
Burning, like a tiki torch
Lit

7D
Pumpkin Spice ___ (autumn order at Starbucks)
Latte

8D
Cuisine with tom yum soup and the pad see ew noodle dish
Thai

9D
“Avengers: Endgame” actor Mark
Ruffalo

10D
In the style of: 2 wds.
Ala

11D
It’s 3, 4, or 5 on most golf holes
Par

16D
Crossword solver’s writing tool, often
Pencil

20D
Filthy stuff on a car engine
Grime

22D
“Eh, what ___ you do?”
Can

23D
It connects a door to a wall
Hinge

25D
Beats ___ minute (what the dance music term “BPM” is short for)
Per

26D
___-existing conditions
Pre

28D
Temporarily stops
Halts

30D
Yearned (for)
Longed

31D
1970s singer Croce
Jim

32D
Numero ___
Uno

33D
“The forbidden dance”
Lambada

34D
1970s band with the hit “Strange Magic,” for short
Elo

39D
“Two ___ are better than one”
Heads

41D
“Becoming” author and former First Lady Michelle
Obama

42D
One-___ bandit (slot machine)
Armed

43D
Endures
Lasts

45D
Middle-___ (like people in their 50s)
Aged

46D
Wacky
Zany

47D
Something that’s hot and then quickly forgotten
Fad

48D
“Let sleeping dogs ___”
Lie

50D
Actor Rodriguez of the upcoming “CSI: Vegas”
Mel

51D
Vote of support
Yea