9/4/23
Movie Monday
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1A
Tiny branch
Twig
5A
IV drip units: Abbr.
CCS
8A
Fashion magazine published by Conde Nast
Vogue
3A
Lottery-like casino game
Keno
14A
So that’s your game
Oho
15A
Establish as law
Enact
16A
__ Octavius (Spider-Man 2 role for Alfred Molina)
Otto
17A
Small word in many rappers names
Lil
18A
Window ledges
Sills
19A
Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 2003’s Lost in Translation: 2 wds.
Sofia Coppola
22A
Cards checked by bouncers: Abbr.
Ids
23A
Cats actor McKellen
Ian
24A
Turn to mush in a blender
Puree
27A
Dolphin’s appendage
Fin
29A
___ shu pork (Chinese entree with mushrooms and eggs)
Moo
32A
Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 2020’s Promising Young Woman: 2 wds.
Emerald Fennell
36A
Narrow opening
Gap
37A
Workplaces for triage nurses: Abbr.
Ers
38A
Oohed and ___
Aahed
39A
Ford Escape, for one: Abbr.
Suv
41A
The Lazarus Project cable channel
TNT
42A
Screenwriter who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 1991’s Thelma & Louise: 2 wds.
Callie Khouri
48A
The Sound of ____ (Julie Andrews movie)
Music
49A
Compete
Vie
50A
Not at all common
Rare
52A
Put up with
Abide
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
The Lord of the Rings character like Galadriel
Elf
54A
Revlon competitor
Avon
55A
Stun gun
Taser
56A
Become decayed
Rot
57A
Give for a while
Lend
1D
MMA match result, often: Abbr.
Tko
2D
Moistens
Wets
3D
What has gotten ___ you?
Into
4D
More silly
Goofier
5D
Dark brown soft drinks
Colas
6D
Fashionable
Chic
7D
Drummer’s moment in the spotlight, perhaps
Solo
8D
Scooter brand whose name means wasp in Italian
Vespa
9D
Vegetable with layers
Onion
10D
Impudent boldness
Gall
11D
School whose athletes are called Bruins: Abbr.
UCLA
12D
Space aliens: Abbr.
Ets
20D
I have no ___ what I’m doing
Idea
21D
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves actor Chris
Pine
24D
Wooden tent stake
Peg
25D
Kill Bill star Thurman
Uma
26D
Single bench press, for example
Rep
27D
Initials of the US president in office when Pearl Harbor was attacked
FDR
28D
What-____ (uncertainties)
Ifs
29D
Eh, whatever
Meh
30D
Cheer at a bullfight
Ole
31D
Out with the ____, in with the new
Old
33D
Jeans entrepreneus Strauss
Levi
34D
Prefix for technology and bot
Nano
35D
Like someone’s undyed hair color
Naural
39D
Trombone part that moves
Slide
40D
Stomach malady
Ulcer
41D
Grand ___ Auto (video game series named after a property crime)
Theft
42D
Camila Cabello’s country of birth
Cuba
43D
Warning on rummage sale merchandise: 2 wds.
As Is
44D
At any time
Ever
45D
Metric prefix that means 1.000
Kilo
46D
Review that might say I loved this movie
Rave
47D
Mineral found in blood
Iron
48D
Go to the ___ (fight until the end)
Mat
51D
Conclusion
End