by Joe Krozel
Here are the answers to the movie crossword puzzle published on RogerEbert.com August 7, 2007. The still that accompanies this article is also the answer to one of the clues. All answers can be found in various editions of Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbooks.
We received this entertaining puzzle from reader Joe Krozel, who describes himself as: “A free-lance puzzle constructor who has had a couple of crosswords appear in the New York Times since 2006. I’ve had a fascination with the stacking of long theme entries, as seen in the current puzzle, while maintaining focus on providing enjoyment to the solver.” — RE
Across
1. Entertains like Armstrong
6. “___ of Fools”(1965) with Vivien Leigh
10. Towel thrown to Mr. Wallach
14. 2003 movie of a Jewish family that flees Nazi Germany for Kenya
17. 1989 movie based on Andre Brink’s novel about South Africa
18. “___ it Forward”(2000) with Helen Hunt
19. 1975 ABBA song
20. Grand Central or Penn, abbr.
21. What “Me Myself I“(2000) lacks?
22. Modern sculptor Jean
24. “The ___ of Steve”(2000)
27. Ready for the pass
31. Barely make, with “out”
34. 1962 movie of a woman’s bizarre new life after a drag racing accident
39. 1984 movie set in the British colonial era
40. 1991 French movie of an artist reinspired to complete a female portrait
41. Concorde, e.g.
42. “___ Conduct”(2003)
43. Opposite of a Hitchcock dir?
44. Flat tire sound
47. Govt. org. in “Enemy of the State“(1998)
50. Mauna ___
52. Vegas starter
55. “The Ballad of the ___ Cafe”(1991)
58. 2000 Lonergan film of a woman’s life interrupted by a visit from her irresponsible brother
62. Mostly silent movie of 1989 by Charles Lane
63. First name in 2000 Academy Awards
64. “Dinner ___”(2002) with Danny Aiello
65. One side in a challenge beginning 1975
Down
1. Sudden cold weather
2. Musical ending
3. Not as planned
4. Lord’s Prayer pronoun
5. Bastes
6. Spanish six
7. Plan in “Prizzi's Honor“(1985)
8. Actress Sastre of “The Lost City“(2005)
9. “Todo Por La ___”(1991)
10. Silent, for one
11. Billy’s leading lady in “Analyze That“(2002)
12. “Nico ___”(1996): Documentary of Warhol’s femme fatale
13. Prominent feature in “Lawrence of Arabia“(1962)
15. Actress Stella of 1936 Sweeney Todd movie
16. Scorsese’s Cape
23. Ones that get stepped on
24. Culinary tidbits in Madrid
25. Badly portrayed ones in “Aladdin“(1992) and “True Lies“(1994)
26. Beginnings
27. White House office shape
28. Word with yellow
29. Spanish actress Anaya in “Van Helsing“(2004)
30. “___ This Earth”(1957) Sci-fi movie
32. Twisty-horned antelopes
33. Actress Kimberly in “John Q”(2002)
34. Western actor Shrum of the 1940’s
35. Hawaiian follower, abbr.
36. ___ Gras
37. “___ Hopkins”(1942) with Judy Canova
38. Oilcan letters
45. Picnic side
46. Sub finder
47. Where Disney is DIS
48. “Les Visiteurs du ___”(1942)
49. TT Roadster, for one
51. Lawyer org. in “The People vs. Larry Flynt“(1996)
52. Foster Brooks persona
53. “The ___ Bully”(2006)
54. “___ Making Sense”(1984)
55. Extract a coupon
56. Actor Leon of “Meet Me in St. Louis”(1944)
57. Julia Stiles role in “O“(2001)
59. 100 yrs.
60. Signs off on
61. Mine find
© 2007 by Joe Krozel
