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CROSSWORD CLUES "R"
100

Beginning in the '60s, it was "Choosy mothers choose" this brand of peanut butter; in the '80s, "Choosy moms"

What is Jif?

100

Chewbacca is this type of creature from the planet Kashyyyk

What is a Wookiee?
100

Mr. Mushnik gets gobbled up by a plant in his own store in this musical

What is Little Shop of Horrors?

100

This condition occurs when a human's body temperature falls below 95 degrees Fahrenheit

What is hypothermia?

100

A stuffed pasta pocket (7 letters)

What is ravioli?

200

In Britain, oatmeal is called this

What is porridge?

200

This spaceship was originally modeled after a hamburger with an olive next to it

What is the Millennium Falcon?

200

In 1996, Idina Menzel was among a host of young people who made their Broadway debuts in this Jonathan Larson musical

What is Rent?

200

This sweet plant secretion that's full of sucrose, fructose & glucose serves to attract pollinators like birds & bees

What is nectar?

200

 A spinning spit for cooking meat (10 letters)

What is rotisserie?

300

The ads of this fast food chain feature cows that probably wouldn't excel at a spelling bee

What is Chick-fil-A?

300

In "Star Wars", the term used for robots like C-3PO & R2-D2 is this 5-letter shortening of another word

What is droid?

300

Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss sang "Only Us" in this musical; Ben & Kaitlyn Dever, in the movie version  

What is Dear Evan Hansen?

300

This iron-containing pigment in blood has a job to do: carry oxygen to tissue

What is hemoglobin?

300

Brad Pitt spy spoof "Burn After ____" (7 letters)

What is Reading?
400

Carolina Gold barbecue sauce is so named because its base is made from this & vinegar

What is mustard?
400

Ahmed Best was the voice of this bumbling Gungan from Naboo in the 1999 film "The Phantom Menace"

Who is Jar Jar Binks?

400

The title footwear of this Broadway musical based on both a true story & a film is a pair of red thigh-highs

What is Kinky Boots?
400

Temperatures in this part of the Earth rival the surface of the Sun, but pressure there is so great that metals don't melt

What is the core?

400

Japanese healing technique (5 letters)

What is reiki?

500

To honor its co-founder, Dreyer's ice cream goes by this name east of the Rockies

What is Edy's?

500

They're the first 10 words on the screen at the beginning of the numbered films

What is "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away"?

500

This musical that played on Broadway from 1988 to 2023 is based on a horror novel by Gaston Leroux

What is The Phantom of the Opera?

500

Iron is the second-most abundant metal in Earth's crust; this metal with atomic number 13 is first

What is aluminum?

500

A type of treatment or an exercise routine (7 letters)

What is regimen?