publication date: Saturday, September 25, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)

category: Movies

clue: His on-screen enemies have included enormous underground worms, a preacher who doesn't like dancing, superhero mutants in the 1960s, a serial killer whose cult abducts his son, a failing spacecraft en route to the Moon, ghosts in his Chicago neighborhood, a family on a whitewater rafting trip, and Jason Voorhees,

explanation: Bacon starred in Tremors, Footloose, X-Men: First Class, The Following, Apollo 13, Stir of Echoes, The River Wild, and Friday the 13th. He is married to Kyra Sedgwick. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Aaron Shurtleff

Nine-Nine Family Reunion: The recently-concluded comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine was a hit with critics and audiences, getting picked up for three more seasons after an outcry over its premature cancellation. But the improv-comedy ringers in its cast have more in common than the show: Many of them have famous relatives. If the precinct had a bring-your-family-to-work day, could you recognize these seven famous faces in the building?

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