“MONSTERS INCORPORATED”
BY MATTHEW STOCK
Across
1 Movie that may feature a meet-cute scene
7 Components 13 Odysseys, e.g.
19 “God Is a Woman”
singer Grande 20 Inviting call from a
treehouse
21 Sicilian seaport 22 Just okay 24 Generational divides 25 One of the Big Five in Hollywood’s Golden Age
26 Name in a will
27 Befuddled gesture 29 Golfo contents
30 Hip hop dance move
32 Poorly lit
34 “Okay, that’s enough
from me”
36 Hitting the market
soon
40 North Carolina
university
41 Nights of anticipation 42 Lines from an admirer 43 “Aaaand that’s mine
now!”
44 Challenges
46 Smidge
47 Boatloads
49 Horde
51 Wet wipes brand 53 Historian Cobb who
writes for The New Yorker
54 __ guzzler 55 Theyoko of“dear
Yoko”and“ohyoko!” 57 Egg __ yung 58 Madagascar primate
61 Spur to action 63 Proclaims
65 “That’s my cue!” 66 Style maven
69 “v funny”
70 Film versions made
by devotees
72 Line of work for a dog
walker? 73 “Misery”oscar
winner
74 Comedian Notaro 75 __-ball pens 76 Novelisttan
77 Didn’t play 80 Keycard receivers 82 Maker of Berry blossom white tea
84 Balm additives
85 Nintendo console 88 “Political Gabfest”
podcast producer 90 Supercharged
93 Vinyl records, briefly 94 “I’d rather not” 95 __ out a win (almost
lost)
96 Bread options in
morning buffets 99 Ferrera of
“Superstore”
101 Philosophy
102 __ skills
103 Some political campaign research, for short
104 Ashtray debris
107 South Asian rice cake 109 Ballyhoo
110 Snag in a plan
112 Strong ale brewed by Trappists in the Low Countries
117 Countercounterculture folks 118 Sports venues
119 Painter Diego
120 Contemptuous looks 121 Fight like a country
kid
122 Tomorrow
Down
1 Competed in a track meet
2 Spanish gold
3 Flew south for the winter, say
4 Valet’s array 5 Low-scoring tie 6 [I’m a goat!]
7 __ box
8 Leaf-eating pests 9 Many a tax-exempt organization 10 “Jeepers!”
11 Uno y dos
12 Brief meeting? 13 Argued over prices 14 La Liga cheer
15 “No siree”
16 Take longer than necessary 17 Energize 18 Argentine singer Mercedes known for “Gracias a la Vida” 21 See 113-Down 23 “How could you even suggestthat?”
28 Puts on the line 30 Bossa __
31 Bikini, e.g.
33 __ juice
35 Sinuous ski race 36 After taxes
37 Currency 38 Musician honored as a National Hero of Barbados
39 Mireille of “Big Love” 45 Console
47 Spanish 101 verb 48 [What a relief!] 50 Fatty tuna, to a sushi
chef
52 Topples the Jenga
tower, say 53 Summer month 54 Like undercooked
brownies
56 Many a “Call the
Mid wife” character 58 Brings up
59 Inbox fillers 60 Genghis Khan’s realm 62 Surname well known
in Stars Hollow 63 “Black Panther” role for Chadwick Boseman
64 “Cool,” in dated slang 66 Fiver
67 Quarreling 68 “Insecure” star Rae
71 Feather __ 73 Mass-transit option
76 Bleu hue
78 Curveball
element
79 Sunset dirección
81 Big A-ha moment? 83 Trip to the plate
85 Clobbered
86 __ of Wight
87 Mag. unit
89 Food
91 Antioxidant beverage
brand
92 Thumbs-up gestures 94 38-Down,notably
97 Radio knob
98 Make quite an
entrance
99 Splatter guard 100 Sticks by the pool
table
103 Possesses
105 Retro ski lift
106 Blood fluids
108 Cut with a surgical
beam
111 Cassis
apéritif
113 With 21-Down,
guitarist in the National Inventors
Hall of Fame
114 TNT part
115 Time period often named for an art movement
116 __ down the law