L.A. CROSSWORD “MONSTERS INCORPORATED”
ACROSS
1 Movie that may feature a meetcute 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 The Yoko of “Dear Yoko” and “Oh Yoko!”
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 Novelist Tan
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 Counter counter culture 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 taxexempt 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 sugGEST that?”
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 Midwife” 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