THE PLASTIC PUZZLE

Across

1 “They Call Me Mister ___!” (Sidney Poitier film)

6 Companies (abbr.)

10 Italian term of endearment

11 “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star

12 “RRR” setting

13 Steak order

14 Like Samwise Gamgee

15 Volcano with a name that comes from the Greek for “I burn”

16 Sound of rain on the roof, e.g.

18 Spike Jonze’s iteration of the classic “man who wants to bang his computer” genre

19 ___-Magnon

20 “Paddington 2” actor Capaldi

22 Cilantro or mint

24 Small songbirds

26 ___ Jean Song Covey, protagonist of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”

27 Bone in your lower leg

28 Scent

29 Decree

30 Jane who said, “I would always rather be happy than dignified.” 31 Nerds

Down

1 It can be prehensile

2 Cry five minutes before it’s time to go, maybe

3 “Crimes of the Future” genre

4 “___ Rose” (Jane Yolen retelling of “Sleeping Beauty”)

5 Close tightly

6 “Hadestown” instrument

7 The Eagle, for example

8 Goal-scoring opportunity

9 Shave

17 Like ice cream left in a hot car

19 “Have Mercy” artist

21 People indigenous to Puerto Rico

23 Stripped

25 Exams for college-bound students (abbr.)