Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday May 8th 2022, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Movie that may feature a meet-cute scene : ROMCOM
7 Components : FACETS
13 Odysseys, e.g. : HONDAS
19 “God Is a Woman” singer Grande : ARIANA
20 Inviting call from a treehouse : UP HERE
21 Sicilian seaport : PALERMO
22 Just okay : NO GREAT SHAKES
24 Generational divides : AGE GAPS
25 One of the Big Five in Hollywood’s Golden Age : RKO
26 Name in a will : HEIR
27 Befuddled gesture : SHRUG
29 Golfo contents : AGUA
30 Hip hop dance move : NAE NAE
32 Poorly lit : DIM
34 “Okay, that’s enough from me” : I’LL STOP
36 Hitting the market soon : NOT YET IN STORES
40 North Carolina university : ELON
41 Nights of anticipation : EVES
42 Lines from an admirer : ODE
43 “Aaaand that’s mine now!” : YOINK
44 Challenges : DARES
46 Smidge : TAD
47 Boatloads : SLEWS
49 Horde : HOST
51 Wet wipes brand : LYSOL
53 Historian Cobb who writes for The New Yorker : JELANI
54 __ guzzler : GAS
55 The Yoko of “Dear Yoko” and “Oh Yoko!” : ONO
57 Egg __ yung : FOO
58 Madagascar primate : LEMUR
61 Spur to action : EGG ON
63 Proclaims : TRUMPETS
65 “That’s my cue!” : I’M ON
66 Style maven : FASHION ICON
69 “v funny” : HEHE
70 Film versions made by devotees : FAN EDITS
72 Line of work for a dog walker? : LEASH
73 “Misery” Oscar winner : BATES
74 Comedian Notaro : TIG
75 __-ball pens : UNI
76 Novelist Tan : AMY
77 Didn’t play : SAT OUT
80 Keycard receivers : SLOTS
82 Maker of Berryblossom White tea : TAZO
84 Balm additives : ALOES
85 Nintendo console : WII
88 “Political Gabfest” podcast producer : SLATE
90 Supercharged : TURBO
93 Vinyl records, briefly : LPS
94 “I’d rather not” : PASS
95 __ out a win (almost lost) : EKED
96 Bread options in morning buffets : BREAKFAST ROLLS
99 Ferrera of “Superstore” : AMERICA
101 Philosophy : ISM
102 __ skills : PEOPLE
103 Some political campaign research, for short : OPPO
104 Ashtray debris : BUTTS
107 South Asian rice cake : IDLI
109 Ballyhoo : ADO
110 Snag in a plan : WRINKLE
112 Strong ale brewed by Trappists in the Low Countries : BELGIAN TRIPEL
117 Counter-counterculture folks : NORMIES
118 Sports venues : ARENAS
119 Painter Diego : RIVERA
120 Contemptuous looks : SNEERS
121 Fight like a country kid : RASSLE
122 Tomorrow : IN A DAY
DOWN
1 Competed in a track meet : RAN
2 Spanish gold : ORO
3 Flew south for the winter, say : MIGRATED
4 Valet’s array : CAR KEYS
5 Low-scoring tie : ONE-ONE
6 [I’m a goat!] : MAA
7 __ box : FUSE
8 Leaf-eating pests : APHIDS
9 Many a tax-exempt organization : CHARITY
10 “Jeepers!” : EEK
11 Uno y dos : TRES
12 Brief meeting? : SESH
13 Argued over prices : HAGGLED
14 La Liga cheer : OLE
15 “No siree” : NEGATORY
16 Take longer than necessary : DRAG ONE’S FEET
17 Energize : AMP UP
18 Argentine singer Mercedes known for “Gracias a la Vida” : SOSA
21 See 113-Down : PAUL
23 “How could you even sugGEST that?” : THE IDEA
28 Puts on the line : RISKS
30 Bossa __ : NOVA
31 Bikini, e.g. : ATOLL
33 __ juice : MOO
35 Sinuous ski race : SLALOM
36 After taxes : NET
37 Currency : NEWNESS
38 Musician honored as a National Hero of Barbados : RIHANNA
39 Mireille of “Big Love” : ENOS
45 Console : SOOTHE
47 Spanish 101 verb : SER
48 [What a relief!] : SIGH
50 Fatty tuna, to a sushi chef : TORO
52 Topples the Jenga tower, say : LOSES
53 Summer month : JUNE
54 Like undercooked brownies : GOOEY
56 Many a “Call the Midwife” character : NUN
58 Brings up : LIFTS
59 Inbox fillers : EMAILS
60 Genghis Khan’s realm : MONGOL EMPIRE
62 Surname well known in Stars Hollow : GILMORE
63 “Black Panther” role for Chadwick Boseman : T’CHALLA
64 “Cool,” in dated slang : PHAT
66 Fiver : FIN
67 Quarreling : AT IT
68 “Insecure” star Rae : ISSA
71 Feather __ : DUSTER
73 Mass-transit option : BUS
76 Bleu hue : AZUR
78 Curveball element : TOPSPIN
79 Sunset dirección : OESTE
81 Big A-ha moment? : TAKE ON ME
83 Trip to the plate : AT-BAT
85 Clobbered : WALLOPED
86 __ of Wight : ISLE
87 Mag. unit : ISS
89 Food : EDIBLES
91 Antioxidant beverage brand : BAI
92 Thumbs-up gestures : OK SIGNS
94 38-Down, notably : POP DIVA
97 Radio knob : FM DIAL
98 Make quite an entrance : ROAR IN
99 Splatter guard : APRON
100 Sticks by the pool table : CUES
103 Possesses : OWNS
105 Retro ski lift : T-BAR
106 Blood fluids : SERA
108 Cut with a surgical beam : LASE
111 Cassis apéritif : KIR
113 With 21-Down, guitarist in the National Inventors Hall of Fame : LES
114 TNT part : TRI-
115 Time period often named for an art movement : ERA
116 __ down the law : LAY
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