The 2021 Animated Oscar Crossword

By Myles Mellor

Across

1 Sci-fi comedy directed by Jean-Philippe

Vine and Sarah Smith, 3 words 10 Old vinyl record 11 ____ Narita, starring in Spirit Untamed 12 Star Wars Jedi 13 Coming of age fantasy film written by

Jesse Andrews and Mike Jones, produced by Pixar 15 Suzu’s name in the fantasy world of “U” 16 Flik was one in A Bug’s Life 17 Setting for Winnie the Pooh 19 Macbeth, for one 21 Approval word 22 Popular children’s animated TV series, 2 words 26 ___ Jong 29 Animated documentary that was a huge hit at the 2021 Sundance Festival 30 Addition to a letter 31 Sequel to an animated musical comedy, directed by Garth Jennings, 2 words 32 Computer animated supernatural black comedy road film (sequel), The ____ Family 2 35 St. John and Scott, for example 37 Mark of courage for law enforcement personnel 39 Computer-animated sci-fi comedy film, The ____ vs. The Machines 42 Ballroom favorite 44 Ars longa, ___ brevis 45 Puppeted alien from 1982 46 The Shrinking of Treehorn could be the first animated film ever directed by ___

Howard 47 Animated film based on a manga series which will be distributed on Netflix, Summit of the ____ 48 Australian opera house city

Down

1 Heroine in a fantasy action-adventure film 2 Edward’s nickname 3 Barcelona’s home 4 The ___ and the Pussycat 5 Stephanie Beatriz stars in this animated musical fantasy film by Disney 6 Christmas tree decor 7 Science Guy Bill 8 Goal to a Latino commentator 9 ___ Is Anne Frank? animated film starring

Emily Carey 14 “Do go on ...” 18 Lights and amps are part of a roadie’s ____ 19 Live-action computer animated slapstick comedy which might be called “a cat and mouse game” - 3 words 20 Refusal word 22 The magic dragon in the Peter, Paul and

Mary song 23 Very small 24 Looked like 25 Series about stranded survivors 27 ___ Transylvania: animated media franchise produced by Sony

Pictures Animation 28 Animated comedy film sequel starring Alec Baldwin, James

Marsden and Amy Sedaris, ___ ____ 2, 2 words 33 Part of a ventilation system 34 Adds seasoning 36 Sony animated musical comedy drama film set in Cuba 38 Doctor of Science, for short 40 Wizard of Oz “man” 41 Witch 43 Spider___

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