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Cr-Oscar Nominee Puzzle 2025

◆◆ · By clove green · Published 2025-04-10T20:38:35.186Z

Constructor's Note
The surnames of various actors nominated for the four acting awards at the 2025 Oscars have been included in the grid. They're highlighted but left without any further clarification in the clues. Enjoy!
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    2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (6)
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    1. 1A
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (6)
    2. 5A
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (7)
    3. 10A
      A long feathery thing (or a long scaly thing!) (3)
    4. 11A
      Snobbish, standoffish (5)
    5. 12A
      Texan R&B musician who released his 1994 self-titled debut at 15 (5)
    6. 13A
      Plaything (3)
    7. 15A
      Wildebeest (3)
    8. 16A
      Exsanguinated (4)
    9. 19A
      Screened (5)
    10. 21A
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (5)
    11. 24A
      Farming tool used to dig rows in soil (3)
    12. 26A
      Something hard or unusual to find (6)
    13. 29A
      Yes, to e.g. the director of The Substance (3)
    14. 30A
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (7)
    15. 33A
      Widespread deciduous tree (3)
    16. 35A
      Shops, or else reserves (6)
    17. 37A
      Legal agreement to prevent a party revealing information (3, init.)
    18. 40A
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (5)
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      Surname of Gone with the Wind's central character, played in 1939 by Vivien Leigh (1'4)
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      Travis Bickle's vehicle, as per Scorsese's 1976 masterpiece (4)
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      India's smallest state, which retains a heavy Portuguese influence (3)
    22. 49A
      The number of Academy Awards won by Emilia Pérez, for example (3)
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      Bandmate of John, Paul and George (5)
    24. 52A
      Large Japanese city that shares a metropolitan area with Osaka and Kobe (5)
    25. 53A
      Viral infection - also comes in 'bird' and 'swine' varietals (3)
    26. 54A
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (7)
    27. 55A
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (6)
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    1. 2D
      Run away to get married (as in the Academy's 2025 Best Picture) (5)
    2. 3D
      Flat-bottomed aquatic vessel (4)
    3. 4D
      Online auctioneers (4)
    4. 5D
      A pointed tooth, particularly for tearing flesh or injecting venom (4)
    5. 6D
      Controversial 1973 Peter Shaffer play named after its central genus (5)
    6. 7D
      Hello, if you're in Beijing (2,3)
    7. 8D
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (6)
    8. 9D
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (7)
    9. 14D
      SI unit of electrical resistance (3)
    10. 17D
      Pair, double act ( (3)
    11. 18D
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (7)
    12. 20D
      A shack or shed (3)
    13. 22D
      1985 Kurosawa epic derived in part from King Lear (3)
    14. 23D
      non-SI unit of energy equal to 100 nanojoules (3)
    15. 24D
      the 'H' in HMV (3)
    16. 25D
      Japanese historical period under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate (3)
    17. 27D
      A charged particle or atom (3)
    18. 28D
      Indeed, thus (if you're a bit old-fashioned) (3)
    19. 31D
      Sphere, ball (3)
    20. 32D
      Aquatic prefix to 'maid' (3)
    21. 34D
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (7)
    22. 36D
      Pitch (or a surprise no-winner at 2023's Oscars) (3)
    23. 38D
      Tittle or period, for example (3)
    24. 39D
      2025 Academy Awards Acting Nominee (6)
    25. 41D
      The tilt or swing of a vessel around the vertical axis (3)
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      Retroactively cancel a marriage (as in the Academy's 2025 Best Picture) (5)
    27. 44D
      Ancient marketplace (and one letter off the Academy's 2025 Best Picture!) (5)
    28. 46D
      Audibly, not to oneself (5)
    29. 48D
      _____ Romeo, Milanese sports car manufacturer (4)
    30. 49D
      Ruffian, goon; a violent and rough criminal (4)
    31. 50D
      Green vegetable aka ladyfinger (4)
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