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2023 Oscars Puzzle

◆ · By Brad · Published 2023-03-09T18:00:26.523Z

Meta Prompt
The ceremony for the 95th Academy Awards is on Sunday. But uh-oh, something's missing! The answer to the meta is a 2022 movie that will sadly not be making an appearance at the ceremony this year.
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  • Brad constructor · 2023-03-09T18:00:26.523Z
    The answer to the meta is Nope (dir. Jordan Peele). What all the starred clues have in common is that they have NO PE, and Nope received 0 Oscar nominations so it'll be missing from the ceremony, despite it being one of my faves of the year.
    • kurtalert 🤓6:21 · 2023-03-10T03:00:59.714Z
      Hah, awesome! I was initially thinking Missing PE... was about to google that as a possible movie title... then was like, wait, No PE... OH! NOPE! I never watch any movies, sadly, but I saw enough chatter online about it for that to hit me.
      Play today's daily mini crossword
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      *Amt. in a reci, maybe
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        *Amt. in a reci, maybe
      2. 4A
        Significant others, in modern slang
      3. 8A
        Hong's Oscar-nominated role in "The Whale"
      4. 11A
        Annoying stuff that causes pop-up windows
      5. 14A
        Trans non-binary musician who got Latin Grammy nominations for her albums "Kick I" and "Kick II" and who produced most of the Björk album "Utopia"
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        Oscar-nominated actress de Armas who played Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde"
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        Singer Richie
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        *Imnd
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        Burgundy or Swanson
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        Oscar-nominated writer and director of 63-Across63ABest Picture nominee directed by 19-Across[---]
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        Member of Texas A&M's football team
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        Like some questions that should be simple
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        Sign up, across the pond
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        Best Picture nominee "Elvis" director Luhrmann
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        Echo
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        *Two ople who may or may not be on good terms
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        Fictional Irish setting of a Best Picture nominee
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        *Like a scific tower
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        Poison that some say smells like almonds (but if you smell it, you're probably in trouble)
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        *When everything everywhere is hapning, in a Best Picture nominee
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        Word after "yard" or "fire"
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        Long-time "Wheel of Fortune" host
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        In "Game of Thrones," head of the Stark clan (until he loses his) (spoiler alert!)
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        Like some bread or jokes
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        Judd's Oscar-nominated role in "The 52-Across52AWith "The," autobiographical Best Picture nominee directed by Steven Spielberg[---------]"
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        *Ty of Indian sarong (sometimes referred to as the male sari)
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        With "The," autobiographical Best Picture nominee directed by Steven Spielberg
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        Actor Torn (not his real name, surprisingly)
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        "When is a door not a door? When it's ___" (ba-dum-chh)
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        Excuses, essentially
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        2020 Jessica Chastain movie... or, when combined with 63-Across63ABest Picture nominee directed by 19-Across[---], a Best Picture nominee
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        "Enough champagne to fill the ___" (iconic Gal Gadot quote)
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        "The Batman" role for Zoë
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        Best Picture nominee directed by 19-Across19AOscar-nominated writer and director of 63-Across[---------]
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        "The Price of ___" (Patricia Highsmith novel that was adapted into "Carol")
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        Kaitlin Olson's "Always Sunny" character "Sweet ___" Reynolds
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        Unlike "Turning Red" or "The Sea Beast," casually
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        *Like a beach (rhaps one that makes you old...)
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        Favor
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        Something that can be filled with helium or hot air
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        *Baseball player who I only know because he was engaged to Jennifer Loz
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        Environmentally friendly prefix
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        Hong's non-nominated costar in "The Whale"
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        Key ___
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        How most sardines are packaged
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        "Titanic" actor Billy
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        *A rson's second Twitter account, in slang
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        *"God," to the Po
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        "Für ___" (Beethoven song)
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        Lowest-ranked commissioned officers in the Navy
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        Arugula, bok choy, kale, etc.
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        "___ A" (2010 Emma Stone movie)
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        Hungarian director Tarr (no relation to Lydia)
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        Skating jump
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        Ardor
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        "Good work!"
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        Speak sharply to
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        Oscar-nominated writer and director Johnson
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        Doing nothing
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        Require
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        Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren, for two
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        B sharp or E flat, for example
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        "Willkommen" musical
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        Regions
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        Slayed (in multiple senses)
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        Setting for a 2020 movie starring Rachel Sennott
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        Up ___ (sufficient)
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        2022 horror movie that's, yes, about trauma
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        "Damn," quaintly
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        *2022 movie about two women trapd on a radio tower
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        "___ Baby" (song from "Hair")
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        Diarist Anaïs
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        *Agcy. that will give you money when you retire (hofully)
      38. 58D
        "Ash is Purest White" director Zhangke
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