For what it's worth, I wanted to get CODA in upper-left and DUNE in lower-right, but the _K_U pattern proved impossible. (And I could've rearranged the themers, but they were already alphabetical by surname, and I just wanted to get to bed, haha.)
It took home six awards at the 2022 Academy Awards
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It took home six awards at the 2022 Academy Awards
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It took home three awards at the 2022 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
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Ellipse
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Groundhog that always sees his shadow (WOW THANKS)
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Tammy Faye Bakker portrayer (well, at the Oscars ceremony)
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I stay up late eating spaghetti, even if it's ___ my bedtime
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"Wow, I have a great ___ for a new meta crossword!" (No, I don't)
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Where a hammer might be located
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Samuel's mentor
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Spiderman portrayer (well, at the Oscars ceremony)
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Through
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Pilot product
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"Is Antony ___ in fault for this?" (Shakespeare) "Yeah, let's blame Antony, I heard he doesn't even recycle" (not Shakespeare)
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Take home Ginger Cat from the shelter BEST CAT EVER
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Richard Williams portrayer (well, at the Oscars ceremony)
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Jolly old bloke!
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This, in Toledo
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Cheese that's made backward (groan)
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Postpones procrastination
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Real word that sounds hilarious that just means a small village (or a word meaning "nudge" written backward)
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The eyes have it!
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Harangues all day to take out the garbage but you're not the boss of me right now, Mom
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Best of the best
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One, for short, who is always "taxed" in April LOL
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"Didn't even see you there!"
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"My judgment was as a robe and a ___" (Job 29:14)
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Pass it on!
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Org. that gives out the Image Awards
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Where I make impossibly difficult crossword clues mwahahahaha
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I tried breeding these birds, but I just couldn't get the business off the ground (in other words, flightless birds; you'll laugh at this one later, I promise)
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Declare
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What you might see in the desert or Vegas
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Exhibited ennui, like during a Mikey G midi puzzle
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Staying gray, perhaps
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First name of a literary giant (who wrote "Giant")
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"Uhhh, well, what next?"
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First name of the current Secretary of Transportation
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General ___ chicken ("Mikey G likes his chicken spicy")