How we describe the numbers we use (despite their origin in South Asia)
8A
Shorter name for that pink and white spiral fish cake on some ramen [HA! Bet you thought this'd be clued involving anime, didn't you, Ricky? ... Wait. Shit.]
9A
How one should serve paella [3 wds]
10A
What we may see in a Cinemark (as these were called back in the day)
11A
It's plain horse sense to use these
12A
Not tmw. or tdy.
Verticales
1D
A good name with a song in its heart
2D
Quite a large cereal box
3D
Nobody doesn't like her, unless you actually prefer baking your dessert from scratch all the time
5D
Value worth less than nothing [And certainly worth less than goat poop] [TIL this isn't a variation!]