Crossword No. 673: And the Oscar Goes to...
ACROSS
1 “Far ___ from me to...”
5 Out of the ordinary
8 JPEG alternative
14 “One other thing...”
15 Bobby who sang “Take Good Care of My Baby”
16 Bring a plane up
17 Two-time Best Actor winner who, in an act of solidarity, gave one of his Oscars to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Nov. 8
19 Make tidy
20 Once ___ lifetime opportunity
21 Sculptor, e.g.
23 Drink, often pink, briefly
24 Desert flora
26 Best Actress winner for La La Land who gave the Oscar to her mom, as she told talk-show host Seth Meyers
29 “Yes”
31 Love, in Latin
32 Light bulb–shaped food
35 Leningrad’s nat.
38 Gumption
42 Hattie McDaniel willed her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for this film to Howard University
45 Carne ___
46 San ___ Sharks (NHL team)
47 One for Austrians
48 ___ buco (Italian dish)
50 1150, one way
52 Jimmy Stewart gave the Oscar he won for The Philadelphia Story to this man, who displayed it in the family’s Pennsylvania hardware store for decades
57 Sesame Street grouch
61 “Where ___ we?”
62 Sign up to serve 64 Function
65 Jean of 1933’s Dinner at Eight
68 Spencer Tracy gave his Oscar for this 1938 film to Father Flanagan, the real-life head of the title organization
70 Duds
71 Brunch drinks, briefly
72 “___ my wit’s end!”
73 Unable to be accessed, as records
74 Angkor ___
75 Some potential heirs
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1 Elementary
2 Colleague of Ketanji
3 Fashionista Mizrahi
4 Huge amount
5 Concluded
6 Al ___ (pasta specification)
7 Jeans jacket material
8 Small chicken
9 “Or so ___ been told”
10 Argentine aunt
11 Passover bread
12 Dined at home
13 Ziti alternative
18 Took care of, as the tab
22 Intelligence
25 No longer interested in
27 “___ assembly required”
28 Stonemason’s tools
30 “Unquestionably,” in Quebec
32 Org. rivaled by the new LIV Tour
33 Goddess of the dawn
34 Political adviser Navarro
36 Baptist of note
37 HBO rival, in listings
39 Noon, on Big Ben
40 Cozy stopover
41 WSJ or WaPo workers
43 “That ___ close call!”
44 ___ and haw (stall for time)
49 Prepared, as tomatoes
51 Barracks beds
52 Standard laughs
53 Truly ticked off
54 Maker of iComfort mattresses
55 Macaroni shape
56 Spanish red
58 Surname of two New York governors
59 ___ High Dam (Nile River feature) 60 Monopoly payments
63 Part of iOS
66 Tiny, cutesy-style
67 Underground resource
69 “Most definitively!”