| “American Idol” prize |
RECORDDEAL |
| “Le Penseur” artist |
RODIN |
| “Strange Magic” band |
ELO |
| “The Ant and the Grasshopper” author |
AESOP |
| “___ Believer” |
IMA |
| 2003 Will Ferrell film |
ELF |
| 2021 Denis Villeneuve film |
DUNE |
| Accepted doctrine |
DOGMA |
| Answerer since 2011 |
SIRI |
| Bill Murray’s foil in “What About Bob?” |
RICHARDDREYFUSS |
| Biz bigwigs |
EXECS |
| Blazed a trail |
LED |
| Board of inquiry? |
OUIJA |
| Bowling ball trio |
HOLES |
| Bro’s sib |
SIS |
| Chi-town team |
SOX |
| Citrus peel used for flavor |
ZEST |
| Cockatoo or cockapoo, perhaps |
PET |
| Company’s creative dept., and a hint to the five long Across answers |
RANDD |
| Cookie container |
JAR |
| Course number |
PAR |
| Date to beware, according to a Shakespearean soothsayer |
IDES |
| Destructive insects |
BORERS |
| Disney princess who sings “Part of Your World” |
ARIEL |
| Eat away |
ERODE |
| Filled with farms, perhaps |
RURAL |
| Fitting |
APT |
| H.H. Munro’s nom de plume |
SAKI |
| High roller in a casino |
WHALE |
| Incur, as charges |
RUNUP |
| Indian state that borders Bhutan |
ASSAM |
| International airport in the Old North State |
RALEIGHDURHAM |
| It may need tightening |
ROUGHDRAFT |
| Its naming rights are often sold |
ARENA |
| Jo’burg’s land |
RSA |
| Lascivious look |
OGLE |
| Light-sensitive retinal cells |
RODS |
| Magazine published in 23 countries |
READERSDIGEST |
