Movies lacking studio backing Crossword Clue

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Movies lacking studio backing Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

LACKING (adjective)
1. nonexistent
2. inadequate in amount or degree
BACKING (noun)
1. financial resources provided to make some project possible
2. the act of providing approval and support

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Across

1. With 12-Across: singer who will be one of four recipients of an honorary Oscar at this year's Governors Awards on November 16th, as announced yesterday

6. Notaro who directed and starred in the 2022 dramedy "Am I OK?"

11. "Send a text my way," briefly

12. See 1-Across

13. Cosmetics brand

14. Finagled (one's way into something)

16. Stopwatch sounds

20. "___ in Chelsea" (long-running British reality series)

21. Land measurement

22. Rude idiots

23. "___ Town" (sitcom that featured Courteney Cox)

25. Ending for pepper

26. With 34-Across: choreographer who will receive an honorary Oscar on November 16th

31. Prefix with understand or place

32. For each item

33. Pet detective Ventura

34. See 26-Across

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Down

1. Slight downturn

2. 'Snakes ___ Plane'

3. Prez, PM, or CEO, say (abbr.)

4. Super-fun, as a party

5. Shrieks of sudden pain

6. Production designer Wynn ___ (who will receive an honorary Oscar on November 16th)

7. Block the progress of

8. Many workers in touristy towns

10. ___-cone

15. Hotel offerings: Abbr.

16. Washington State birth city of Bing Crosby and Blair Underwood

17. Like Meryl Streep and Arnold Schwarzenegger, say

18. Tom who will receive an honorary Oscar on November 16th

19. Holder of many beers

22. South American corn cake

24. Early programming pioneer Lovelace

27. It's worth 1,000 times more than a mil

28. The Fresh Prince of ___-Air

29. Foreigner's "Cold as ___"

30. Suffix with velvet

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