First clue in this puzzle - Answers with 9 Letters

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Article in a German paper?[For the explanation to last week's puzzle, see the last clue down.]
Intrepid [Editor's note: This clue appears in heavier type (without the asterisks) in the print version of the puzzle. AcrossLite can't handle that, so just imaging that it's written in darker type.]
TV feature, and a clue to six other answers in this puzzle
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Clue for this puzzle's four longest answers
Clue for four puzzle answers
"Forget it!" (and a clue to this puzzle's theme)
Many a puzzle clue ending in "?"
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"That's my cue!" (fun fact: I inadvertently stole this clue from my own NYT puzzle)
Clue for the four longest answers in this puzzle
Kind of secret represented by each two-letter puzzle clue?
"___ is completely over" (baffling statement made by Prince on 7/5/10 that also serves as a clue how to find four answers in this puzzle)
Like each answer in this puzzle - also each word in each clue - in length
Spin, as a cue ball, and how to answer each starred clue in this puzzle?
Valley girl's "yeah, right" [IMPORTANT: SEE THE 'NOTE' (above) for key info about this week's puzzle and SEE THE LAST CLUE DOWN for the explanation of last week's puzzle.]
Big fight, and clue to this puzzle's theme that begins the four longest answers
Name that would be super easy to clue if this puzzle were in Korean
Diving rotation, and the clue for four puzzle answers
Some sewing machines (and clue to this puzzle's theme)
Clue to this puzzle's theme
Proverb giving a clue to this puzzle
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Viper, and a clue to this puzzle's theme