| National-anthem starter | 23 |
| National anthem opening | 23 |
| Anthem's beginning | 22 |
| Sought-after statuette | 22 |
| Half of the Odd Couple | 22 |
| Statuette with a sword | 22 |
| Trash-talker on daytime TV? | 27 |
| Statuette for a screenwriter | 28 |
| Screenwriter's dream | 24 |
| Muppet in a garbage can | 23 |
| He gives canned responses | 25 |
| Golden Globe alternative | 24 |
| First name in b-o-l-o-g-n-a | 27 |
| Coveted Hollywood prize | 23 |
| Certain gold statuette | 22 |
| Wilde who's often quoted | 28 |
| Trash can-dwelling Muppet | 25 |
| Tots' favorite grouch | 25 |
| Tony's Hollywood cousin | 27 |
| Tony's big brother? | 23 |
| Streep's Sophie trophy | 26 |
| Star's goal, perhaps | 24 |
| Simon's sporty slob | 23 |
| Scorer's award, perhaps | 27 |
| Role for Walter and Jack | 24 |
| Reject for George C. Scott | 26 |
| Reason for a spring ceremony | 28 |
| Prize for Sandra Bullock | 24 |
| Prize for Page or Cage | 22 |
| Peck's prize in 1963 | 24 |
| Part of a Hepburn collection | 28 |
| Odd name of classic TV | 22 |
| Muppet with a pet worm | 22 |
| Movie actor's objective | 27 |
| Mayer on a meat package | 23 |
| Jazz bassist Pettiford | 22 |
| Irons's prize in 1990 | 25 |
| Hollywood's holy grail | 26 |
| Gamble Yankees took in 1980 | 27 |
| Felix's sitcom buddy | 24 |
| Felix' sloppy roommate | 26 |
| Designer ___ de la Renta | 24 |
| Basketball's Robertson | 26 |
| Award for the best score? | 25 |
| Award for "Wings" | 27 |
| Academy Award statuette | 23 |
| A good player might get one | 27 |
| 2010 honor for "Up" | 29 |
| 13½-inch-high award | 22 |
| "Titanic" trophy | 26 |
| "Platoon" prize | 25 |
| "Crash" prize | 23 |
| "Chimpanzee" star | 27 |
| ___ night (annual event) | 24 |
| ___ Mayer (wiener maker) | 24 |
| ___ Levant, memorable pianist | 29 |
| Nomination, familiarly | 22 |
| Honor for a really good doc | 27 |
| Academy Award nomination | 24 |
| Spencer Tracy's pair | 24 |
| Speech-inspiring figures | 24 |
| Nicholson's threesome | 25 |
| Great pretenders get them | 25 |
| Back-to-back awards for Hanks | 29 |
| Awards on Feb. 26, 2012 | 23 |
| 13½-inch-tall honors | 23 |
| "Chicago" sextet | 26 |
| Walt Disney had 26 of them | 26 |
| Trio for Jack Nicholson | 23 |
| Prizes given to good docs? | 26 |
| Prestigious statuettes | 22 |
| Katharine Hepburn has four | 26 |
| John Williams quintet? | 22 |
| John Williams has five | 22 |
| Jack Nicholson has three | 24 |
| Honors for top scorers? | 23 |
| February or March event | 23 |
| Elizabeth Taylor's pair | 27 |
| Dorian Gray's creator | 25 |
| "Salome" playwright | 29 |
| Warring Seminole chief | 22 |
| Seminole war leader, 1835-37 | 28 |
| Kissimmee's county | 22 |
| Small mouthlike aperture | 24 |
| Suffix with verb or herb | 24 |
| Suffix with sucr- and lact- | 27 |
| Ending for verb or glob | 23 |
| Ending for many sugars | 22 |
| Suffix with herb or tuber | 25 |
| Suffix with herb and verb | 25 |
| Suffix on non-diet drinks | 25 |
| Suffix in the names of sugars | 29 |
| Suffix for verb or malt | 23 |
| Suffix for some sugars | 22 |
| Suffix denoting a sugar | 23 |
| Ending with hex or malt | 23 |
| Ending for malt or verb | 23 |
| Ending for malt or herb | 23 |
| "Adip" add-on | 23 |
| Hosea in the Douay Bible | 24 |