| REUNION | *Family get-together or, alternately, destroy the career of the co-producer of "Achtung Baby"? |
| OPRAH | Best Supporting Actress nominee for 1985's original "The Color Purple" (who's also the co-producer of the new musical version) |
| ONE | U2 hit off of Achtung Baby |
| CFCA | In 1922, the Star becomes a pioneer in broadcasting by establishing its own radio station _ _ _ _ ...and in 1923 it becomes the first radio station to broadcast a hockey game, launching the career of |
| SENNA | 2011 film documentary on the career of the eponymous Brazilian racing driver (5) |
| SIRE | Record label, now part of the Warner Music Group, which launched the careers of the Ramones and Madonna (4) |
| BLOODSIMPLE | The 2020 Sundance Film Festival begins on Jan. 23; this movie won the 1985 Grand Jury Prize there, launching the careers of the Coen Brothers |
| MARKET | Family get together with boat for a base at last - but it can crash (5,6) |
| STOCK | Family get together with boat for a base at last - but it can crash (5,6) |
| CHRISTMASDINNER | Annual family get-together |
| AGREE | Accede or alternately hang frieze evenly (5) |
| ALSACE | French region or alternately Gaulish one? (6) |
| FURRINESS | *Teddy bear's quality or, alternately, cooks vases in oil? |
| PETERCHERNIN | Co-producer of the film Underwater who also co-produced the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes: 2 wds. |
| ENO | Co-producer of the U2 album "Achtung Baby" |
| KENNETHUTT | Co-producer of the Oscar-winning psychological thriller film The Silence of the Lambs: 2 wds. |
| RAYLEIGH | Baron -, inherited title of the co-discoverer of argon whose theory or formula of molecular scattering explains why the sky appears blue (8) |
| GABBY | Sports presenter who is one of the co-presenters of BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, ___ Logan (5) |
| LIME | From an Arabic word for citruses collectively, a lemon-like fruit with a zingy aroma; the chartreuse-green hue of its zest; a spotlight; a West Indian get-together; or, a tree with heart-shaped leaves |
| HUSHHUSHMEETING | Secret get-together, or what occurs literally in each of this puzzle's circled squares |
