| ACUPUNCTURE | A point judge missed about award - this needles one |
| LECTERN | From which speaker delivers story I missed about bird (7) |
| BRONZEMEDAL | Around eleven in 38, rambled about award |
| WOODENSPOON | Court studies page with nothing about award for loser (6,5) |
| MERYLSTREEP | Nominated for 21 Academy Awards, this US actress won three - for her roles in The Iron Lady, Sophie's Choice and Kramer Vs Kramer (5,6) |
| UNIT | One thing that will make you ply the needles, one hears (4) |
| OBELISKS | Needles one bold entrepreneur launched in sewing kit, successfully initially (8) |
| NOT | Use needles, one hears, for what isn't wanted ahead (3) |
| TEMPLE | Winner of a special Juvenile Academy Award, this actor gained fame for her work in the 1934 film Stand Up and Cheer! (last name only) (6) |
| PENALTY | Fouled aplenty? Referee may award this (7) |
| EMMY | TV award this writer rejected? Goodness! |
| LOBELIA | Lines about award I advanced? That's a bloomer |
| GAGA | This Lady won five MTV Video Music Awards this year (4) |
| PUNJABI | Language uses wordplay to needle one (7) |
| EYE | Observe part of needle one has to thread (3) |
| ANGER | Needle one fishes out of lake (5) |
| HACKS | One of the eight nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards this fall, as announced yesterday; keep solving to find out the other seven! |
| TOOMUCH | American expression of approval of contact about award (3,4) |
| NEOPHOBE | Phone about award for Luddite (8) |
| CHAMBERPOT | Gossip about award to orchestra that was kept under the bed |
