| PRITZKERPRIZE | On March 3, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Ireland were announced as the 2020 winners of this award, considered architecture's highest honor |
| SUNGOD | Helios and Apollo are examples of thi: kind of deity (3,3) |
| ARMADILLO | The Andean stringed instrument called the churango was traditionally made from the hard shell of thi |
| WORLDFOOD | The _____ ____ Programme was the 2020 winner for its efforts to combat hunger (5,4) |
| AMES | Young actor McNamara of The Conners |
| OPHELIA | Floodlights at Holywood RFC in Northern Ireland were blown down by Hurricane - - - in 2017 (7) |
| ELITE | "On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an ___ school for the top one percent of its pilots. Its purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to ensure that the handful of men |
| JAZZCELLIST | The 2022 MacArthur "genius grant" winners were announced on Oct. 12; Tomeka Reid, who is this type of musician, "draws from a range of musical traditions," per the award announcement |
| NAMED | Announced as the winner, as of PGA TOUR Player of the Year |
| BRISBANE | Australian city announced as the host of the 2032 Summer Olympics on 10 July 2021 (8) |
| NICOLA | - - - Roberts, Girls Aloud star and 2020 winner of The Masked Singer, pictured left (6) |
| LOVE | 2020 winner of the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks ridden by Ryan Moore (4) |
| TUCHEL | Who has been announced as the new manager of the England football team? (6) |
| STEVETANDY | Former Ospreys flanker recently announced as the new head coach of the Wales men's rugby union team (5,5) |
| SHAUNMARSH | Former Australian cricket star announced as the captain of Mahvash's Supreme Strikers team in the CLT10 tournament.(full name) (10) |
| SAM | Just ___ (stage name of the May 2020 winner of American Idol) |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Musical legend who died on November 26. In the late '60s, he wrote British-style crosswords, which often include anagrams, for this magazine; each of our theme plays is an anagram of his name (and thi |
| NOWANDTHEN | Nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards were announced Nov. 8; this AI-aided 2023 Beatles song is nominated for Record of the Year |
| KILL | "The Things You ___" (film nominated in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which will be held Jan. 23-Feb. 2; entrants were announced yesterday) |
| TORTILLERIA | The 2023 James Beard Awards were announced on June 5; Outstanding Bakery went to Kansas City's Yoli ___; Que rico! |
