| OSCARBAIT | Tear-jerker released during awards season, maybe |
| REDCARPETS | Stars grace them during awards season: 2 wds. |
| SNUB | Slight during awards season |
| GPA | Stat fretted over during college-app season, maybe |
| BOBBYORRRETIRES | Blockbuster headline at the end of the 1978 NHL season, maybe |
| HOED | Started a growing season, maybe |
| HISTAMINE | It's released during allergic reactions (9) |
| DIRGE | Released during nadir, Genesis's dreary tune (5) |
| OXYTOCIN | Hormone released during childbirth |
| OXYGEN | Gaseous element released during photosynthesis (6) |
| QUEEN | Band who were the subject of the film Bohemian Rhapsody, which bagged its star, Rami Malek, a plethora of acting accolades during the 2019 awards season (5) |
| OSCARBUZZ | Speculation before awards season |
| NOM | Awards season recognition, for short |
| OSCARSSOWHITE | Critical awards-season hashtag |
| OSCARSNUB | Disappointing awards season outcome for a critically successful movie |
| FIGURE | _ 8. US singer-songwriter Elliott Smith's fifth album and the last released during his lifetime (6) |
| RANDOLPH | Da'Vine Joy ___ (actress whose triumphant awards season culminated in an Oscar win in March, 2024) |
| OSCARSNUBS | Some award season slights |
| CONSTERNATION | At first, cinemagoer natters rudely during tear-jerker, causing dismay (13) |
| DOGOF | "A ___ Flanders" (1959 tear-jerker) |
