| TORTILLERIA | The 2023 James Beard Awards were announced on June 5; Outstanding Bakery went to Kansas City's Yoli ___; Que rico! |
| NOWANDTHEN | Nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards were announced Nov. 8; this AI-aided 2023 Beatles song is nominated for Record of the Year |
| SERBIA | European country that became independent on June 5, 2006 (6) |
| PEPIN | Chef Jacques ___, holder of 16 James Beard awards |
| EATER | Foodie website with a slew of James Beard awards |
| SMOKING | This activity was directly linked to lung cancer, a British Medical Council report announced on June |
| ANORA | The 30th Critics' Choice Awards were held on Friday in Santa Monica; Best Picture went unexpectedly to this dramedy that had failed to win any of the other six categories in which it was nominated |
| 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 |
| STELLA | Parks whose cookbook "BraveTart" won the James Beard Award |
| KEANUREEVES | Tony Award nominations were announced on May 5; this Hollywood A-lister got snubbed despite reuniting with his Bill & Ted co-star for a Waiting for Godot revival |
| ABBA | Grammy nominations were announced on Nov. 23; this iconic quartet (average age: 74) received their first-ever nom |
| CHEFS | James Beard award winners |
| RESTAURATEURS | James Beard Award nominees |
| FATIMAALI | *Pakistani-born chef who was posthumously honored with a James Beard Award |
| CHEF | James Beard Award winner |
| 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) |
| TARRAGON | "I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough ___ around." - James Beard |
| 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 |
| ACADEMY | Now a widely covered annual event, the first ___ Awards were presented in 1929 (7) |
| WHO | "___ We Used to Be" (2023 James Blunt album) |
