'And the Oscar goes to....'

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At the crossroads

Fill in the crossing boxes with letters that will complete a word vertically and horizontally. When entered correctly, they will spell out the answer the riddle below.

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Word waterfall

51. Discount word

Across

1. "Hocus Pocus" setting

6. Emulates Hugh Glass in "The Revenant"

11. The Dark Knight's symbol

14. Like Guy, vis a vis the other characters in "Free Guy"

15. Game fish featured in "A River Runs Through It"

16. "Pokémon: The First Movie" protagonist

17. "And the Oscar goes to..." (1995)

19. "Titanic" heartthrob

20. Yellowstone bugler

21. Writes a screenplay, say 22. "Cocaine ____" (2023)

23. Birth day gift?

24. Guardians of the Galaxy antagonist 26. Eat up, with "down" 29. "And the Oscar goes to..." (1943) 36. Both leading actresses in "The Parent Trap" (1998) 38. Los Angeles theatre that's home to the Oscars 39. Not 'neath

Film still, e.g. 41. Follower of “Inside” or “Knives” 42. Liable (to) 44. Body of eau 45. Like many sequels, stereotypically 47. Ornamental with showy leaves 48. "And the Oscar goes to..." (1996)

52. Mr. Potato Head piece 53. Practical effect in "Deepwater Horizon" 55. Adult film

Aside (from)

61. Leia's lover

Anger

Academy Award won by each of the three films in this puzzle's longest answers

68. Number of hated things, in a famous movie poem 69.

What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?

Place the given letters given below each diagram into the squares to form eight four-letter word reading from top to bottom. The top letter is the first letter of all eight words, each letter in the second row is the second letter of four words, and so on.

Example:

BARE, BARK, BALK, BALL, BULK, BULL, BURL, BURN