Across:

1) M*A*S*H actor Alan

5) Alternative to a “leader” in many a motivational talk

9) Author of Little House on the Prairie

11) “____ the Unknown”, Frozen 2 song

12) What someone without a work contract does… or what a jouster without a work contract might be giving away?

14) Incessant 2010s music genre, when paired with “clap” and “hey”

15) Climate change-oriented gov. agency

16) Route taken by F1 drivers

18) Jesus-like lion figure of Narnia

20) See 31-across

21) Herpes, say

24) San Francisco baseball player

27) America’s Got Talent backstage personality and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star

30) Actors Peters and Rachel Wood

31) Effect that gives old movies a brown filter, with 20-across

32) Staple Philadelphia convenience store

33) First word below a snake on many a yellow bumper sticker

Down:

1) Cat-eating TV character

2) Drummer Ulrich of Metallica

3) Song for two, say

4) Ring of pigmented skin

5) Throw out, maybe

6) 2007 Irish musical rom-com

7) Variety of brother or mother

8) Cubs great Sammy

10) Not quite, perhaps

13) A disgraced YouTuber is known to give a less-than-genuine one

17) Episodes of fear, say

19) Got closer to

21) Hearty winter dish in a bowl

22) Sandal worn by many a dad

23) What an illustrator does

25) Kind of baby with undeserved success, maybe

26) One of Mary-Kate and Ashley

28) Single stranded nucleic acid

29) Stressor for many a perspective college applicant

Answers:

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