Pearl: An X-traordinary Origin Story

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Across
  1. 1. I will not ___ a life I do not deserve
  2. 4. Pearl spent her last 8 cents here
  3. 5. The movie studio
  4. 6. The director of the film
  5. 11. Where Pearl leaves her mom after their fight
  6. 16. Follies The name of the picture Pearl watched
  7. 17. Who plays Pearl
  8. 20. The color of her audition dress
  9. 21. Pearl delivers an iconic 10-minute ___
  10. 23. The judges were looking for someone more ___
  11. 25. Pearl's mother expects her to ___
  12. 26. Color of Mitsy's eyes
  13. 27. Pearl's sheep
  14. 28. Pearl's aquatic partner-in-crime
  15. 29. Her dad is ___
  16. 32. The 1918 pandemic
  17. 34. Name of the local paper (The ___ Herald)
  18. 35. Movie genre
  19. 36. A group of three movies
Down
  1. 2. Pearl's cow
  2. 3. Pearl's goat
  3. 5. Weapon Mitsy dies by
  4. 7. Sister-in-laws stick ___
  5. 8. The production company
  6. 9. Inanimate object she gets freaky with
  7. 10. The third movie in the (36-across)
  8. 11. The water Pearl douses her mother with is ___
  9. 12. The roasted pig dinner is infested by ___
  10. 13. Her parents immigrated from here
  11. 14. Pearl's sneaky link's job
  12. 15. Pearl's biggest op
  13. 18. Her everyday-outfit
  14. 19. Her loving husband
  15. 22. Howard was her ticket off the ___
  16. 24. State where the movie takes place
  17. 27. Sister-in-law
  18. 30. She's a STAAAARRR!!
  19. 31. Color of the farmhouse
  20. 33. Howard is off fighting in what war