Complete Clue List
Across
1. Mike Nichols received two (of four) Primetime 11D Awards for the Miniseries "____ America" (5,2)
5. 20D + 5A: Whoopi Goldberg's 2002 Daytime 11D: "...The Extraordinary Life of ____ McDaniel" (6)
9. Grieved (8)
10. Songwriter Robert Lopez received his first Tony Award (Best Original Score) in 2004 for "____ Q" (6)
12. Normally a term for sporting excellence, an EGOT is also known as the ____ of show business (5,4)
13. Present, time being; for the ____ (2023), just 17 people have achieved EGOTs (5)
14. Musical for which 3D received a Grammy and two Tony Awards (all 1983); hint: "Memory" (4)
16. Imperative; 3D's and Tim Rice's 1996 Best Original Song Oscars: "____ Love Me" from "Evita" (3,4)
19. Clothing, attire; generally one of the 8D that contributes to a performance (7)
21. Noted; Alan Menken's 11th Grammy Award (2012): "____ the Light" from "Tangled" (1,3)
24. Handle, take care of (3,2)
25. Genuine; Mike Nichols won two 1984 Tony Awards (Best Direction, Best Play) for "The ____" (4,5)
27. "Succès d'____": a work winning critical respect but not popular success (French, 6)
28. Leading, as most EGOT achievers have been in their times (8)
29. Season; "It Might as Well Be ____" from "State Fair", Richard Rodgers' 1945 Best Song Oscar (6)
30. Sadly, DETAIN ME due to loss of faculties (anag., 8)
Down
1. Give out, as a task, or an acting role (6)
2. Nationality of one born in Berlin; like Mike Nichols (1931-2014), later a naturalised US citizen (6)
3. English composer Andrew ____ Webber received 11 EGOT awards (1980-2018) (5)
4. 4D + 17D: Birthplace of Audrey Hepburn whose 1994 Grammy was posthumous; (1st word, municipality, 7)
6. Escapade; Alan Menken's 2020 Daytime 11D Award was from "Rapunzel's Tangled ____" (9)
7. Before a musical piece, adjusting instruments for harmonious performance (6,2)
8. Components or rudiments necessary to create a performance (8)
11. Television Award with Primetime and Daytime varieties (4)
15. Famous speech from "As You Like It"; title of John Gielgud's 1979 Grammy Award (4,2,3)
17. 4D + 17D: Birthplace of Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993); (2nd word, Belgian capital, 8)
18. Film-set boss; Mike Nichols' 1967 Best ____ Oscar was for "The Graduate" (8)
20. 20D + 5A: Whoopi Goldberg's 2002 Daytime 11D: "Beyond ____..." (fictional plantation, 4)
21. Solitary; Jonathan Tunick's first Grammy Award (1988): "No one ____," with Cleo Laine (2,5)
22. Triumph at last, succeed despite obstacles (3,3); perhaps true of those with EGOTs?
23. "____ All Along", song from "WandaVision" miniseries; 2021 Primetime 11D Award for Robert Lopez (6)
26. "A Whole New World (Aladdin's ____)" won 1993 Grammy Awards for Tim Rice (two) and Alan Menken (5)