PUZZLE #378: Deck It Out 7

PUZZLE #378

DECK IT OUT 7

Happy Pi Day, everyone! Unfortunately, I don't have a puzzle themed after either pi or pie today; the best I can do is link to an older puzzle of mine that happened to involve pies ("Family Reunions 2" in this case, the answers to which are here). Once you're done checking that out (or not), here are the directions for a puzzle that I do have for today:

Fill in the answers to the clues below, then transfer the letters marked with playing card symbols to their proper places in the grid below. The number (or letter) of each clue will tell you what column to place those letters in. Once it's completely filled in, the grid will spell out a sentence that will provide a hint to the FINAL ANSWER.

This week's FINAL ANSWER is a proper noun

A) “_____ Met You Yet” (Michael Bublé song)

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2) The Meow Mix song, e.g.

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3) Lethal

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4) Tiptup from Diddy Kong Racing, for one (HINT: he’s a shelled reptile)

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5) Nevada Dam named after a 1930s President

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6) Shelling out cash

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7) Tubes inserted into a milkshake

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8) Volcanic rock used in some rubber erasers

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9) _____-cube law

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10) Metallic alternative to Invisalign

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J) Regaliceratops’ remains

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Q) One of 1,440 in a day

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K) Setting for Oz or Orange is the New Black

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Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or even ask for a hint, though you'll be marked as having used one if you do so) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a link to a .PDF version which you can print out!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16pd17lXsAy-o170nMbkJ412iGYyktAb0/view?usp=sharing