PUZZLE #439: Deck It Out 8

PUZZLE #439

DECK IT OUT 8

One of the clues in this puzzle contains a phrase suggested by Patron M. Sean Molley. Support me on Patreon at $15 or more per month to suggest one word or phrase for me to put into a puzzle every month!

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 title

A) Waxy coloring stick

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2) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress Fanning

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3) "I must stop Christmas from coming!... _____?" (quote from the Grinch): 2 wds.

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4) Hack-and-slash RPG by Blizzard named after the Spanish word for "devil"

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5) Sources of sleet or snow

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6) Syracuse University's Otto the Orange, for one

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7) Word on a sign warning about a fierce dog

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8) Literal subpar score, in minigolf

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        ♣   ♦   ♥   ♠

9) _____ the Dead ('70s zombie film set in a mall): 2 wds.

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10) 1960s supermodel whose skinniness is reflected in her name

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J) Perfect place that, naturally, doesn't exist

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Q) First name of an egg who had a great fall

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K) Gentlemen's counterparts

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Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, 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/1TS0b5ICdDGEGGx8jUwUU91Au7YXwNmwn/view?usp=sharing