Crossword puzzle clue "diagonally down south"

What to do to read the secret message (going diagonally down, then diagonally back up the under side)

Diagonally, down South

What you can find in the grid after completing this puzzle, looking up, down, left, right and diagonally, word search-style

"... card, ___ card" (Last week: The two diagonally hidden 18-letter titles were "Up the Down Staircase" and "Upstairs, Downstairs." The latter answer turned downward at the D of "Downstairs.")

Number of times this puzzle's theme word appears diagonally in the grid (to complete the puzzle, shade those words plus the Down answers that begin where they meet)

First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f

16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line

Award won by lead actors in this puzzle's starred films: the winners' names are hidden "word search"-style in the grid (across, down or diagonally, and forward or backward)