Title:
AMAZING! [title is a mystery unless it refers to the nine phrases comprised of words beginning with W]
Good Ones:Legal opening? PARA [how about “Legal brief”?]
Buck chaser? AROO
Crib sheet users TOTS
Sudden death cause TIE
Last word in doughnuts KREME [they think so]
Gray area?: Abbr. ANAT [
Gray’s Anatomy]
Nice bean? TETE
Theme: Note WHOSWHO at 5-Down
By the Way:It isn’t every day we get two Shakespeare references: ALONSO & CASSIO.
I hope I’m missing something regarding the title. Rob Reiner said
A Few Good Men should win the Oscar. It should have but didn’t --- probably because he was smug.
Some Nits to Pick:“Eew!” kin ACK [I don’t think so. I’d go with the abbreviation]
ALER [like ACER, not used anywhere but in Xwords]
RATING:

Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun