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RAINERWERNERFASSBINDERGerman director of the films The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and The Marriage of Maria Braun STUCKOUTLIKEASORETHUMBHitchhiked with a hangnail, in Valleyspeak? JOSEPHINEDEBEAUHARNAISThe first wife of Napoleon I and the first Empress of the French FARFROMTHEMADDINGCROWDThomas Hardy novel whose title comes from Thomas Gray's poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard THOUSANDISLANDDRESSINGSauce made with mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, tabasco and chopped gherkins JUNEISBUSTINOUTALLOVERSong and dance number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAYMarch 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world … including the 22 people whose names cross this answer ITSALLDOWNHILLFROMHERE"Things are only going to get worse" ... or a hint to answering the seven italicized clues in this puzzle AMERICANPITBULLTERRIERSee 32 LETMECALLYOUSWEETHEARTPopular song by Leo Friedman and Beth Slater Whitson published in 1910 and first recorded by The Peerless Quartet EXONERATINGGENERATIONXForgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say? TECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATSAttire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito? STREETLEGALLETSGETREAL"You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"?