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crossword

Across
1. Drench
6. Garland
7. Senior executive
8. Jack's fellow grumpy old man
9. Willy Wonka or the Mad Hatter
10. Chose between two pills
11. Iconic Dracula
12. Dissuade
13. West African nation

Down
1. Sushi wrapping
2. Turned into violence-promising film
3. Perform on stage
4. Zoo official
5. Pathfinder's sinker
8. Darling in Neverland
9. Snooker champion
11. Feline in the night sky

The answer is a movie (mis?)quote.

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  • $\begingroup$ Next puzzle awaits!! ;) $\endgroup$ – Mr Pie Apr 23 at 13:40
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    $\begingroup$ @user477343 Already under work :) $\endgroup$ – jafe Apr 24 at 7:50
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Answer is

WE NEED TO GO DEEPER, which I believe is a (mis?)quotation from Inception.

(Note: I see that Weather Vane posted a partial while I was working on this, but obviously I didn't look at their answer.)

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  • $\begingroup$ Ah, rot13(qvqa'g xabj vg jnf Vaprcgvba... gung rkcynvaf gur gvgyr, gbb) $\endgroup$ – SteveV Apr 22 at 23:31
  • $\begingroup$ Gareth I only got the easy bit anyway, and you just pipped Steve. $\endgroup$ – Weather Vane Apr 22 at 23:35
  • $\begingroup$ By 11 seconds! (Of course I have no way of telling which of us finished the crossword sooner.) $\endgroup$ – Gareth McCaughan♦ Apr 22 at 23:37
  • $\begingroup$ One wall piece is missing :) You still get the checkmark since you were the first to get the correct answer. $\endgroup$ – jafe Apr 23 at 5:52
  • $\begingroup$ Oops, so it is! Sorry about that. In case it's not obvious, the missing piece is on a W. $\endgroup$ – Gareth McCaughan♦ Apr 23 at 9:58
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as Weathervane said, here is the crossword

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Then

solving the outer numbers (yellow) gives a maze (blue)

Finally

traversing the maze give "We need to go deeper"

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Step 1 - the crossword

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Step 2 - trying to figure out the other numbers and arrows.

The numbers along the top sum to 17.
The numbers down the left sum to 17.
Are these coordinate pairs?

NO, because
the numbers on the left are not big enough to reach the right,
the numbers on the top are not big enough to reach the bottom.

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    $\begingroup$ The numbers along the top and bottom are a puzzle which I know as hanjie, but are apparently more commonly called nonograms $\endgroup$ – AndyT Apr 23 at 14:44
  • $\begingroup$ @AndyT thanks - never done one. $\endgroup$ – Weather Vane Apr 23 at 14:45
  • $\begingroup$ Well now you've discovered them, say goodbye to the next few days of your life! ;) Have fun! $\endgroup$ – AndyT Apr 23 at 14:50

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