“With 44-Down, many an EGOT contender … or what's spelled out by this puzzle's shaded squares?”

"Fancy seeing you here!"

Wishy-washy words

Utah ski resort

Lowly sorts

Online "Yay!"

Pixar franchise in which buses and taxis exist, despite serving seemingly no purpose

Lament while dealing with "kids these days"

Fish in a negitoro roll

Where "music and passion were always the fashion," in a Barry Manilow hit