"BLANKETDENIAL" IS THE Answer TO THE FOLLOWING CROSSWORDS

1. Proclamation of complete innocence
2. ''i'm innocent of everything,'' e.g.
3. *party pooper’s refusal to accept reality?
4. 'these allegations are completely false!,' e.g

OTHER CLUES

1. Audience's disconcerted by stages
2. Art drawings
3. Ace hit hard makes you embarrassed
4. Amount of hair cream
5. Bagels, essentially
6. Khaki-like color
7. Barnyard cry
8. Bestial wild flower