Monday June 24, 2024 Larry Snyder

  

Happy Monday, everyone! Today's offering comes to us from OVERachiever Larry Snyder. Husker Gary introduced us to Larry on his June 3, 2023 LAT debut.

Theme:                          Overdoing It!

I am always impressed when a constructer can double-up on the themers. Let's take a look:

17 Across. Like structurally significant walls: LOAD-BEARING. I knew this one from watching HGTV. It'll cost extra!

• OVERLOAD.  to load with too great a burden or cargo
• OVERBEARING.  unpleasantly domineering

30 Across. Many a beach resort condo: TIMESHARE.

• OVERTIME.  in addition to normal working hours
• OVERSHARE.  reveal an inappropriate amount of detail about one's personal life

39 Across. Taking every point, in hearts: SHOOTING THE MOON.  Hearts is a card game. explanation

• OVERSHOOTING.  going past (sometimes unintentionally)
• OVER THE MOON.  extremely happy; delighted

46 Across. Have a guilt-free conscience, so to speak: SLEEP EASY.

• OVERSLEEP.  sleep past the time one intended to wake up
• OVER EASY.  a way to cook eggs so both sides are fried but the yolk remains runny

Then the reveal:

64. Repeatedly, or what can come before the main components of 17-, 30-, 39-, or 46-Across: OVER AND OVER.

When something is said repeatedly it is said OVER AND OVER. Also, two OVERs are paired with the two parts of the themed answers. 

Well done, Larry! I especially liked your grid-spanner, SHOOTING THE MOON.  

Hmmm.... I wonder if C.C. will pay me OVERTIME for having to write two explanations for each answer?  😜

Next, I'll go OVER the remaining clues:

Across:
1. Lettuce wrap lettuce: BIBB.  Fortunately I could only think of one variety of lettuce with a 4-letter name. Here is a P.F. Chang's copy-cat recipe. It calls for ground turkey or chicken but I want to try it with tofu.

BIBB lettuce makes nice cups for the filling.

5. "Tapestry" artist King: CAROLE.  Tapestry is the title track of the second studio album by American singer-songwriter, Carole King (b. Feb. 9, 1942). Here is a version with the lyrics:  

11. Weaken: SAP.  

14. Opera solo: ARIA.     and     36 Across. Kind of soprano: MEZZO.

MEZZO-soprano ARIAs offer a rich vocal range  for the middle female singing voice (between soprano and contralto). This is Raehann Bryce-Davis singing La Luce Langue at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp, Belgium in 2021. She will knock your socks off!  

15. Soft end of a pencil: ERASER.  cute

16. One more than bi-: TRI-.

19. Cherry shade: RED.  not the protection from the sun provided by a cherry tree

20. Creative motivation, casually: INSPO.  INSPiration

21. Floating ice chunk: BERG.  not a 4-letter nickname for iceberg lettuce (See 1-Across.)  

hanging out on the BERG

22. Actress Merrill: DINA.  (1923 - 2017)  Her father was Wall Street broker E.F. Hutton and her mother was cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. NPR ran this piece when she passed away.

23. Use oars: ROW.

25. "No harm done": IT'S OKAY.

27. Chew the fat: GAB.     and     71 Across. Chews the fat: YAKS.  

33. Beginning on: AS OF.

35. Sorento automaker: KIA.  Here are the details on the 2025 model from Car and Driver magazine. When did KIAs get so large?

43. 41-Down variety: PEKOE.     and     41 Down. Brewed beverage: TEA.

44. Floral garland: LEI.

45. How only two Super Bowls have ended, for short: IN OT.  an Easter egg??

This just happened last February when the Chiefs beat the 49ers IN OverTime in Super Bowl LVIII. The other time was seven years ago when the Patriots beat the Falcons in Super Bowl LI.

50. Moody music genre: EMO.

51. Cajole: WHEEDLE.  

53. Droop: SAG.  Blame it on gravity!

Old 97's (You know I love them!)

No Baby I from their seventh studio album, Blame it on Gravity

"You got them tears

They fall like pearls

Blame it on gravity, yeah

Blame it on being a girl"

55. Gripped: HELD.

56. __ A Sketch: ETCH.  

"screen time" in the 1960s

59. Maps app output: ROUTE.

63. In need of chicken soup, maybe: ILL.

66. "Fee, __, foe, fum": FIE.  I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread.

(Hand up for preferring the dead option when this happens.)

67. Make fizzy: AERATE.  On my recent cycling trip in the Pyrenees I tried txakoli wine (not a type-0! how to pronounce). It is not in itself fizzy but they pour it from on high so it AERATEs by the time it gets to your glass. (See the 9 sec. video below.) You are supposed to drink it quickly, before the bubbles leave. more info  

He makes this look easy! 

68. Dread: FEAR.

69. Supporting: FOR.  as in "I am FOR this ballot measure"

70. Bishop's neighbor on a chess board: KNIGHT.  

Down:
1. Indonesian island that has more than 20,000 temples: BALI.  That is about 1 temple for every 225 people. Balinese Hinduism

2. Wrinkle remover: IRON.  

3. Leaning: BIAS.  "Atilt" took today off.

4. Negative media coverage, for short: BAD PR.  Public Relations is shortened.

5. Fair grade: CEE.  

6. Part of UAE: ARAB.  United Arab Emirates

7. Hard to find: RARE.

8. Egyptian god of death and rebirth: OSIRIS.  ESP for me but it turns out he was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt.  more info.

9. 50 meters, for an Olympic pool: LENGTH.  I liked this fresh angle! I also like a 50-meter pool. The pool where I swim these days is only 25 yards. I feel like I am constantly turning around.

10. Unit of energy: ERG.  The erg is a unit of energy equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.

11. Home plate umpire's parameter: STRIKE ZONE.  Great fill! I saw that "batter's box" fit but that did not seem quite right so I waited for a couple of perps.

12. Large stadium: ARENA.

13. March 14, to math fans: PI DAY.  3/14 is the day we celebrate 3.14  

18. Kick (out): BOOT.  

Nancy Sinatra released These Boots Are Made for Walkin' in 1966.

22. Sequence before fa-sol-la: DO RE MI.  

24. Crowdsourced site, briefly: WIKI.  Today's meta moment:  Wikipedia's entry about Wikipedia  

26. Alike: SAME.

27. Sound of shock: GASP.

28. Tennis legend Arthur: ASHE.

29. Merchant with novels, memoirs, etc.: BOOK SELLER.  I recently read Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. There is a picture of a cat on the cover so I kept waiting for a cat to appear in the story. Spoiler alert:  no cat.

31. Least amt.: MIN.  MINimum

32. Two under par, in golf: EAGLE.  

34. Tricked: FOOLED.

37. Speed (by): ZOOM.  

38. "You may be __ something there": ONTO.

40. Cued (up): TEED.

42. Angry cat sound: HISS.

47. An hour before midnight: ELEVEN.  11:00 p.m. is one hour before 12:00 a.m. Whose great idea was that?!

48. "Great" czar: PETER I.  (1672-1725)  more info

Hand up for quickly filling in P-E-T-E-R what???

49. Three feet: YARD.

51. Faint scent: WHIFF.

52. Prefix meaning "sun": HELIO-.  Helios was the Greek sun god. He drove a chariot across the sky from east to west every day.  

relief sculpture excavated at Troy

54. Silly: GOOFY.

57. Rocky projection: CRAG.  This is a 5:35 min. video about a couple looking to find a new location in Greece for sport climbing. They establish ROUTEs on a gorgeous and challenging CRAG.  

58. "Thirty days __ September ... ": HATH.  I useth the knuckle trick.  

60. Eye layer: UVEA.  

61. Flooring wood: TEAK.     and     64 Down. Flooring wood: OAK.

62. Messes up: ERRS.

65. Com alternative: NET.  Top Level Domains (TLDs) See #4 below. (Click to enlarge.) 

Here's the grid:

That's it for today. sumdaze, OVER and out!

Friday, January 19, 2024, Gary Larson and Amy Ensz

Theme: He who hesitates is lost

Puzzling thoughts:

This is better ... back to wordplay in a Friday puzzle. And today's puzzle did not just commit wordplay in the entries; it did so, too, by its reveal: 59-across. Book supplements, and an apt title for this puzzle: ADD END UMS

Ok, if you want to nitpick, the plural for ADDENDUM is ADDENDA (which I suppose could be another puzzle theme in a few years), but a couple of googled dictionary sources say it's OK to use ADDENDUMS. Maybe Yellowrocks or Misty will chirp in and give us their expert opinion? But I digress ...

Today's puzzle is a collaboration between Gary Larson and Amy Ensz. The two of them have collaborated on puzzles here (mostly on Sunday) as well as the Wall Street Journal. In an interview, Gary refers to his wife as "Amy". I wonder if her last name happens to be Ensz??

Anyway, the puzzle has four entries and a reveal; 55 characters in all. That is a lot of theme characters for a 15x15 grid (minimum number of theme characters is usually 40)... which leads to a plethora of 3-letter entries (I think I counted 19), as well as 4-letter and 5-letter ones. I am no speed demon, but today's puzzle was completed in record-Friday-time (less than 9 minutes). Once I "got" the gist of the puzzle (adding an "UM" to the end of the entries) it solved quite quickly. But that did NOT diminish the enjoyment I had figuring it out. Here are the entries:

 

16-across. Class reunion attendee who's in no one's yearbook?: WEIRD ALUM. 

Weird Al

Weird Alum (also Weird Al)

 

25-across. Proper etiquette at the plate?: HOME DECORUM.

Home Decor

Home Decorum

 

37-across. Impulse behind the gift-giving in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?: PRESENT MOMENTUM.

Present Moment

Present Momentum

 

47-across. Discussion panel about sheets, duvets, blankets, etc.?: COVERS FORUM.

Covers For

 

                                                                  

                       click on this to expose:       COVERS FORUM

 

Sometimes pictures are worth a thousand words ... let's see how the rest of the words got THEIR moment(um):

Across:
1. Framing piece: JAMB. How about a Moe-l'ick right off the bat??

Welch's factory worker named Sam
Was found stealing. He went on the lam;
Tried escaping through door
Of the Company Store.
Don't you know he got stuck in the JAMB?

5. Swiatek who won her fourth major singles championship in 2023: IGA. Pretty sure that she does her food shopping at the "Hometown Proud" store in her area

8. Carding pre-entry: I.D.'ING. A bouncer's duty, perhaps, at a popular nightclub?

13. Vineyard measure: ACRE. The vineyards abroad generally use the term "hectare" to refer to this: "A hectare is a unit of measurement used by farmers to describe an area that is 10,000 m². Another way of looking at it is 1 hectare is equal to around 2.47 acres. As grapes for wine making are grown by farmers, the standard farm practice of measuring in hectares still stands" [Google search]

14. Russian dynast: TSAR. TSAR vs CZAR: Always remember TSAR is the head of a Russian dynast-TEE, CEE?

15. West Coast NFLer: NINER. They have a big NFL Divisional Round playoff game tomorrow vs the Packers

18. Dried poblano: ANCHO. CSO to Lucina, perhaps? I bet she knows a thing or two about peppers!

19. Off the street, in a way: GARAGED. Our subdivision has homes all with two-car garages, and allows for on-street parking on just one side to allow for emergency vehicles, et al, to pass freely

21. Irish capital: EURO. Since DUBLIN didn't fit, I knew that the "capital" meant their currency. Northern Ireland uses the British Pound, I believe

22. Touch: TAP.

27. Many of the Marshall Islands: ATOLLS. Another Moe-l'ick:

A PIRATE liked to wander afar,
On a boat, or by plane, or by car.
His next year's travel goal,
Is to see an ATOLL
Called Raroia; Its Airport Code? RRR!

29. Order member: NUN. Moe-ku:

Sister at convent
Was brash. Superior said,
"We'll have NUN of that!!"

30. Seldom seen: RARE. Also, the way that Chairman Moe likes having his steaks cooked (beef or tuna)

Perfect sear

31. IRS action: AUDIT. Has anyone here been AUDITed by the IRS?? Want to talk about it??

34. Place for a mineral scrub: SPA. Believe it or not, the Chairman had a mineral scrub (Dead Sea salt) when he visited Israel 15+ years ago ...

41. "__-boom-bah!": SIS. I rather doubt that modern-day cheerleading squads utter this

42. "The __ in Me": Britney Spears memoir: WOMAN.

43. Senior advocacy group: AARP. AARP counts seniors as those over the age of 50; I never referred to myself as a senior until I was eligible for Medicare

44. Bank of China Tower architect: PEI. CanadianEh!, can you confirm that he once lived on Prince Edward Island??

45. Hot Wheels maker: MATTEL.

53. Go out with: SEE.

54. Again: ANEW.

55. Sang high notes?: YODELED. Old commercial for Swiss Miss:

57. Shopping aids: LISTS. Our shopping LISTS have one of two titles on them (depending on who's shopping): naughty or nice

63. Looks down?: MOPES.

64. Pharmacy orders, informally: MEDS.

65. Far offshore: ASEA.

66. Catch in a trap: SNARE.

67. Hindu title of respect: SRI.

68. Business review app: YELP.

Down:
1. Giant part of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton: JAW. Took me a couple of tries to get this; I knew it wasn't an ARM

2. Big heart?: ACE. Fun clue

We only play with Jumbo Index cards!!

 

3. Sports doc's order: MRI.

4. Part of an icy breakup: BERG. Another fun clue; iceBERG

5. Quran faith: ISLAM.

6. Speedometer, e.g.: GAUGE.

7. Set, as an alarm: ARMED. Moe-ku:

My first alarm clock
Was shaped like an octopus
ARMED and dangerous

8. Cookbook writer Garten: INA.

9. Make a meal of: DINE ON.

10. Run up, as debts: INCUR.

11. Jacket style named for an Indian leader: NEHRU. This brings back memories

12. Best man's best friend, often: GROOM. Another fun clue

14. Need for poi: TAROS.

17. Arlene of classic cinema: DAHL. Or, Willy Wonka creator Roald

20. Sturdy material: DENIM. This clue threw me off for a few moments

22. Infield protectors: TARPS. Abbr. for TARPaulin

23. Centipede platform: ATARI. Centipede is an old arcade game

24. Sponge features: PORES.

Sponge, au naturel

 

26. Adorable: CUTE. This little guy, maybe?

Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen (PBGV)

 

28. Guitar legend Paul: LES.

31. 24/7 money source: ATM.

32. Thurman of "The Producers": UMA.

33. __ Quixote: DON.

34. Sports figures: STATS.

35. Blender setting: PUREE.

36. Copious: AMPLE.

38. Washbasin jug: EWER. Moe-ku:

Famous artist was
Asked to paint still-life. He said,
"EWER kidding, right?"

39. Loud: NOISY.

40. NL East player: NAT. Washington NATional

44. Tin alloy: PEWTER. PEWTER is an alloy composed primarily of tin with varying quantities of hardening agents such as antimony, bismuth, copper and lead

45. Grand Canyon rentals: MULES. Not now; overnight lows are in the teens and high temp's are barely above freezing

46. Hymn finale: AMEN. This is a beautiful rendition of Gloria Patri

47. Settles: CALMS.

48. Gibson garnish: ONION. A martini usually is garnished with an OLIVE or LEMON peel; a Gibson is garnished with a pickled ONION

49. Italian scooter: VESPA. Moe-ku:

Italian priest rode
A scooter to evening Mass
VESPA, for vespers

50. Bubbles up: FOAMS.

51. More eccentric: ODDER.

52. __-wip: dessert topping: REDDI. Anyone ever do this with a can?

56. June 6, 1944: D-DAY. My dad enlisted on D-Day; he had his 18th birthday just a few days before

58. London-to-Paris dir.: SSE. Directions, anyone??

60. "__ your head!": USE. What I usually say to myself when trying to figure out the puzzle themes

61. Airport code for Australia's second largest city: MEL. Airport code for MELbourne

62. Plant juice: SAP.

Here's the grid: Thanks to sumdaze for showing me how to caption my pics!! 😘

For those who asked for a grid showing the answers to the 01/16/2024 Universal Crossword puzzle:

Monday May 15, 2023 Gary Cee

  

Hello Cornerites!

sumdaze here. Constructor Gary Cee has given us an uplifting puzzle. Here is a link to a 2011 interview with Gary Cee posted by the wonderful C.C. Burnikel.

Today's theme is

Rise & Shine

Let's start with a happy song to put everyone in a good mood.

We have 4 themed clues:

17 Across. Cold War political symbol: IRON CURTAIN.

Winston Churchill's 1946 speech at Westminster College in Fulton, MO is said to have made IRON CURTAIN a household phrase. Alexander Campbell had previously used the phrase metaphorically in his 1945 book, It's Your Empire.  

Countries behind the IRON CURTAIN are shaded red.  more info

23 Across. Project announced as a test of public opinion: TRIAL BALLOON.

This is when a company or politician puts out feelers for how the public might respond to a new product, policy, idea, candidate, etc. We see these often as visual metaphors in political cartoons. The No Politics policy here on the Corner means you will have to Google your own examples.

48. Maryland-based daily paper: BALTIMORE SUN.  Hi Waseeley!

This newspaper was founded in 1837 and is currently owned by Tribune Publishing.

59. Alabama team: CRIMSON TIDE.

Univ. of Alabama lore credits the team name to a 1907 football game. Birmingham's iron-rich soil turned Alabama's white jerseys red. A sportswriter wrote that the team played like "a CRIMSON TIDE." UA website

The reveal is perfectly centered in the grid:

38 Across. "On your feet!" courtroom command, and a hint to the ends of the answers to 17-, 23-, 48-, and 59-Across: ALL RISE.

CURTAIN, BALLOON, SUN, TIDE. ALL these things RISE.  

Next, I will attempt to RISE to the challenge of explaining the remaining clues.

Across:

1. Golden Globe, e.g.: AWARD.

6. Resounding success: SMASH.  This word has a lot of different uses -- some positive and some definitely not positive. In the entertainment world, it is used colloquially to mean something very successful.  Example:  Ke Huy Quan won a Golden Globe AWARD for his performance in the SMASH hit, Everything Everywhere All at Once.

11. Stubborn animal: ASS.  An ASS is what we consider a donkey, except that it is wild. Is it really fair to call a wild animal "stubborn" because it does not want to do what you want it to do?

average lifespan = 27-40 yrs.

14. Nissan crossover SUV: ROGUE.  This is a 5-passenger, mid-size AWD crossover vehicle first introduced for 2008.

15. Yellow parts of eggs: YOLKS.  Imagine if roosters laid eggs. There would be so many new dad YOLKS to crack you up.

16. Like carpaccio: RAW.  One of the biggest differences between beef carpaccio and tartare is that carpaccio is made from thinly sliced beef tenderloin while tartare is made from meat that has been minced.  

This tuna CARPACCIO has capers, limes, and red onions.

19. __-friendly: green: ECO.

20. "Life of Pi" director Lee: ANG.  Last Monday he was clued with Sense and Sensibility.

21. Aunt Bee's charge, in a classic sitcom: OPIE.  

OPIE decides to keep Aunt Bee (1:28 min.)

22. Newbie: TYRO.  ESP.

From Merriam Webster:  The word tyro is hardly a newcomer to Western language. It comes from the Latin tiro, which means "young soldier," "new recruit," or more generally, "novice." The word was sometimes spelled tyro as early as Medieval Latin, and can be spelled tyro or tiro in English (though tyro is the more common American spelling).

27. Harvest-ready: RIPE.

Nothing beats home-grown tomatoes!

30. Low-tech calculator: ABACUS.  

31. Smudge: SMEAR.  or  35 Down. Pat gently: DAB.

33. Satisfied paparazzi, maybe: POSED.  "Satisfied" is a verb here. Now I get it!

37. Self-mover's rental: VAN.

40. Singer Yoko: ONO.

41. Rank below cpl.: PFC.  An Army Corporal is an E-4 paygrade; whereas a Private First Class is an E-3. In case you were wondering, The Colonel is KFC.

42. Tusked hogs: BOARS.

43. Speaker Emerita Pelosi: NANCY.

45. Gift box trimming: RIBBON.  

cat presents

47. Butterfly catchers: NETS.

53. In __ of: LIEU.  

54. British peer: EARL.  Peerage is the body of peers or titled nobility in Britain. The five ranks of British nobility, in descending order, are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. Until 1999, peers were entitled to sit in the House of Lords and exempted from jury duty. Titles may be hereditary or granted for life.

55. Bit of back talk: LIP.  #teenagers

58. Rather strange: ODD.  ODDs are even strange people find others ODD.

63. Forensic drama franchise: CSI.

64. Physics Nobelist Marie: CURIE.  Marie Curie,  née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaaw on November 7, 1867.  Nobel Prize website

65. Airplane walkway: AISLE.  and  67 Down. Airplane assignments: SEATS.

66. Daughter's brother: SON.  

Try not to overthink it.

68. Drive off: REPEL.  Were you thinking golf balls ... cars ... cattle ... nails ... a fundraiser???

Bonus:  You can cook with them, too!  (the plants--not the mosquitos)

Down:
1. Opera highlight: ARIA.  Here is a very well-known ARIA:

The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night (3 min.)

Mozart; Diana Damrau, The Royal Opera

2. Threadbare: WORN.

3. On tenterhooks: AGOG.  

4. "Let's get out of here!": RUN.  I cannot verify if this is true, but I saw one website that said "Let's get out of here" is the 2nd most often used stock phrase in movies, after "I love you." This is a 2:35 min. montage of "Let's get out of here" clips. They go fast. See how many movies you recognize.

5. Architectural Digest subject: DECOR.  

May 2023 issue

6. Damascus location: SYRIA.  

7. Road trip stopover: MOTEL.  

Don't stop at this one!

8. __ carte menu: À LA.   (of a menu or restaurant) listing or serving food that can be ordered as separate items, rather than part of a set meal.

9. Hit the slopes: SKI.

10. QVC alternative: HSN.  Both are TV shopping channels.

11. "May I speak now?": ARE YOU DONE.  Putting the reveal in the center of the grid enabled Gary Cee to give us four 10-letter, vertical fills. I especially appreciate that work in a Monday puzzle!  (See also 12D, 28D, and 29D.)

12. Immune from criticism: SACROSANCT.  

(Adj.) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.

13. Require smelling salts: SWOON.  

Lauren Bacall shows us how it's done.

18. Wire service co.: UPI.  United Press International

22. Doting affection, briefly: TLC.  Tender Loving Care

23. English breakfast, for one: TEA.  At first I fell for the diversion and could not see how one cup of tea could stand in for a full English breakfast. Then I remembered that English Breakfast is a black TEA blend.

BTW, my favourite part of an English breakfast is the tomato.  DH cooks a tomato for me when he makes his eggs.

24. Foundation: BASIS.  Here's one Ray-O style:

Players at 1st, 2nd, & 3rd .... BASIS loaded

Happy birthday, Ray-O-Sunshine!! 🎂

25. Five-spots: ABES.  Does anyone call these "Abes"??? 

26. Carrying freight: LADEN.  LADEN was the MW Word of the Day last Wednesday. Does anyone else get their daily emails?

27. Invitation letters: RSVP.  

28. "Regrettably, yes": I'M AFRAID SO.

29. Tentatively on the schedule: PENCILED IN.  

32. Bar mitzvah official: RABBI.

33. Dallas suburb: PLANO.  From the (assumedly non-biased) PLANO Chamber of Commerce:

What started as a small, quiet farming community. Plano has transformed into a city known across the country for our smart people, amazing quality of life, and strong job market. Plano is home to roughly 284,579 residents, several Fortune 1000 companies, and more than 10,000 businesses.

34. Bobby of the Bruins: ORR.  A hockey player familiar to XWD solvers.

36. Word with Beach, Beastie, and Backstreet, in band names: BOYS.  Good Monday clue!

The Beach BOYS sing Good Vibrations on The Ed Sullivan Show (1968).

composed by Brian Wilson; lyrics by Mike Love; iconic "California sound"

39. Weaver's device: LOOM.

44. Journalist Curry: ANN.  Ms. Curry was born 19 Nov. 1956 in Guam. No relation to 64A.

46. AC power unit: BTU.  A British thermal unit is a measure of the heat content of fuels or energy sources. It is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of liquid water by 1 degree Fahrenheit at the temperature that water has its greatest density (approximately 39 degrees Fahrenheit).

48. Allied groups: BLOCS.

49. Send payment: REMIT.

50. Simplifies: EASES.

51. "We're full" B'way sign: SRO.  "B'way" is short for "Broadway" and "SRO" is short for "Standing Room Only".

52. Like the "funny bone" nerve: ULNAR.  

today's anatomy lesson

55. Invisalign side effect, perhaps: LISP.  an alternative to metal braces

56. At a standstill: IDLE.

57. Banana throwaway: PEEL.  What happened to the banana who got a sunburn?  He PEELed.

59. Keeps in the email loop: CCS.

60. Regret: RUE.

61. Golden yrs. fund: IRA.

62. Cravat or ascot: TIE.  

Here is the grid:

I'll see you next week,