Robert has taken some euphemisms for money (many of which we see in our puzzles) and suggested them as payment for services rendered in units associated with the trade mentioned in the cluing.
Robert's pinwheel construction and theme fill is shown below:
Husker Gary here, let's review the theme answers Robert chose for this fun Humpday offering:
16. Newspaper reporter's compensation? : DAILY BREAD - Also redeemable at Pannera's?
38. Chiropractor's compensation? : BACK PAY - Does she get her money UPFRONT for working on a BACK?
61. Comedian's compensation? : FUNNY MONEY - One way to detect it
10. Landscaper's compensation? : HEDGE FUNDS - Clearly the coin of their realm
27. Domino's delivery driver's compensation? : PIZZA DOUGH - My idea for Christmas cash for the grandkids this year!
Across
1. Bowling alley button : RESET - Before they were needed
1. Bowling alley button : RESET - Before they were needed
6. European cheese town : EDAM
10. Puddle jumper trip : HOP
13. Wedding figure : USHER
14. ChapStick container : TUBE
15. Fix up : REDO
18. Big star : IDOL
19. "I'm with ya" : YUP
21. Farming prefix : AGRO
22. "Wheel of Fortune" buy : AN E - He had all his E's but look at what he guessed
23. Smooth, as transitions : SEAMLESS
25. Wise : SAPIENT - S A _ I E N T - "How 'bout an L Pat!" "Sorry, Gary. There is no L."
29. DOJ bureau : ATF
30. Dry as dust : ARID
31. Speaker's spot : DAIS
34. Get out of bed : ROUSE - I had to ROUST a lot of teenagers out of bed on field trips to Orlando when they couldn't ROUSE themselves.
37. "__ who?" : SEZ
40. N.L. player whose home games include a President's Race : NAT - Between innings entertainment at Washington NATional's games
25. Wise : SAPIENT - S A _ I E N T - "How 'bout an L Pat!" "Sorry, Gary. There is no L."
29. DOJ bureau : ATF
30. Dry as dust : ARID
31. Speaker's spot : DAIS
34. Get out of bed : ROUSE - I had to ROUST a lot of teenagers out of bed on field trips to Orlando when they couldn't ROUSE themselves.
37. "__ who?" : SEZ
40. N.L. player whose home games include a President's Race : NAT - Between innings entertainment at Washington NATional's games
41. Brownish-green : HAZEL - Many here will realize the irony of the fact that Shirley Booth had HAZEL colored eyes
43. Greenish-blue : TEAL
44. Some prosecutors: Abbr. : ADAS - Law and Order had some attractive ones!
45. "Selma" director DuVernay : AVA - Ms. Gardner's day off
46. Drops in : STOPS BY
48. Medical emergency alert : CODE BLUE - A Japanese TV show
53. Baby fox : KIT
54. Soon, to a bard : ANON
55. Kibbutz setting : ISRAEL
57. Actress Thurman : UMA - My favorite memory of UMA. The guy's she's dancing with did pretty well too.
60. Cooling meas. : BTU'S
63. Bass' red triangle, e.g. : LOGO
64. Moran of "Happy Days" : ERIN
65. Flared dress : A-LINE
66. New Testament bk. : EPH - Ephesians
67. German battleship Graf __ : SPEE - Named for WWI hero Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von SPEE
68. Connection point : NEXUS
Down
1. Former NYC mayor Giuliani : RUDY - "America's mayor" after 9/11
2. Seesaw sitter of tongue twisters : ESAU - I saw ESAU sittin' on a see saw...
3. Send in a box : SHIP
4. Sushi selection : EEL - Ungai (Japanese for EEL) sushi
5. "Taste this" : TRY ONE
6. French I verb : ETRE
7. Stereotypical dawn challenges : DUELS - Burr and Hamilton DUELED at 7:00 am on July, 11 1804. Uh, Hamilton was the runner-up.
8. Take down a peg : ABASE
9. Scorned lover of Jason : MEDEA
11. Aromas : ODORS - Certain ODORS on a farm would never be called Aromas
12. Shirts named for a sport : POLOS
15. Theater district : RIALTO - Venice's fabulous RIALTO Bridge leads to the city's RIALTO District
17. Lee who was the top-charting female soloist of the '60s : BRENDA - I love BRENDA'S music so much I'll forgive her for Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
22. Helping hand : AID
24. Painter Cassatt : MARY
25. Over-the-shoulder band : SASH
26. Square statistic : AREA
28. Diplomatic skill : TACT
32. '50s prez : IKE
33. Health resorts : SPAS
35. Swedish automaker : SAAB
36. Internet crafts marketplace : ETSY
38. Spill the beans : BLAB
39. PC feature only used in combinations : ALT KEY - Used to get ¡ ™ £ ¢ ∞ § ¶ • å ∫ ç ∂ ´ ƒ ©...
42. "All the same ... " : EVEN SO
44. Fitting : APT
47. TV's J.R. Ewing, e.g. : OIL MAN - The man America loved to hate!
48. Part of CNN : CABLE
49. Winning : ON TOP
50. "__ Been Good": Joe Walsh hit : LIFE'S
51. Take over : USURP - "What do I put on top of my grits?"
52. Bath-loving Muppet : ERNIE
56. Novelist Rice : ANNE
57. Windows alternative : UNIX
58. Drop-down list : MENU - A Drop-down MENU and HTML codes on the template I look at every morning to write my posts
59. Yes votes : AYES
62. Chihuahua cheer : OLE
And now I look forward to your "on the money" comments:
