Of this puzzle, Matt was kind enough to write to me, "I was glad to be able to get a variety of frames of reference into this one -- as a solver, I like it when a themeless calls on many different types of knowledge. The shape of this grid emerged from some experiments in unusual patterns -- for instance, I was trying to limit 3-letter entries, especially adjacent ones, and I was interested in wide-open corners like in the NE and SW. I remember the NE corner coming together pretty quickly, which seemed semi-miraculous... and then I paid for that good fortune in the SW, which required some ingenuity. My thanks for Rich and Patti for their improvements, and I hope solvers enjoy the result."
Lights, Camera, Sewell!
Across:
1. Station lineup: CABS - The lineup of taxi CABS has been greatly diminished by lines here
5. Lacks calmness, in modern slang: HAS NO CHILL - I'll file this along with "YAS QUEEN" from last Saturday, in my "Never Heard Before, but Happy To Learn" folder 😐
15. Wrench or twist: HURT
16. SiriusXM channel devoted to "the King": ELVIS RADIO.
17. Feature of some cheeses: ODOR and 25. Semi-hard cheese: EDAM - is said to have almost no odor compared to other cheeses
18. Jigsaw-making process: DIE CUTTING - This machine has a DIE inside for CUTTING your own puzzles after pasting your picture on a special board
19. Site with many alterations: WIKI can explain 35. In an atom's outer shell, two electrons not bonded to another atom: LONE PAIR if you're interested
20. Kelly of "Anchors Aweigh": GENE - His costars were Frank Sinatra and Jerry Mouse
21. Fast-food order: TO GO - Without the space, cluing could have been "21. A 1925 eponymous hero of a 2019 Disney film"
22. Eurasian ecoregion: STEPPE - America's STEPPES
27. Source of relief: OASIS.
30. Take off: DEPART
31. Place with a bucket list?: KFC - You can get a KFC bucket in C.C.'s home town at 101 North Quinling Rd, Quinyonggung Rd, Xi'an China. 32. Steamed by: MAD AT
34. Familia nickname: TIO - Tuve catorce TÍOS en mi vida (I have had fourteen uncles in my life)
35. TV program generally targeted for women: LIFETIME MOVIE -Examples
39. With 38-Across, SLR since 1987: CANON 38. See 39-Across: EOS - The official SLR in Crosswordland
40. London's Old __: VIC - On the corner of the Cut and Waterloo Road in Lambeth, London, England
41. Loosen, in a way: UNSNAP.
43. Portfolio item: ASSET.
45. Brings back to the team, say: REHIRES - Yankee owner George Steinbrenner fired and REHIRED Billy Martin many, many times
47. Best Picture title locale the year after the West Side: ARABIA - 6' 3" Peter O'Toole played 5' 5" T.E. Lawrence
51. Uncommitted: OPEN.
52. What a reservation can prevent: WAIT - A very early Seinfeld episode was about not having a reservation and was shot on only one set. This is often cited as an example of the show "being about nothing"!
35. TV program generally targeted for women: LIFETIME MOVIE -Examples
39. With 38-Across, SLR since 1987: CANON 38. See 39-Across: EOS - The official SLR in Crosswordland
40. London's Old __: VIC - On the corner of the Cut and Waterloo Road in Lambeth, London, England
41. Loosen, in a way: UNSNAP.
43. Portfolio item: ASSET.
45. Brings back to the team, say: REHIRES - Yankee owner George Steinbrenner fired and REHIRED Billy Martin many, many times
47. Best Picture title locale the year after the West Side: ARABIA - 6' 3" Peter O'Toole played 5' 5" T.E. Lawrence
51. Uncommitted: OPEN.
52. What a reservation can prevent: WAIT - A very early Seinfeld episode was about not having a reservation and was shot on only one set. This is often cited as an example of the show "being about nothing"!
55. Philosopher influenced by Hegel: MARX - Last Saturday I had the MARX Brothers.
56. Yellowish-tinted spirit: PALE BRANDY - Very Special Old PALE
59. Stress indicator: Abbr.: ITAL.
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61. Period in ads: NITE.
62. Timely quality: PROMPTNESS - Is Munch's subject very 49. Steamed: IRATE about someone being late or upset because he just found out he was going to be undergoing an 2. Regular review: AUDIT.
63. Barely gets (by): EKES.
Down:
1. Dark-tongued dogs: CHOWS.
3. Destitute: BROKE.
4. Remove, as varnish: STRIP OFF 5. Natural windbreaks: HEDGES.
6. "Fascism is __ told by bullies": Hemingway: A LIE - Wanna read the essay?
7. Old Norse name meaning "young man": SVEN.
8. Not so rough: NICER.
9. Pac-12's Beavers: OSU - It's about an hour drive from the Beavers to the Ducks
10. Early TV component: CRT - Philo Farnsworth's product
11. Genteel gesture: HAT TIP.
12. Like much spoken language: IDIOMATIC - 27 Canadian speech IDIOMS
13. Chantelle offering: LINGERIE - Google at your leisure
14. Access, in a way: LOG ONTO.
23. Indy front-runner?: PACE CAR - This year it was a 2019 Corvette in Longbeach Metallic Red Tint for the Indy 500
26. Move beyond: GET OVER - "Hey, life's unfair. GET OVER it!"
28. "Game on!": I'M IN and 53. Play fare: ANTE - An interesting way to ANTE
29. The Apolima Strait separates its two main islands: SAMOA.
31. Greet affectionately: KISS HELLO.
33. Escape rooms: DENS.
36. Red annoyance?: TAPE - Government RED TAPE held up a viaduct in our town for seventeen years and finally it just became too expensive to build. Meanwhile a little girl died because her ambulance was blocked by a train for ten minutes.
37. Wheat germ nutrient: VITAMIN E - All you need to know
38. ABBA's genre: EURO POP - I never miss a chance to post an ABBA video. Enjoy!
e42. Evening hr.: NINE PM.
44. Mythical wine lovers: SATYRS - Guys out for a good time
46. Proust character married to Odette: SWANN - Odette, in full Odette Swann, née de Crécy, fictional character, the vulgar wife of Charles SWANN in Remembrance of Things Past, or In Search of Lost Time (1913–27), by Marcel Proust. You're welcome.
48. Cloth-dyeing method: BATIK.
50. Beetle bars: AXLES - partsgeek.com can get you one. Very tricky, Matt!
54. Shakespearean warning word: IDES.
57. Christian denom.: BAP - BAPTIST
58. Slowing, in mus.: RIT - A very familiar usage
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