I started this one last night and figured out the theme before solving all the theme clues!
I pulled out 29A Jules who lent his name to an article of attire: LEOTARD because I had gotten _____RD and was certain it was JACQUARD. But that wasn’t the answer. Instead, it was this man:
And JACQUARD wouldn’t even fit. Not that that really mattered in this puzzle.
(How about that for a transition to the theme?)
17A Fashionable: AL(AM/FM)ODE. ALAMODE! I thought this meant it comes with ice cream.
3D Not amplified, in a way: OFF(AM/FM)IKE. OFFMIKE.
21A Coffee liqueur originally from Jamaica: TIAMARIA.
10D Rich, but not born that way: SEL(AM/FM)ADE. SELFMADE.
56A 2001 Broadway hit with an exclamation mark in its name: MAMM(AM/FM)IA. MAMMAMIA!
43D Certain flag position: HAL(AM/FM)AST. HALFMAST?????? NO. NONONONONONNO. A sail can be at half-mast. A flag can be a half-staff. Idiot Will Shortz. I was gonna let the exclamation mark thing go, but now I can’t.
62A Something to meditate on: YOG(AM/FM)AT. YOGAMAT.
49D Figure in a horror film: WOL(AM/FM)AN. WOLFMAN!
39A It can be two-way … with a hint to four squares in this puzzle: RADIO.
Finished this one in 33:31.
| Day | This Wk | Best | Average |
| Monday | 6:00 | 3:49 | 9:30 |
| Tuesday | 5:22 | 5:22 | 13:43 |
| Wednesday | 10:40 | 7:38 | 17:31 |
| Thursday | 33:31 | 13:09 | 30:00 |
| Friday | 16:23 | 35:42 | |
| Saturday | 27:43 | 36:06 | |
| Sunday | 15:11 | 58:57 |