This one required plenty of guessing. Sometimes I was right. Sometimes I was wrong. Ultimately, I was right, and that means I get to keep the streak going.
I pulled out 39D Israeli P.M. between Rabin and Netanyahu: PERES. I had been under the long impression that Shimon Peres was only ever president, but I guess he was PM, too!
No theme but long answers:
17A Olympics haul of fame?: GOLDMEDALS.
25A Skill for a good physician: BEDSIDEMANNER.
40A Accept things as they are: GOWITHTHEFLOW.
52A Crawl: SNAILSPACE.
27D “Keep on keepin’ on!”: DONTGIVEUP.
6D People-powered vehicles: PADDLEBOATS.
24D On menus, it’s often by the lobster: MARKETPRICE.
11D Choice made while thinking “ugh”: LESSEREVIL.
Finished this one in 25:09.
| 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 | 25:09 | 16:23 | 35:12 |
| Saturday | 27:43 | 36:06 | |
| Sunday | 15:11 | 58:57 |