I pulled out 27D Dehydrated plum: PRUNE because prune just means plum but in other languages. Here’s the etymology:
mid-14c., “a plum,” also “a dried plum” (c. 1200 in place name Prunhill), from Old French pronne “plum” (13c.), from Vulgar Latin *pruna, fem. singular formed from Latin pruna, neuter plural of prunum “a plum,” a dissimilated borrowing of Greek proumnon, from proumnē “plum tree,” a word probably, like the tree itself, of Anatolian origin and thus from a language of Asia Minor. Slang meaning “disagreeable or disliked person” is from 1895. Prune juice is from 1807.
Theme!
17A Pastime for armchair sports enthusiasts: FANTASYBASEBALL. Fantasy baseball is pretty much the worst. The season is so, so long. And to play it right, you gotta do rotisserie rather than head-to head, so you don’t even really know how it goes until the season ends. It’s way too much of a commitment, and how can you be a fan of the game and play roto fantasy baseball? If you throw being a functioning human, forget it. Stay away from fantasy baseball.
29A Unidentifiable protein: MYSTERYMEAT.
45A Holy site in Jerusalem: WESTERNWALL.
61A Spanish or French, but not German: ROMANCELANGUAGE.
67A What the start of 17-, 29-, 45- or 61-Across is, in a bookstore: GENRE. Fantasy novels, mystery novels, westerns, and romance novels. Also what’s a bookstore?
Finished this one in 4:13.
| Day | This Wk | Best | Average | 4-Wk Avg | Streak |
| Monday | 4:13 | 3:49 | 9:18 | 5:01 | 84 |
| Tuesday | 5:22 | 13:06 | 11:45 | 7 | |
| Wednesday | 7:38 | 16:51 | 11:55 | 24 | |
| Thursday | 12:12 | 27:50 | 22:16 | 10 | |
| Friday | 10:29 | 29:23 | 18:18 | 24 | |
| Saturday | 16:33 | 30:33 | 21:26 | 24 | |
| Sunday | 15:11 | 50:57 | 38:30 | 11 |