
I pulled out 63A Relative of cerulean: AZURE because I got it immediately, and I’m proud of that. Hooray for blues!

Pantone named Cerulean the color of 2000/color of the millennium. They really cut it fine waiting until 2000 to choose it. But that’s smarter than calling the murder of Stanford White the Crime of the Century back in 1906.
The title of this puzzle is New Look.
23A Meticulous magical beings?: THOROUGHFAIRIES. Just because you’re winging it doesn’t mean you can’t do a good job.
32A Like some cross-Caribbean flights?: PANAMAHAITI. The first of two headwear clues. More on that a little later.
50A Journals of a certain stunt performer?: DOUBLEDIARIES. A better clue would have been Journals of certain game show contestants?
68A Possible reason for refusing to wear a tank top?: SHOULDERHAIRINESS. Nothing to be ashamed of. Be who you are.
85A Means of learning about Chiang Kai-shek?: BOOKSONTAIPEI. Checks out.
99A Inept dancers at Oktoberfest?: POLKAIDIOTS. So true!
116A New look provider … or a homophonic hint to this puzzle’s theme: FRESHPAIROFEYES. Because they’re other phrases when you remove the I’s.
THOROUGHFARES, DOUBLEDARES, SHOULDERHARNESS, BOOKSONTAPE, POLKADOTS.
Now, there’s 124A Felt on the head?: STETSON. And Stetson makes a Panama hat!

Finished this one in 37:25.
Day | This Wk | Best | Average | 4-Wk Avg | Streak |
Monday | 4:31 | 3:49 | 9:26 | 6:56 | 74 |
Tuesday | 12:22 | 5:22 | 13:17 | 9:09 | 1 |
Wednesday | 11:20 | 7:38 | 17:09 | 11:51 | 15 |
Thursday | 13:45 | 12:12 | 28:26 | 25:50 | 1 |
Friday | 26:55 | 16:23 | 32:42 | 21:02 | 15 |
Saturday | 22:04 | 20:12 | 33:02 | 28:35 | 15 |
Sunday | 37:25 | 15:11 | 54:15 | 47:43 | 2 |