My wife and I are in Ireland right now, for Christmas and to start off the New Year with family. I just managed to slip away to solve the puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.
1 Salted part of a margarita glass : RIM
4 Wolf (down) : SNARF
9 Clamp on a stringed instrument : CAPO
13 Be in the red : OWE
14 Sorry sort : ATONER
15 Said aloud : ORAL
16 Droop : SAG
17 With 55-Across, modern principle of start-ups : MOVE FAST AND …
19 Holding account for a down payment, say : ESCROW
21 Tolkien tree creature : ENT
22 ___ Thermopolis, Anne Hathaway’s role in “The Princess Diaries” : MIA
23 Host’s farewell phrase : THANKS FOR COMING
27 Multitasker’s browserful : TABS
28 Helpful connections : INS
29 ___ the Riveter, W.W. II icon : ROSIE
30 Brouhaha : ADO
31 Shoe part that may develop holes : SOLE
33 Reddit Q&A session : AMA
34 TV political drama known for its “walk and talks” : THE WEST WING
38 Epitome of slipperiness : EEL
39 Typical high schooler : TEEN
40 Female sheep : EWE
43 Faith of Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib : ISLAM
46 Go on the ___ (flee) : LAM
47 Pantyhose annoyance : SNAG
48 “Never would have guessed it!” : THAT’S SURPRISING!
52 Grabbed a chair : SAT
53 Openly gay : OUT
54 Make harmonious : ATTUNE
55 See 17-Across … or a hint to 23-, 34- and 48-Across : … BREAK THINGS
59 Glum : SAD
60 “If it ___ broke, don’t fix it” : AIN’T
61 “Normal People” author Sally : ROONEY
62 Impetus behind bragging : EGO
63 Mediterranean fruit : DATE
64 British bottoms : ARSES
65 Anderson Cooper, to Gloria Vanderbilt : SON
Down
1 ___ Stone (British Museum attraction) : ROSETTA
2 “They got me!” : I WAS HAD!
3 “The Princess Diaries” author : MEG CABOT
4 Puts in the overhead bin, say : STOWS
5 Thanksgiving mo. : NOV
6 Chemical ending : -ANE
7 Directs, as to a specialist : REFERS
8 Swiss currency : FRANC
9 Cause for an extra charge at a hotel : COT
10 One of the Three Musketeers : ARAMIS
11 Italian pressed sandwich : PANINI
12 “Ripe” time of one’s life : OLD AGE
14 All over the place : AMOK
18 Enter with hostility : STORM IN
20 E.R. staffers : RNS
24 Tend to, as taxes or fingernails : FILE
25 What a budget motel might have : ONE STAR
26 Complain : MOAN
31 “Looks fine to me” : SEEMS OK
32 Bird in Tootsie Pop commercials since 1970 : OWL
33 Feeling of astonishment : AWE
35 Warmth : HEAT
36 Mall Santa, e.g. : TEMP
37 Brainiacs : GENIUSES
41 “Should we bounce?” : WANNA GO?
42 Goaded : EGGED ON
43 “Oh, not good at all” : IT’S BAD
44 “The way,” in Arabic : SHARIA
45 Like variables that are not directly observed : LATENT
46 Lex of “Superman” : LUTHOR
47 Concorde, e.g., in brief : SST
49 Kama ___ : SUTRA
50 Shows explosive anger : RAGES
51 ___-bitsy : ITSY
56 Supped : ATE
57 iPhone platform : IOS
58 Opposite of SSW : NNE
