My wife and I are enjoying the final days of an extended vacation in Ireland. 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 “Out!” : SCRAM!
6 Area of a room, e.g. : SPEC
10 Characters in the “Iliad”? : IOTAS
15 2010 biodrama co-starring 18-Across : THE SOCIAL NETWORK
18 See 15-Across : JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
19 Frustrated and betting emotionally, in poker lingo : ON TILT
20 Skaggs of bluegrass fame : RICKY
21 Trailblazing astronaut Jemison : MAE
22 Make, with “out” : EKE …
23 Some daring ascents : SOLOS
25 1970s-’80s TV character to whom the phrase “jumped the shark” originally referred : FONZ
26 Barrett who co-founded Pink Floyd : SYD
27 Floats : WAFTS
29 No good at all : LOUSY
30 Deems proper : SEES FIT
32 Greek peak : OSSA
33 Cousin of “Skol!” : CHEERS!
35 Inspiration for van Gogh : IRISES
37 Upset : ROIL
38 Big source for entertainment news : E! ONLINE
41 Glowing signs : NEONS
42 Ran over : SPILT
43 Not over the internet, to a texter : IRL
46 Cardboard recycling unit : BALE
47 Get slick, in a way : ICE UP
49 “I never knew!” : GEE!
50 Existential question : AM I?
51 Moriarty who wrote “Nine Perfect Strangers” : LIANE
54 Match points? : ARENAS
56 1995 alternative rock album by 59-Across that is one of the best-selling albums of all time : JAGGED LITTLE PILL
59 See 56-Across : ALANIS MORISSETTE
60 Where orders come from : MENUS
61 Actress Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s Gambit” : ANYA
62 “Peace” : SEE YA
Down
1 The Hawks of the N.C.A.A., familiarly : ST JOE’S
2 Alternative to smooth, at the grocery : CHUNKY
3 Back from vacation, say : RESTED
4 Sweet Italian bubbly : ASTI
5 Does drudgery, old-style : MOILS
6 Go for a lap? : SIT
7 Form couples : PAIR OFF
8 Active volcano near Peru’s dormant Pichu Pichu : EL MISTI
9 “Squawk on the Street” airer : CNBC
10 “Just doing my job” : I TRY
11 One that gives a hoot : OWL
12 Burns poem that opens “Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie” : TO A MOUSE
13 Home of the only active diamond mine in the U.S. : ARKANSAS
14 Morally repulsive, in slang : SKEEZY
16 Tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere : CN TOWER
17 Startled cry : EEK!
24 Misses : LASSES
25 Choreographer Bob : FOSSE
28 “___ Nacht” (Christmas carol) : STILLE
29 Cut next to the ribs : LOIN
30 River spanned by the Pont Alexandre III : SEINE
31 Slippery swimmers : EELS
33 Genesee Brewery offering : CREAM ALE
34 Ruffian : HOOLIGAN
36 Lighting of the Olympic flame, and others : RITUALS
39 That’s what you think! : OPINION
40 “It was worth a shot” : NICE TRY
41 Classic arcade game in which players can be “on fire” : NBA JAM
43 Set on fire : IGNITE
44 Industry with lots to offer : REALTY
45 ___ Newman, author of “Heather Has Two Mommies” : LESLEA
48 Ink, so to speak : PRESS
51 Gifts at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport : LEIS
52 Fingers : IDS
53 ___ mater : ALMA
55 Sports sticker? : EPEE
57 Serengeti grazer : GNU
58 Aunt, in Arequipa : TIA
