Two years ago or so I dug myself into a Rabbit Hole when I thought a meta used this mechanism. It didn't. But this one does.
Here are a few guidelines for this 1: This is a concept driven puzzle more so than a language driven puzzle; don't look for letter patterns or hidden words; look for entries that have concepts in common 2: It's not an intentional red herring, but three answers seem to be related to a common proper name-- that is entirely an oversight and a coincidence And 55D is just plain misspelled (55D-damn it!) and it's too late to fix it post publish. Maybe I can make a joke clue: 55D: MARTYR: "I would lay down my life for my God" JOKESTER: "Does that mean you God is a ------?!" (Oog, no. I just have accept I made a spelling error.....)