i bow to your genius... sorry for even trying to attempt to compare... i should learn to leave well enough alone but lessons dont stick to my smooth brain
Sweetheart, to people from like the frickin' 1800's probably
18A
Feeling that's mainly discouraged?
19A
"1-Across. ___ [second half of 1-Across]" (iconic quote from the movie "Saving Private Jellyfish" that I just made up)
20A
___ Legends
21A
Word that sounds like if you said 20-Across aloud, cut off the final consonant sound, and reversed the audio
22A
It's under the 54-Across
24A
God of the deserts (it couldn't be a pangram without the dupe just ignore it we're fine it's fine it's not shared root so it's fine)
25A
Bonus levels, maybe (Abbr.)
26A
Virtual musician whose debut album was released in stores on November 13th, 2007
28A
35-Across, etc.
32A
Flaking
33A
I know this mush is true!!! [crickets] ok so there's an edible mushroom called the true ___ and
35A
Quit stalling?
41A
Stop in time
42A
What an Energy Sphere from Kirby's Return To Dream Land basically is
43A
Rapper Jones of "Pop Champagne" infamy
46A
They have the thickest fur of any animal
47A
Song from "LazyTown" about being a real supervillain, for short
48A
Straight shot
50A
Pepper
51A
Wards
52A
Sounds simple??
54A
Part of the song "Big Breakfast" by Tom Cardy from which the lyrics in 56-Across's clue originate
55A
Won
56A
"Eggs / Bacon / Hashed brown / Baked beans / Another hashed brown / Sausage / Toast / ___"
57A
What a Jew in Ancient Egypt may do to deal with an unbearable amount of saltwater
58A
City once under the eye of Solon
Down
1D
Chatting, now
2D
Poi pole? (the pun here is that there's a Pok茅mon called Poipole)
3D
No-brainer on a magical journey
4D
Grouse or carp
5D
Sweet release of Death, perhaps??? (Abbr.?????)
6D
Feed letters
7D
"Let me go!"
8D
"It's My Life" artist
9D
"Who, me?"-ish
10D
Cuba, e.g.
11D
Gets good...s
12D
Its name comes from the word "evolve"
14D
Request for a smack on the cheek
15D
Part of a blue Streak?
19D
"___ Generator" (Dan Deacon song)
22D
"I'll ___ ya if you even look at me funny" ("Weird Al" Yankovic lyric)
23D
Olympic ___ (endemic mammal of Washington)
26D
Introduction to the description of a certain type of made-up character on Twitter
27D
When stylized with an exclamation point, a Paramore album or an Earl Sweatshirt song
29D
Video game known for running terribly?
30D
"Why are you trying to be all things to all people?" speaker
31D
Succeeding, as a product
34D
They're all bricked up! (i'm sorry)
36D
Bootleg Bart's catchphrase
37D
Matthews' portrayer, in a 1983 movie
38D
Turned turtle, with "over"
39D
Suffix for "bogo", in computer science
40D
螡螡螡, in a way
43D
Crossword class for people 55+ whose most recent puzzle in the NYT was 8/10/2023
44D
Pair of things?
45D
One may be hidden in this clue
47D
Assess
49D
What the Middle Earth village of Bree is called in Neil Cicierega's "Guide to the Lord of the Rings" video (i'm not referencing that 1950s sitcom here because i'm not ancient)