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You're Not Serious, etc. (Variety Cryptic)

· By Frisco17 · Published 2024-01-16T03:30:12.809Z

Constructor's Note
61-Across is absent from some across answers in the grid. Enumerations, as well as indicators for multiple words and hyphenated words, have been withheld. (playtested by skaldskaparmal and Pixlate) (hint document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ywQJ1CbKu4qGc_CuLkg87XSoPUaL9UNl_HI5wPYYp6s/edit?usp=sharing)
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1A
"Move, old people! Get your ass to the front!"
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Across
  1. 1A
    "Move, old people! Get your ass to the front!"
  2. 5A
    She's ruined casual get-together
  3. 9A
    Some of blueprint he redrew is overdrawn
  4. 16A
    Flirts with French cat: “Comment ça va ?”
  5. 18A
    You’re not serious! Frisco is an indie cryptic setter?
  6. 19A
    #100 (a football player from Detroit) encircles punter, resulting in a tie
  7. 20A
    Reed instrument possibly sold at a lower price (discovered reed is cut in half)
  8. 21A
    "Bill hasn’t got sick!," I snort, with small parts of fake tissue
  9. 22A
    Certain layer to 86(60) is elegant
  10. 23A
    Angry reaction from HIRAETH: "disheartened… hours going by… losing track of time…"
  11. 24A
    Peeled potatoes? Really?
  12. 25A
    Mao sent 12 letters back to US representative
  13. 26A
    Cleveland b-baller remodeling at E.R. works on some old walls
  14. 28A
    Song by Christian pop band We Are 34 and Not Edgy: "Depict"
  15. 29A
    Trips, breaking rear disc
  16. 32A
    Key excerpt from this lecture I'll read aloud
  17. 33A
    Kiss muscle for the audience
  18. 34A
    Guy that, when with Joel, can go either way
  19. 35A
    Repairing a TV I lent Elliot Page – ultimately not the tallest order, but still pretty tall
  20. 37A
    Processing Swiss slice for rats
  21. 39A
    Pose around Tselinograd (originally the capital of Kazakhstan)
  22. 43A
    Reaches back to get some props
  23. 46A
    Something new to me: it means “the condition of tilled soil, especially in respect to suitability for sowing seeds.” Essentially bland piece of trivia
  24. 50A
    Serves Shaw's right, having heart to say "Challenge accepted!"
  25. 51A
    Left after fall, almost rolling joint
  26. 53A
    Be wed with one’s partner, possibly with a ceremony during which both parties can express their love for one another? Pretty gay, by the sound of it
  27. 54A
    Fine a detective, one living in northern Congo
  28. 55A
    Wilder Guernsey is completely odd
  29. 56A
    Given 5-Down’s not right, sniff Eddy on the regular
  30. 57A
    Say “Good one”, beginning to recognize loss in trans meme subreddit
  31. 58A
    51-Down? That's cap
  32. 59A
    Group of musicians wanting leader, one who has an eye for magical power
  33. 60A
    Understanding half of puzzle
  34. 61A
    [See instructions]
Down
  1. 1D
    Carolina del Sur con lista de 12 adjetivos positivos?
  2. 2D
    Taxi driver is someone who's into red wine?
  3. 3D
    Zero-digit population in the Midwest
  4. 4D
    University lying in wait for more brass
  5. 5D
    Scent is bad, after bit of sniffing
  6. 6D
    Bring out Eli, counselor in training
  7. 7D
    10 becoming feverish, with a drop in temperature as of then
  8. 8D
    It features stomping and shouting, a bit of laughter, and a bird call, as I’m told by someone for whom the cot-caught merger is completed
  9. 9D
    Tax org. is first to be uncovered
  10. 10D
    Loveliest French city-state
  11. 11D
    Laid-back spot with drunk, boring, holier-than-thou types
  12. 12D
    Audibly remove a price tag, say, after initial reduction of price for grain dish
  13. 13D
    "Stick filled with stimulants that many people carry around… C'est une pipe, non ?" "...partially?"
  14. 14D
    "DOCTOR'S", "RESTRAINING", right, and "SHORT"... it is an ORDER of some kind
  15. 15D
    The Reverend’s joint anger with multiple shirts
  16. 17D
    Antibiotics will be in Spain
  17. 19D
    LA Tech struggling with 29-Down
  18. 27D
    …through 6-Across
  19. 29D
    Simple house with what seems like simplicity, in terms of beds?
  20. 30D
    Re-iron rumpled Impressionist painting
  21. 31D
    Scheduled “Vacation of Love” in remote island to get away
  22. 36D
    Part of a living space’s inner core, in a northern indigenous language
  23. 38D
    Fish over lair where a shady octopus might be?
  24. 40D
    What? Pete has a drink made from rice and salt??
  25. 41D
    “On the inside-a, that’s-a spicy meat-a-bomination!”
  26. 42D
    Fish Face-Off: eel going up against tang, getting head chopped off
  27. 43D
    Same eel at odds with small fish
  28. 44D
    Difficult social studies class doesn’t provide a burst of motivation
  29. 45D
    Tool or Tastemaker?
  30. 47D
    “One half-mouthful?” “No, thank you”
  31. 48D
    "Too long of a walk. Can't." does 17 steps worth of cycling
  32. 49D
    Yingst dispersed, taking off Saturday evening?
  33. 52D
    Comic's abbreviated comeback (he rules)
  34. 54D
    “Eggs are done!”, said the Bostonian
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