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Desmond-Induced Deflation

◆◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2022-07-23T11:56:45.269Z

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On my best days playing alto sax, my tone was a pale imitation of Paul Desmond’s crystal, liquid, heavenly sound.  Desmond was a marvel – a soloist whose intelligence and grace made his lines seem inevitable, and a composer of one of the very greatest jazz classics (see 60 Across), track three on the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s hugely influential Time Out album (one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time).  If you know the tune, the puzzle should be medium difficulty; if you don’t, it’ll be tougher.  Check out this live performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXNdq4SA8e4&ab_channel=DaveBrubeck. 
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  • spikeydlux 13:47 · 2022-07-24T00:55:36.333Z
    Loved the theme!
    Play today's daily mini crossword
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    Seraglios
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Seraglios
    2. 7A
      Trumpet key
    3. 12A
      *In-N-Out competitor
    4. 14A
      Luxury bedding brand
    5. 15A
      Titular Sophocles heroine
    6. 16A
      In band introductions, words that might precede "guitar" or "vocals"
    7. 17A
      Axe
    8. 18A
      *Beer buys
    9. 20A
      Windsor, e.g.
    10. 22A
      Sort of
    11. 26A
      *Cardinal vices
    12. 30A
      Construction beams (or where Apple employees hang out after work?)
    13. 31A
      One-time auto option
    14. 32A
      Making notes that are subsequently indecipherable, if you're me
    15. 35A
      Painting technique
    16. 38A
      End of a baseball variant that starts with a number (or possibly a Kilkenny kitty?) ]
    17. 39A
      Gods' home furnished with Viking appliances?
    18. 40A
      *Buddhist teaching
    19. 45A
      "As dead as a _____" (expression dating back to the 1300s, when [redacted]s suffered mightily, apparently)
    20. 46A
      Sibyl
    21. 49A
      *Big name in women's shoes
    22. 53A
      Proof of strong ancient Roman rum?
    23. 54A
      Yanni and Antetokoumpo, e.g.
    24. 57A
      Christian hermits
    25. 59A
      "Don't even try to explain"
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      Paul Desmond classic that explains the asterisked clues
    27. 61A
      More than wants
    28. 62A
      In-N-Out competitors
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      Province considered the birthplace of Chinese civilization
    2. 2D
      "Happy thou ___ ..." (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure) (or a retort on an Elizabethan playground?)
    3. 3D
      Louis Quatorze, e.g.
    4. 4D
      Froffle, nowadays
    5. 5D
      Cow's favorite subatomic particle?
    6. 6D
      "Auld Lang ____" (or a tryg function?)
    7. 7D
      Famed street artist
    8. 8D
      Sprinters' banes
    9. 9D
      4G ___
    10. 10D
      ___ Max ("Sweet But Psycho") (please not another DuVernay clue)
    11. 11D
      Abe's youngest
    12. 12D
      Pitching ace Greinke
    13. 13D
      Old-looking tones
    14. 14D
      LA home
    15. 19D
      The "N" in In-N-Out
    16. 21D
      Source of much time-wasting, for many (and of $44B-wasting, for others)
    17. 23D
      Picked things
    18. 24D
      Brat
    19. 25D
      Bruin legend, for short
    20. 27D
      Kimono, you know the answer
    21. 28D
      Half of a spicy noodle order?
    22. 29D
      Rowing machine, familiarly
    23. 32D
      Diurnal dose of humor, for short
    24. 33D
      Una araña tiene ___ piernas
    25. 34D
      Poi source
    26. 35D
      Roadside bomb (acronym)
    27. 36D
      Twin Cities airport
    28. 37D
      ___ mater or ___ Zadora
    29. 39D
      Utterly mistaken
    30. 41D
      Some mushrooms
    31. 42D
      Maker of a legendary bargain
    32. 43D
      To hear (Sp.)
    33. 44D
      Frenzied
    34. 47D
      Hts.
    35. 48D
      What all do in court
    36. 50D
      Good Feelings and others
    37. 51D
      Mobute Sese ___ (Congolese leader who, with US support, overthrew and executied the democratically-elected, leftist Patrice Lumumba)
    38. 52D
      Some gov't agents
    39. 54D
      Where you can watch "America Says" approximately 150 times per day
    40. 55D
      ___ Sremmurd ("Black Beatles" duo)
    41. 56D
      Mitochondrial ___
    42. 58D
      "___ Fell" (Beatles classic)
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