Singer/guitarist McCaughan of Superchunk, who have a new album out
14A
South Korean airline
15A
Spot, in Spanish
16A
Abbr. ending a co. name
17A
Indications that you have yet to hear some urgent messages about your car's warranty, probably
19A
'60s radical grp. or wht n LP hs tw f
20A
Big Sicilian volcano
21A
Smelly like marijuana buds
22A
Goes "ha" IRL but more brashly
24A
Went "ha" online
26A
Rare blood type, for short
28A
Repeating element in hip-hop production
30A
"He's dead, ___" (thing they supposedly say a lot on "Star Trek")
31A
From "mercy of the heart," rooms in Benedictine monasteries where rules were relaxed and monks could eat meat instead of bread
34A
Map abbr.
35A
Mideast leader
36A
Sonata movements
37A
Feminine pronoun
38A
Seurat's paint applications
39A
Accomplishes the task
Down
1D
Jorts or Jean, for a cat, e.g.
2D
"Did this thing I'm watching happen already or"
3D
"Koala bear," e.g.
4D
___ metabolism (energy expended at rest)
5D
Overseas article
6D
Anti-DUI gp.
7D
1981 David Cronenburg horror film with a famous exploding-head scene that is the subject of the 2014 Slate article "How They Blew Up That Head in ___"
8D
Windbag, nicely
9D
System used by the U.S. deaf community
10D
Dis
11D
Verbally expresses incorrectly
12D
"Same here!"
13D
Loops in on an email, briefly
18D
Takes a hired car
23D
Solo
25D
"'Slid into' an online conversation," writes another clue writer, but I would argue that this term is overused and they are just as commonly exchanged in non-slippery fashion
27D
Protect, like one's loins before going into one of those old-timey battles where they might 7-Across your loins
29D
"Hey! Over here! Yeah, me, the guy hiding in the dumpster!"