Cabinet Maker
◆ · By ajk · Published 2024-06-23T04:00:13.178Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a brief job description
Happy Sunday!
As seems to be happening with increasing frequency, I have no idea what the origin story of this puzzle was. So probably I tried it with a different puzzle and it didn't work. 
Thanks to Wendy Walker and Capn Rick for test solving. And especially to Cap'n Rick for re-working a non-trivial chunk of the fill (and even providing some of the clues). Plus he came up with the title, which was way better than my original. 
Thanks as always to Joe Ross for tech support.
Thanks as always to Joe Ross for tech support.Nudges later today should anyone need them (and feel free to PM anytime), solution on Saturday.
Hope you enjoy!
cheers,
Alan
Nudges:
The original title was Hail to the Chief
That Tracy-Hepburn film is a legit classic (not that I've seen it, lol), but seems like there might be a more obvious clue for that entry, no?
You're looking for 5 famous names in the grid (they're not symmetric, because it would have been impossible)
OK, found those, now what? Look through the clues.
Aha, 5 new entries!
Just in case what you found looks like gibberish, try putting it into google
Checking for previous play data...
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Grover or Elmo
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Across
- 1AGrover or Elmo
- 7ABrief forest fire warnings, for example
- 11AUnlikely to develop a crush, briefly
- 14ASad words?
- 15AJohn Glenn's home state
- 16AComputer cluster, briefly
- 17AStarts
- 18ASeal that sounds like a loner?
- 20AHow many snowflakes are alike
- 21ARock & Roll Hall of Fame site
- 22AMystical surrounding?
- 24APurveyor of harmless missiles
- 25AShrimp, crab, and lobster
- 29AModern expression of awe
- 32AShrub
- 33AGeorge Lucas standard invented for "Return of the Jedi," or texter's gratitude
- 34ALeash
- 36AComic DeGeneres
- 38AWhere you can find Port.
- 40ARefrain syllables
- 41AWords that might inspire tears?
- 43APoorly lit
- 45AElvis ___ Presley
- 46ADirection that inspired a festival
- 47ACalifornia representative, perhaps?
- 50AMeat inspection agcy.
- 51AKevin Kline movie or jazz great Brubeck
- 52AUses, as one's authority
- 56A"____ Rib" (Tracy-Hepburn classic)
- 60ASimone, McKayla, Aly, and Nastia
- 61A"Broadchurch" and "The Crown" actress Colman
- 62ABoxer made from Clay?
- 63AKeats or Yeats
- 64AWidebody source
- 65ANeither's partner
- 66AConcludes
- 67APreposterous
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- 1DLowly one
- 2DClaustrophobic's response to a spelunking invite, perhaps
- 3DComment, as in an online forum
- 4DSome jeans
- 5DPatronize a bistro, maybe
- 6DPranks, briefly (or an "Office Space" report)
- 7DSci-fi author Frederick (who was born in New York, not Warsaw)
- 8DScottish singer Easton, who sang a Bond theme
- 9DHeating element?
- 10DLiterary middle name or English county
- 11DUtah ski resort
- 12DPicnic foe that's not an ant
- 13DLargely obsolete way to buy music
- 19DHoliday helper
- 21DStore
- 23DPizza ____ (New York rodent that spawned a meme)
- 25DSource of highway chatter
- 26DOpines, as a court
- 27DMost of you are probably governed by it
- 28DRadiate, as charm
- 29DAirport formerly known as Orchard Field (hence the code ORD)
- 30DHoneydew or cantaloupe
- 31DAllow
- 35D"King Lear" and "Hamlet," for two
- 37D1990s web browser
- 39DOrange coats?
- 42DWisconsin's capital
- 44DNYC subway overseer
- 48DEndured
- 49DArthurian paradise or Roxy Music earworm
- 50DUlysses might appear on one
- 52DEddie who inspired "The French Connection"
- 53DMusical phone start?
- 54DMideast bigwig
- 55DBallpark figs.
- 57DNew Balance competitor
- 58DWisc. neighbor
- 59DJames Beard might use it
- 61DKimono sash