Like Clockwork

Answer: 60 MINUTES

Solution: Five hosts of the long-running CBS newsmagazine 60 MINUTES are found clockwise in the grid, starting from high noon: the recent VEGA, RATHER, SAWYER, STAHL, and the original WALLACE; this suggests the meta answer.

Timely puzzle!

A very nice way to while away the wait here at the barber shop. Thanks, Mikey!

This took some circular reasoning to solve! Clever construction, thanks!

Took me rather less than an hour to solve

Fun!

Did not take that long. Thanks Mikey.

Guessed correctly. Now to find the metanism !! Thanks, Mikey !!

Fun one! LOL I must admit I need to go back and find all 5 hosts. I had a hunch based on the title, puzzle number, and prompt and as soon as I saw STAHL I submitted. Thanks Mikey!

Very nice!!!

One of my favorite "60 Minutes" clips containing one of my favorite math textbook authors, the late John Saxon (sorry about the print!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T6SEqcvBLc

I learned mathematics using the Saxon method in the 1990s. That, and my mother's encouragement of my muscular curiosity, are the two main reasons I love mathematics to this day.

How you folks even make these things is a mystery!

Ditto Dow Jones with an educated guess. Wanted to move up on that leaderboard!

Enjoyable fare for a holiday weekend.

Childhood memories. Watching with Dad. Being annoyed that I had to watch a "news" show, but always being fascinated (mid 1970s).

I was hoping for Jane you ignorant slut.. Those were the days.

For a long time, and maybe still, it was the TV show without a theme song, unless you consider tick-tick-tick a song.

That was much harder for me as an Aussie. I guessed the answer based on the shape of the grid!

Embarrassed to say I did not even see the names on the outer ring, but guessed from “long running” and the shape of the CBS eye. The whiny-est opener, of course, was Andy Rooney… drove me nuts.

That should say “whiny-est oPINer”

Interesting grid. Thanks for your time, Mikey!

Nice one.

dumdum here definitely struggled with the crossword, so i got worried and started to feel the clock ticking... i'm just glad it didn't take me the full length of the episode!

I'd Rather do nothing else on a Sunday morning than a fun meta. It helps me Stahl for time before other tasks need to be done.

Well done making this work, and for puzzle #60 nonetheless.

Took a flyer as a WAG, then did the time to get the aha. Tough Grid.

My guess based on nothing but "long-running TV show" and "hosts" was SNL, but I should have known from the title :-)

Figured what it had to be, then found the hosts. Very clever!

thanks Mikey!

Was off on so many trails until I thought, "wait a minute, who made this puzzle?" then I knew just what to do. BUT did you know that: IRA GLASS, LARISSA LAM, and GUY RAZ (Tinkerbelle host) of course all have a "media host" tie in and LISA cLING does also. I had assumed from the meta hint and center entry that 60 MINUTES would be the show, I just had to find out why. Fun TIME!