Adam Aaronson’s New York Times crossword—Amy’s recap

NY Times crossword resolution,1 7 23, no. 0107

I’m watching the circus now (the one on C-SPAN), so that is distracted running a blog proper right here.

Fave fill: “GOSHDARNIT,” OUT OF TOUCH, ON A PLATTER, a contact of Italo Calvino with ITALIAN LIT, an actual STAND-UP GUY (in case you’ve bought HBO Max or HBO, try Atsuko Okatsuka’s comedy particular—she’s humorous!), SHROOMS, ’spherical THESE PARTS, SUNDRESSES, IN THE LOOP, SCARE AWAY not far beneath SCREAM, “DID YOU HEAR?”, and Ken JENNINGS.

Two perplexing bits for me:

• 43d. [Human-shaped board game piece], MEEPLE. Never heard of it! Background right here. Basically, it’s my + folks.
• 11d. [Bit of casino restaurant fare?], BAKED CLAM. Can you could have only a solitary BAKED CLAM outdoors of getting simply one in every of your baked clams left on the plate? Reminds me of Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development saying “Here’s some money. Go see a Star War.”

Overall, a enjoyable puzzle. Four stars from me.