Saturday, August 29 – 33:10

1A, 2001-08 Yankees pitcher with seven Gold Gloves – MUSSINA
8A, Headline during the Dreyfuss Affair – JACCUSE
15A, Revealing pieces - INTIMATEAPPAREL
17A, Some coverage providers – CELLPHONETOWERS
29A, Credited – IMPUTED
37A, Hymnbook holder – PEW
46A, Something to show off on a half-pipe – SKATEBOARDTRICK
49A, Russia, China and France are in it – SECURITYCOUNCIL
1D, Algonquian language – MICMAC
29D, “Um … all right” – IGUESSSO

Friday, August 28 – 19:58

1A. Rallying cry supported by some monks – FREETIBET
10A, When Antony says “I am dying, Egypt, dying” – ACTIV
24A, Chilled – TOOKITEASY
39A, Recruiting org. – SSS
44A, Literally, “already seen” – DEJAVU
66A, Brand for hobbyists – XACTO
67A, Where “all the people that come and go stop and say hello” – PENNYLANE
1D, Dolt – FATHEAD
10D, Superior title? – ABBOT
39D, Transmission blocker? – SAFESEX
62D, Third qtr. ender – SEP

Thursday, August 27 – 4:11

What?  4:11 can’t be right.  I solved it yesterday, blogging it now, but I must have messed up on the timer.  Anyway…

This puzzle contained a 7-level word ladder in the circled squares, and the theme answers were all clues to the different ladder levels.

52A, First row – DESIGN
64A, Fourth row – HEAD
4D, Fifth row – DAB
43A, Third or sixth row – DAD
51A, Second row – SPIEL
61D, Seventh row – ONE

And the word ladder:

PATTERN
PATTER
PATER
PATE
PAT
PA
A

Wednesday, August 26 – 5:17

17A, “_____, please” (diner’s request) – CHOPSTICKS
27A, “_____, please” (announcer’s request) – ATTENTION
36A, “_____, please” (awards show presenter’s request) – THEENVELOPE
51A, “_____, please” (operator’s request) – ONEMOMENT
60A, “_____, please” (Henny Youngman’s request) – TAKEMYWIFE

Tuesday, August 25 – 6:06

20A, Residential area of California [think Chevy] - SUBURBANMALIBU
26A, Start of a stampede [think Ford] – MUSTANGESCAPE
48A, Part of a peace treaty [think Honda] – ACCORDELEMENT
56A, Cars suggested by 20-, 26- and 48-Across? – HYBRIDVEHICLES

Monday, August 24 – 4:56

17A, Tilter at windmills – DONQUIXOTE
49A, Place to order a Blizzard – DAIRYQUEEN
11D, Star of “The Rookie”, 2002 – DENNISQUAID
25D, Medicine woman of 1990s TV – DOCTORQUINN

Sunday, August 23 – 25:58

In “E.U. Doings”, the theme answers all have an E that was changed to a U, changing a familiar phrase into a punny answer.

23A, Used a push-button toilet? – PRESSEDTHEFLUSH
40A, “I can’t drink a beer this late”? – ITSPASTMYBUDTIME
55A, Dairy regulator? - BUTTERBUSINESSBUREAU
77A, Baseball official gets revenge? – THEUMPIRESTRIKESBACK
93A, “The bolt alone is sufficient”? – WORKSWITHOUTANUT
114A, Story of a small Communist barbarian? – THELITTLEREDHUN

Saturday, August 22 – 29:39

1A, Spook’s break-in – BAGJOB
7A, Gallery – CORRIDOR
37A, Olympic gold medalist who was a “Dancing With the Stars” champion – KRISTIYAMAGUCHI
46A, Kid that has a nap – SUEDE
1D, Cause to be stuck – BAFFLE
4D, Swingers’ get-together? - JAZZSESSION
7D, Where Alex Trebek worked as a newscaster – CBC
25D, Mythological hunter – ACTAEON
27D, Home of the annual Gathering of Nations powwow, the world’s largest celebration of Native American culture – ALBUQUERQUE
37D, Have the most reliable info – KNOWBEST
53D, When repeated, Columbia feeder – WALLA

Friday, August 21 – 20:40

1A, Feature of Psalm 119 – ACROSTIC
9A, People work for them – WAGES
28A, Sweet loaf – RAISINBREAD
32A, First athlete to appear on the cover of Time Magazine – JACKDEMPSEY
36A, Amigo - BRO
1D, At large – LOOSE
7D, Director of “Meatballs” and “Stripes” – IVANREITMAN
15D, Jumble – HASH
22D, Goes from first to third, say – SKIPSAGRADE
32D, Personal writings – JOURNAL
35D, Part of a caterer’s display – PLATTER

Thursday, August 21 – ??

Whoops, closed the puzzle before recording my time.

20A, Toddler’s attire – (ONE)SIE
21A, Time for potty training, maybe – AGE(TWO)
22A, Rests – TAKES(FIVE)
51A, Nice kind of workweek – (FOUR)DAY
53A, G.M., Ford and Chrysler – BIG(THREE)
13D, Best Director of 1992 and 2004 – EAS(TWO)OD
15D, Be an utter bore? – DR(ONE)
24D, Like the symmetry of a starfish – (FIVE)FOLD
41D, How mini-pizzas are usually cut – IN(FOUR)THS
55D, School basics – (THREE)RS

36A, What’s revealed by connecting the special squares in this puzzle in order – PARALLELOGRAM