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

Wednesday, August 19 – 8:25

21A, Hamid Karzai, starting in 2004 – AF(G)H(A)NP(R)ESI(D)(E)(N)T
26A, One of four generations in a photo – (G)RE(A)TG(R)AN(D)PAR(E)(N)T
45A, Driver’s electric convenience – (G)(A)(R)AGE(D)OOROP(E)(N)ER
52A, Frances Hodgson Burnett kid-lit novel … and a hint to 21-, 26- and 45-Across – THESECRETGARDEN

Tuesday, August 18 – 4:03

17A, Fountain treat – BANANASPLIT
27A, Tangy pie filler – LEMONCREAM
37A, Relative of a certain cobbler – APPLECRUMBLE
51A, Candy bar with maraschinos – CHERRYMASH
59A, Popular Fanta-like soda – ORANGECRUSH
40D, Root beer float with chocolate ice cream – BROWNCOW

Monday, August 17 – 4:02

17A, 1986 – CESARROMERO
26A, With 51-Across, roles for 17-, 38- and 62-Across – BATMAN
38A, 1989 – JACKNICHOLSON
51A, See 26-Across – JOKERS
62A, 2008 – HEATHLEDGER

Sunday, August 16 – 32:16

Holy cow, for the first time in probably over a month I’m caught up on puzzle blogging.

In “Let’s Talk About Me”, all the theme questions are phrases involving the word “me”, and the theme answers are punny takes on definitions using other common phrases.

23A, “Pardon me” – ERRORMESSAGE
29A, “Save me” – MASSAPPEAL
38A, “Feed me” – COUNTERPLEA
54A, “For me?” – RECEIVINGLINE
75A, “Shoot me” – FILMDIRECTION
92A, “Lean on me” – TENDEROFFER
101A, “Make me” – CROSSWORDS
107A, “Kiss me” – PECKINGORDER
16D, “It’s on me” – FREERESPONSE
60D, “Write me” – BOOKPROPOSAL

Saturday, August 15 – 33:30

1A, Brig pair – MASTS
6A, ___ Vaishnavism (Hindu sect) – SRI
9A, Org. that trademarked “Pony Express” in 2006 – USPS
17A, They appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” 36 times – STILLERANDMEARA
19A, Scathing review attributed to Ambrose Bierce, part 1 – THECOVERSOF
31A, Review, part 2 – THISBOOKARE
40A, Old TV ministry inits. – PTL
48A, Review, part 3 – TOOFARAPART
50A, “Hot” political topic – GREENHOUSEGASES
1D, Summon – MUSTER
36D, Ruffians – TOUGHS