My time: 15:16, a couple minutes less than average.
For the Italian sauce ingredient I saw ?OMAT at the start and was convinced that it began with tomato. I therefore ended up with *TOMATO MATO and stuck with it for what is clearly far too long.
Prince Kūhiō Day, marking the birth of deposed prince-turned-statesman Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, is celebrated in HAWAII.
I do not like the phrase "Tech BRO." It is a subculture whose death has already been proclaimed.
I like how STRAW and BATH, both clued as "it can be drawn," cross.
Clever clues: "Singles player in the 1950s" is PHONO. "Present time, for short" is B-DAY. "Record component" is PRIOR. "Coach for the bench players?" is PIANO TEACHER.
I liked Isabel Allende but had not heard of her novel De AMOR y de Sombra. The plot sounds like 1984.
ANYHOO, this was a fun puzzle. Great fill, including ANTHONY BOURDAIN, QUOTIENT, NON SEQUITUR, and others. I'M IN HEAVEN. Well, let's not go that far.
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