My time: 8:57, just three little seconds short of my Friday record! Wowsa! I should have hurried more.
The distinctive thing about this puzzle is the grid shape that leads to lots of long answers. There's a lot of rare and fun fill here, like STEAMBOAT WILLIE, HALF-NELSON, GOING VIRAL, PULL RANK ON, and BOSS BATTLE. I'm not so sure about the plural MICROFILMS. Maybe as a verb?
ELON, the private university in Elon, North Carolina (home of the Fightin' Phoenix!) has appeared quite a few times before.
Longfellow's "The Bell of ATRI" was explained on April 10, 2018.
Racecar driver ARIE Luyendyk, "The Flying Dutchman," appeared on October 28, 2018.
I have never heard of the Stone of Hope; it's the name for the granite statue of Martin Luther KING in Washington DC.
Clever clues: "A lot of volume?" is TOME. I had put *TONE thinking, sort of, about hair volume; I know it doesn't really work. "Free money?" is BAIL. "Trying to untie?" is IS OVERTIME — that was a tough one.
This was a fun puzzle, with lots of original, modern fill and a different style grid. I'd like to see more like this; hope it's not just a ONE-OFF.
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