My time: 16:26, less than two minutes slower than the record! Wow, go me! I GOTTA say, that's SORTA good!
Theme: the BUTTERFLY EFFECT, as drawn by the black squares in the center of the puzzle. This is a branch of CHAOS THEORY, which states that (according to the grid) ONE SMALL THING / CAN MAKE ALL THE / DIFFERENCE / IN THE WORLD. As one last themed in-joke, the answers TOR (for Toronto, "an AL East team") and ADO are separated by one square, which gets a secret N to make TOR/N/ADO (made by the butterfly's wings) in the online version of the puzzle.
SADE won a Grammy in 2010? My guess was *CHER. Sade won for "Soldier of Love."
The soleus muscle is found in the calf. Its name is derived from the Latin word "solea," meaning "sandal."
I don't know LEN Dawson, a quarterback who was mostly with the Kansas City Chiefs. He won a lot of awards!
Never saw the "Pitch Perfect" movies, so I had to guess that the name of the a capella group is the BELLAS. Presumably they predate the Twilight craze.
For "computer data structure" I put down *TOWER but it's ARRAY.
"They have pointy teeth" is GEARS. Do they, though? Pointy? I wanted to put *BEARS but I knew it couldn't be that simplistic.
For "comic dog that walks on two feet" I immediately put *OTTO but they have ODIE. While Odie does sometimes walk on two feet, he doesn't normally. Otto, however, does. This is shitty cluing. I demand this egregious error be corrected in future reprints.
"NBA team with black and white uniforms" is NETS, as in the Brooklyn Nets, formerly of New Jersey.
I did not know that the Broadway hit "The MUSIC MAN" premiered in 1957, nor that it starred Robert Preston, but it was easy enough to guess.
"Toy on a grooved track" gave me pause. I can't say I've heard much about SLOT CAR racing.
The middle black key in a group of three is A FLAT. I am endeavoring to learn at least the basic rudiments of music notation. The keys are not the notes. All black keys are either a sharp or flat, but not all sharps and flats are black keys. Well, I'm out of my depth.
For "John Wayne, by birth" I wanted to put Marion, his birth name, but it's IOWAN. He was born in Winterset, Iowa, in 1907.
"Tulsa sch." ORU got me yet again!
Clever clues: "Selling point?" is SHOP. "Remains here?" is CRYPT. "Exchanges words, say" is EDITS.
I'm surprised that I whizzed through this one so fast, but having such long theme entries really helped (even though I misread the second part as can make a l--he — make a lathe, maybe?). Well, SEE YA and BYE (both "ciao!").
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