My time: 3:52, twenty seconds slower than the record.
Theme: Common expressions, clued as if a British person were saying them. For example, CASH IN ONE'S CHIPS is clued as "use French fries as legal tender?" because in the UK, French fries are referred to as chips.
Likewise, CAN I GET A LIFT? is clued as "would you call the elevator for me?" because elevators are called lifts in Britain.
This has nothing to do with the attack on Pearl Harbor, but timely themes are looked down on at the Times, and rarely used.
Chrissy METZ is an actress best known for her role on "This Is Us."
"Letters after nus" is XIS. Kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron.
"'Person' that speaks in beeps and boops" is a terrible clue for ROBOT. Not all robots do that. And the weird choice to call it a "person" made me think it would be a specific fictional android.
O'HARE airport is the alternative to Chicago's Midway, which I didn't realize was an airport.
This was an enjoyable Monday. The theme was nice, if somewhat random, and there was good fill, to boot (stuff you put in the car's trunk?).
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