My time: 5:50, about 33 seconds short of the record.
Theme: the BILLY CLUB. Each of the four themed answers begins with a famous Billy: Ocean, Crystal, Graham, and Billy Porter, an actor and singer.
I enjoyed the clue "Apple tool" because it could have been referring to the company or the fruit. It turned out to be the latter (CORER), but I like the ambiguity.
"Chubby mouse in Disney's Cinderella" is GUS. His friend's name is Jaq.
Never heard of MAISIE Dobbs, a detective in a series of books by Jacqueline Winspear. The series is set in the 1930s. I think I might like them!
I misread "do with a pick, maybe" as starting with a verb rather than the noun, a hairdo: FRO.
OBAMA has written more than a couple of books! A Promised Land is a memoir of his time in the White House.
"Southwestern evergreen" is PINYON, a pine with edible nuts.
It's not too hard to guess that Ilya Kuryakin's organization in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is the KGB. I don't think I knew about the film. Ilya was played by Armie Hammer.
LEAH, Rachel's sister in the Bible was just in the puzzle on August 17.
The ACELA corridor refers to a high-speed train from Boston to D.C., which has come up a few times.
This was a nice quick Wednesday. I liked the selection of Billys.
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