My time: 4:27, a minute faster than average.
Theme: LET YOUR HAIR DOWN. The three long Down answers have a hairdo embedded in them, shown by the circled squares. For example, DISCOMBOBULATED has a bob hairdo.
"Musical key with three flats" is C MINOR, which would mean more to me if I knew what a key or a key signature is.
For "banned pollutant, in brief" I put *DDT but it's PCB, short for polychlorinated biphenyl. Their production was banned by United States federal law in 1978, and by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.
ASTORIA, Queens, was originally called Hallet's Cove after its first landowner William Hallet, who settled there in 1652 with his wife. It was later renamed for John Jacob Astor, then the wealthiest man in the United States, in order to persuade him to invest in the area. ASTORIA also boasts the oldest beer garden in New York City.
The two TAPAS given as examples in the clue are patatas bravas, spicy fried potatoes, and calamares, which is the Spanish calamari.
J'ADORE, a perfume by Dior, last came up on September 30, 2018.
St. ANN'S Bay, Jamaica, was detailed on May 12, 2018.
Lots of fun fill on this one, especially for a Monday. I like how braid was incorporated into TOMB RAIDER. Also, DR. RUTH, ROC-A-FELLA records, RAKED IN, and JENNA Maroney.
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