Really seemed like it should be HAS A COW. The less significant standstill was in the SE, where AHOY THERE was a promising gateway to the far corner, but then. But the bottom was a complete disaster, and the worst kind of disaster, which is to say that the cluing on short fill made it impossible (for me) to see, and I came to total standstills, twice (this normally doesn't happen even once on a Friday). I hacked away at it, made progress, plowed through. But the real truth is I don't remember much of the top 2/3 of this puzzle. Very much enjoyed seeing WHITNEY HOUSTON, but that may very well be because I got that answer so much easier than most other things in this puzzle. I kept waiting for something to really kickstart the party, but I kept getting just OK stuff like LEMON SAUCE and WORK OF ART and CARAWAY and BRAIN GAME-you can't fault any of those things, but there's no standout there. Also, I spelled WHOOPIE like that, so that's no good. WHOOPEE CUSHION is kinda funny, but even there, the awkward syntax of the "?" clue made it feel a bit forced. Felt like I was working for everything, and without much "aha" payoff. Occasionally this felt like a good Friday, but that whooshing of wonderful answers, that flow, that pop pop of good surprises-that never came today. Something about the cluing wavelength-mainly that I was nowhere near it, at any time. Never really found my grip with this one.
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