Anne Perlmutter

Not a very good Tuesday puzzle in my opinion. Several important clues were obscure or wrong. The biggest problem was the clue to the theme. Sorry, but “ad hominem” is not a “kind of fallacious argument”. That’s simply an incorrect definition for this word - and importantly - it’s the clue to the theme for the puzzle. Then you have a couple of weird words, like “tutee” - never heard of that one. “Band” for the focus of a geological? That can be true, but really a poor clue. “Sui generis”? C’mon, this is a Tuesday puzzle!