SonOfSJ

Fun theme today. I enjoyed the clever reinterpretations of the theme answers. Found the puzzle not too challenging. I had SNERd before SNERT, but realized pretty quickly that dEMPURA isn’t a fried Japanese fare. Regarding 80 across, I and my son have both had 20 year (non overlapping) stints working at the fruit company and I have yet to have one of their products crumble on me. Some regular readers here may be interested in hearing that my mother Suejean, who used to be a regular commentator here, has moved to a rest home in California after 48 years living in Yorkshire, England. She still does the occasional NY Times crossword, but is no longer up to the task of contributing to this forum. She is happy and enjoys visits from her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who all live nearby.

Thanks, Jeffrey for a very elegant puzzle! Emu.