Bill

I was led astray by END: at 36A, I was chasing down BAG END, wondering if it was a Tolkien theme

My mother told me playing video games will get me nowhere, but I had the last laugh with 12D

I hope I'm not the only one who now has a certain Meatloaf song playing in my head

I dunno. I finished it in reasonable time and without assistance, but it's not one of my favorites

Today I learned the formal name for a chef's hat

69D/88A stalled me. Before we had EMOJIs, we had EMOTIs, which were ASCII character faces :) Without knowing 88A, TERI or JERI can fit that crossing

When I spotted the pattern, I thought it was related to US presidents: Abe (Lincoln), Sam (Adams) and Ted (Roosevelt)

Not my favorite. I had a typo behind one of the figures which took me quite a long time to chase down...

That was fun

35A was my stumbling block. I had ACRID but things weren't working

That was fun

An unfortunate event broke my previous streak so this is now my 100th. 39A was almost a breaker for me, but I guessed it in the end. Personally, I think reality TV is a cancer but that's for a different forum

That was fun

I enjoyed it. And TIL 16A and 48D, which haven't I heard before