Vanessa

Vests are stereotypical attire for finance bros, not tech bros.

What on earth is a jug band? The difficulty was amped up by the tricky grid and Wednesday-feeling clues.

Fantastic puzzle. Deliciously difficult for a Saturday. The triple stacks got me excited upon opening the puzzle! Somehow got EINAUDI from 3/4 of crosses (how do I know this name?), somehow recalled TURNBULL (and told myself, not Trunchbull). I did struggle in the bottom but patience paid off - got LOOSE AS A GOOSE (not a phrase I’ve heard before but could guess based on loosey-goosey) which opened it up. Have never heard of PLUM(B) TUCKERED OUT, only all tuckered out. You get some, you miss some.