This one’s a themed puzzle with tougher-than-normal cluing. Enjoy!
Category: Themed
Punny People
Lots of folks have things named after them. A few (mostly physicists and philosophers) have things named after them (epunyms? (sorry)) that allow for a bit of humor. How much of a bit is for you to decide….
Only one specific note: 56D refers to a TV show from a while back that is a bit obscure but well worth checking out if you’ve never seen it.
Spy Where?
This one’s a pretty easy themeless, perhaps equivalent to a Tuesday/Wednesday in the NYT puzzleverse.
5D: While not really obscure, this is the least common answer in the grid, although according to Wikipedia he is considered “one of the best military commanders and strategists of all time.”
49D: I wasn’t sure how commonly known this bird was, so the tail end of the clue tries to give a humorous hint.