I spent a little time today working on the WSJ straight crossword from a coupla Fridays ago: "Element of Surprise" by Myles Callum and Michael Blake. Thought the theme would be fun, and it was. (theme answers are below the fold if you want to see them). I'll bet they started with 43d and looked for some others to go with it.
Besides the groaners in the theme answers, there were a lot of puns and other twisted clues like 56d–"it might make a lot": MACADAM (as in paving a parking lot). So if you like the puns and anagrams style, try this one.
All the theme answers were common phrases to which the element "TIN" was added.
23a biting brother (big brother)
37a stinky dive (sky dive)
64a rating a muffin (ragamuffin)
91a latin times (LA Times)
109a French tinhorn (french horn)
17d abstinent minded (absent minded)
43d wee tinkly reader (Weekly Reader)
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