Today’s Saturday Stumper

Today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper is by the puzzle’s editor Stan Newman constructing as “Anna Stiga,” the pseudonym that marks puzzles whose difficulty falls between those of “Lester Ruff” and those of “S.N.” It’s a challenging puzzle. I found the right half considerably easier than the left, and the upper left easier than the lower. I had to use the Internets to find one lower-left answer: 35-D, eight letters, “It borders Miami Gardens.”

Some clue-and-answer pairs of note:

3-A, six letters, “Jazz Age pal of Pablo, Ezra and Gertrude.” Is there more than one name that could fit?

4-D, six letters, “Discoverer’s victim, supposedly.” So oblique.

18-A, six letters, “Appropriately, a common Hungarian prename.” I didn’t know that I know this.

20-A, four letters, “Cold capital warmed by the Gulf Stream.” Really? Yes, really.

24-A, seven letters, “Half of the first Silicon Valley startup (1939).” As the song says, “Gotta Be This or That.” A helpful early answer in the upper right.

27-D, three letters, “XXIII multiple.” I used a calculator.

33-A, fifteen letters, “Path clearers for kids.” Ugh — for the idea itself, not the clue or answer.

38-D, three letters, “Don’t just look.” See 4-D.

54-A, six letters, “What’s going on.” The answer always strikes me as funny. I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard it spoken.

A clue-and-answer I don’t understand: 62-A, eight letters, “Wonderful time?” A little help?

My favorite in this puzzle: 26-A, nine letters, “What some want in a club.” A DISCOBALL?

No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.