Well, such is meta life sometimes; I’ve already put many hours into this one and it’s just not going to work. Apologies for the delay and it was certainly not for lack of trying…

My regular WSJ is here:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/directors-cut-friday-crossword-june-26-47f498bd

–Matt

PS — folks, my apologies — I wrote this note up around 10 AM and thought I had posted, then took a nap (under the weather here). But I hadn’t actually hit “post,” then just woke up before noon and hit post right away. So apologies to those who were unnecessarily waiting for two hours for the puzzle that wasn’t coming. I thought I had already hit “post” but I hadn’t.