LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “You Sound Hesitant”
Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a tennis player who’s won the U.S Open many times.
Answer: ROGER FEDERER, found by 579 solvers, of which 559 were solo solves

You all went 579-for-579! Nobody missed it! A true week 1 of 5.

Our four theme entries were:

17-A: [Wizard who’s always in a good mood?] = CHIPPER SORCERER

24-A: [Person who abstains from both alcohol and hard work?] = SOBER MALINGERER. “Malingerer” is an inherently funny word IMO.

44-A: [Vagabond who stays trim?] = SLENDER WANDERER

56-A: [Party worker who’s just plain evil?] = SINISTER CATERER. Pro tip: do not hire a sinister caterer!

OK, back to our meta answer. If you can only pick one Federer point, it’s got to be where Andy Roddick threw his racket at Fed — in Basel, Roger’s hometown!

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is an American university often mentioned in crossword clues.

NOTE: Due to the late post, the contest deadline for this puzzle is noon ET on Wednesday, September 13th.

Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.