Barry c. silk biography

Analysis

There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and no cheater squares.

The grid uses 23 of 26 letters, missing JQV.

It has normal rotational symmetry.

Average word length: 5.39, Scrabble score: 313, Scrabble average: 1.61.

Puzzle has 1 fill-in-the-blank clue and 1 cross-reference clue.

This puzzle has 2 unique answer words.

FRYOLATORTITFER

It has 2 words that debuted in this puzzle and were later reused:

BLURAY (4)PHOTOBOMB (5)

These words are unique to the Modern Era but have appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:

PANAMAHAT (7)WEARISOME (2)

These 32 answer words are not legal Scrabble™ entries, which sometimes means they are interesting:

ALEROAREAMAPARGOSASISAIDBELABLURAYCCLAMPCSADICKCLARKFRYOLATORGETSAGRIPIRONCROSSLANMCANNCISNONSNOTNICENSAONESHOTPANAMPANAMAHATPARTBRENESANREMOSLAPONSRASSRSWFTBARTSPUTILYOUIN

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  Relative difficulty: Medium
  
  THEME: none
  
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Theme: Saturday Silkie~!

Words: 70(missing Q,X)

Blocks: 32


  Yes, it was feeling like we'd get a Silkie today - and the first day of summer, officially 6:51am EDT.  Not a terribly daunting puzzle, with a different looking grid.  Three-letter fill to start, which didn't help me much, but there were a few fills on the first pass, and even more on the Downs. Triple 11- and 7-letter corners, and two 10-letter fills on the inside;
33. Cocktail with rum : BAHAMA MAMA - My friends and I came up with the drink name "Gilligan's Island", which was a total misnomer - the drink consisted of Captain Morgan and Ginger Ale, but the show had a Skipper, not a Captain....and I preferred Mary Ann anyway
37. Crusaded : CAMPAIGNED - Great fill, considering the silent "G"
oooh, uh, Onward?!?!?

ACROSS:
1. Image on many Oregon license plates : FIR - Makes sense now

4. Drink containing the antioxidant lycopene : TOMATO JUICE - shoulda had a V-8
15. Rock genre : EMO- Rock? Meh.

16. "I'd have never guessed!" : "IMAGINE THAT"~!

17. Male __ : EGO- Can't believe Mr. Silk threw us all under the bus with this clue

18. Fight site : BATTLEFIELD

19. Doesn't start well? : HOT WIRES- Nice

21. Georgia-based insurance giant : AFLAC- Huh - not AETNA,