Today’s Saturday Stumper

Today’s Newsday  Saturday Stumper, by Steve Mossberg, is not that difficult by Stumper standards, but it’s full of surprising stuff. I like it.

Some clue-and-answer pairs of note:

1-A, nine letters, “Green sauce for osso buco.” Osso oscuro, at least for me.

2-D, four letters, “St. Paul and St. Denis, north of New York.” When I see “New York,” I think “City.” At first I thought they must be somewhere upstate.

5-D, seven letters and 40-A, five letters, “Request to keep playing.”

6-D, twelve letters, “When miniskirts were in again.” I think the answer is at least debatable.

16-A, five letters, “Show with projectors.” I thought not of MOVIE but of planetariums and Pink Floyd — though not from personal experience.

21-D, twelve letters, “Frequent player in the 6 Down.” Yes, this puzzle is full of surprising stuff.

29-D, ten letters, “Aviation adjective.” See the comment on the previous clue.

32-A, four letters, “Memorable count.” I don’t get it. Why memorable?

34-D, five letters, “Spring thing.” Not necessarily seasonal.

36-A, four letters, “Occasional sportscast coverage.” A nifty clue.

43-A, ten letters, “Tangible trifles.” Fun to say. Fun to try to spell.

48-A, three letters, “Send up.” A dictionary will okay the answer.

62-A, nine letters, “Potential power under the hood.” Under, indeed.

67-A, five letters, “Plumbers often work on them.” Tile contractors too.

No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.