Today’s Saturday Stumper

Today’s Newsday  Saturday Stumper is by “Anna Stiga,” Stan Again, Stan Newman, the puzzle’s editor, using an alias that signals an easier Stumper of his making. Ehh, not that easy — half an hour for me, with the bottom half of the puzzle considerably more difficult than the top. The puzzle’s distinctive feature: two stacks of thirteen-, thirteen-, and fifteen-letter answers.

Some clue-and-answer pairs of note:

1-D, six letters, “Talk related to ‘gargle.’” Etymologically? Maybe close, but I don’t think so. As slang? I have no idea.

3-D, five letters, “Name on the cover of I Dissent (2016).” And if only —

6-D, three letters, “Broth with tái lan.” I bet more solvers will be familiar with the broth than with this ingredient that can go with it.

14-A, thirteen letters, “The stripes of its American flag represent the Medicines of Life.” There are so many things I haven’t learned yet.

21-D, six letters, “Surname derived from oven operators.” A surprising factoid.

30-A, seven letters, “Prepares for sale, as related products.” Strange to see the present-tense verb.

31-D, eight letters, “Whom Du Bois called ‘scholar and knight.’” I don’t know how I pulled the name from my memory vault, but I did.

34-A, seven letters, “What John Appleseed promoted early on.” Read the clue carefully.

40-D, four letters, “Nickname with a despotic homonym.” Good Lord. This seems like an awful way to clue the nickname.

42-A, four letters, “Is aimless.” A verb looking odd on its own. 43-A, four letters, “Soil or schmo.” Ha!

46-A, five letters, “Nine-year-old on Swedish kronor.” Huh? What?

47-A, fifteen letters, “‘May I have more?’” My favorite of the long answers.

My favorite in this puzzle: 29-A, seven letters, “Stuffed street food.” Represent.

No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.