Today’s Saturday Stumper

Today’s Newsday  Saturday Stumper is by Kate Chin Park, each of whose previous Stumpers has prompted me to write, “Please, more KCP Stumpers.” Today’s puzzle is a doozy, a lulu, a sockdolager if you will, full of variety and challenges. Please, more KCP Stumpers.

Some clue-and-answer pairs of note:

6-D, seven letters, “Rampart part.” Nicely phrased. I think I have the answer in my head from reading Steven Millhauser.

8-D, three letters, “Literature scholars’ org.” In what feels like a previous lifetime, I belonged.

9-D, four letters, “Stepmom to Mary, Elizabeth and Edward.” You’d expect a first name, wouldn’t you?

14-A, five letters, “Surname meaning ‘priest.’” This answer broke the puzzle open for me.

20-D, seven letters, “Freshen, as one’s study.” Pretty ambitious. I’d think that clearing some papers from the floor might be enough.

21-A, six letters, “How to respond to ‘I didn’t get it.’” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

31-A, fifteen letters, “Communication challenge.” Funny how the clue immediately suggests, at least to me, a technology glitch.

33-D, nine letters, “It pairs well with patés.” Who needs paté?

38-A, thirteen letters, “Uninvolved associate.” I wondered whether this clue is accurate. It is.

48-A, three letters, “Zuo Zongtang’s much-seen alias.” Funny.

50-D, four letters, “London lip-lock.” A word that has always sounded filthy to my ears.

58-A, nine letters, “Yup.” I don’t know anyone who says “Yup,” but the answer has some currency in my world.

My favorite in this puzzle: 10-D, ten letters, “The majority of corkscrews and chopsticks.” RSTRNTWARE?!

Please, more KCP Stumpers.

No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.