Today’s Saturday Stumper

Today’s Newsday  Saturday Stumper, by Ben Zimmer, is a real challenge. No time to write much this morning, so I’ll highlight the puzzle’s two fifteen-letter clue-and-answer pairs, which are my favorites, because I saw each answer entire, all at once. Like daffodils, if crossword answers were daffodils, with one letter crossing. My simile is sinking.

8-D, “’As if!’”

35-A, “...”

No spoilers; the answers are in the comments.