Wednesday, August 23, 2022 - You think we ought to talk about AUGHT? ... Maybe not!

There were SCADS of good clues in this crossword, and AUGHT bad ones - thanks to the efforts of constructor Colin Ernst (aided and abetted, undoubtedly, by Will Shortz). A few old friends dropped in - 63A, Indian tea region, ASSAM; 22A, Shakespearean schemer, IAGO. who, blessed with 3 vowels and a G, has managed to worm his way into a NYTimes crossword grid a total of 408 times, including 5 this year!; and of course, what appears to be the official cheese of the NYTimes crossword,...