I can think of several pockets of skin I would be much more reticent to surrender than that on my nose. Love the expression, though again it makes little sense to me.
30-Across: One way to say that something is to say it’s NO SKIN OFF MY NOSE. Even a deaf ear should be able to feel something falling on it, right? 16-Across: Something that FALLS ON DEAF EARS. This quick and easy 68(!)/30 crossword features three 15-letter entries ending in the words that comprise the specialty areas of an otolaryngologist (or more commonly, and E.N.T. Yay! Another “themed-puzzle-posing-as-a-freestyle” from Martin Ashwood-Smith. Updated Monday morning: Martin Ashwood-Smith’s CrosSynergy/Washington Post crossword, “E.N.T.” – Sam Donaldson’s reviewĬrosSynergy/Washington Post crossword solution, January 2 Similarly, although neo-retro DOULAs are rising in popularity, I wonder how well-known they are outside of hipper locales factette: it derives from a Greek word meaning “female slave.” Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen’s (Candice’s dad) bucktoothed dummy Mortimer SNERD is old-time crosswordese not to be confused with SNERT, the dog in Hägar the Horrible. I’d venture that the ERI TU might be unfamiliar to newer solvers who are also not opera fans fun how it meets up with ELIHU Root. Non-theme long fill includes the nice verticals SELF-RELIANT and OUT OF SEASON, plus REMNANTS and the lesser SETS UPON. Will Shortz and his ever-increasing stable of constructors maintain their standards. I feel as if I say this nearly every time I write-up the Monday puzzle, but that’s a commendation of the consistent high quality of the New York Times’ crosswords. Smooth fill and smooth cluing, as is expected for an early-week offering. 
The average word length is slightly longer than a typical Monday, but that can be ascribed to the augmented grid. For evidence, look at Rows 6 and 10, each contains fill in 7 of 16 spaces-less than half.
It was a very rapid, fluid solve, and a quick peek at XwordInfo’s analysis shows that it possesses more blocks and more words than the average Monday. I feel “under-the-table” is more common, but this version also has currency.
BEYOND THE HORIZON, which literally stretches the boundaries of the puzzle, making it a 16×15. It has something to say about today’s circumstances.
I was reminded of this while watching the witty and funny My Man Godfrey a couple of weeks ago. “Prosperity is just around the corner” was a catchphrase during the Great Depression. The theme here is prepositional phrases that fulfill the answer for 62-across, SIGHT UNSEEN.
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