Fluffy neckwear / SUN 11-3-2019 / Egg on / Spoil, as a Parade

Constructor: Kristian House

Relative difficulty: easyish - medium

THEME: ALL THE RIGHT MOVES — An "e" sound is added to the name of movies in the form of "ie", "y", and "ee":

Theme answers:

• A ROOM(IE) WITH A VIEW (23A: Your apartment-mate, if you don't close the door before showering?)
• ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK(IE) (31A: Your wish, maybe, when a rambunctious terrier puppy is first brought home?) 
• RAGING BULL(Y) (50A: Tyrannic sort?)
• IRON(Y) MAN (54A: O. Henry?)
• JOHN WIK(I) (80A: Online reference about toilets?) (this one doesn't work b/c the movie is "John Wick" not "John Wik" so you're no longer just adding an "e" sound)
• GOOD(Y)FELLAS (82A: Guys who pass out Halloween treats?)
• STRANGERS ON A TRAIN(EE) (96A: What outsiders think about the new hire?)
• A HARD DAYS NIGHT(IE) (110A: What the exhausted working woman wears to bed?)

Word of the Day: SLUSH PILE (Editor's stack of unsolicited manuscripts) —

In publishing, a Slush Pile is a set of unsolicited query letters or manuscripts that have either been directly sent to a publisher by an author, or which have been delivered via a literary agent representing the author who may or may not be familiar to the publisher. (wikipedia). 

 ... so exactly what the clue says...
Back by unpopular demand, it is I, Jeff Lin, the guy who railed on David Steinberg that one time.  I didn't read the comments last time so I assume it was an EPIC FAIL.  Quick aside before getting to it.  So, since I started doing crosswords, I had a bit of an EGO and have been quite VAIN and elitist about only doing the Times (that brief period where I also did the USA Today puzzle aside).  But, based on recommendations from Rex, the commenters, and the NYTXW Twitter community, my friends and I (shout out to EB, LA, JB, and TW) gave the American Values Club Xword a shot (on top of, not in LIEU of, the Times) and have not been disappointed.  Their puzzles are refreshing and fun in all the ways the Times is old and stodgy, so I also highly recommend everyone check them out.

Anyways... The reason I wanted to highlight how refreshing the AVCXW puzzles are is because good lord were there a lot of gluey proper nouns in this one.  WOPAT, HOREB, KIRI, YGOR, OMARR, ZAK, READE, TOD, ISAAK, AACHEN, and OSCAN?  I knew a grand total of zero of THESE references.  Also not the usual URIS clue.  Non proper nouns like CHUBS, TABSET, and MAIS also whooshed over my head.  There were just so many of these crossing each other and slowing me down before I could pick up the theme.  Took a lot of BRUTE strength to get through all of them.  Just couldn't TORE through it (yes, I know the grammar is off, but I wanted to get another answer in the write up so just work with me here).


Bullets:

• 28A: Expensive (PRICY) — I prefer "pricey" spelled with an E which would have kind of worked with the theme but fine
• 41A: Early Human (CROMAGNON) — Don't know why I thought it was cro-magnum like the P.I. or the wine as I don't really partake in either

Signed, Jeff Lin, The Antipope of CrossWorld

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