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Constructor: Grant Thackray

Relative difficulty: Medium (maybe slightly harder)

THEME:"Go Up In Smoke"— theme answers RISE FROM / THE ASHES (50A: With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle do?); that is, at some point, they just head north (i.e. they "rise""up"), while the Across answer itself continues on with the letters "ASH" (leaving you with a totally unclued answer in every case, huzzah):

Theme answers:

• JOHNNY C(ARSON) (33A: 30-year host of late-night TV) / JOHNNY CASH
• UNLE(ADED) (31A: Like gasoline nowadays) / UNLEASH
• REH(ABCENTER) (74A: Addiction treatment locale) / REHASH
• TALK STR(AIGHT) (111A: Be completely candid) / TALKS TRASH
• HOGW(ARTS HOUSE) (114A: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw) / HOGWASH

Word of the Day: ARSÈNE Lupin (54D: Detective Lupin) —

Arsène Lupin (French pronunciation: ​[aʁsɛn lypɛ̃]) is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. He was originally called Arsène Lopin, until a local politician of the same name protested. The character was first introduced in a series of short stories serialised in the magazine Je sais tout. The first story, "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin", was published on 15 July 1905.

Lupin was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas by Leblanc, with the novellas or short stories collected into book form for a total of 24 books. The number becomes 25 if the 1923 novel The Secret Tomb is counted: Lupin does not appear in it, but the main character Dorothée solves one of Arsène Lupin's four fabulous secrets.

The character has also appeared in a number of books from other writers as well as numerous film, television, stage play, as well as comic book adaptations. Five authorised sequels were written in the 1970s by the celebrated mystery writing team of Boileau-Narcejac. (wikipedia)

Truly disappointing. Conceptually weak, and muddled in the execution. How in the world do you manage to have your first "up in smoke" bit be ARSON (!?) and then ... then somehow that's just *coincidence*!?! ARSON, which involves burning, which involves smoke ... is in no way related to the theme. Not at all. When I realized that, this puzzle was Over for me. Also, *in the same theme answer* your unclued answer (the one that contains ASH) is somehow *also* a "late-night TV" host, just like JOHNNY C(ARSON)!?!?!?! OK, maybe JOHNNY CASH's show didn't technically air in "late-night," but he definitely hosted a night-time show for two seasons. It's just ... it's all so confusing and dumb. Again, I cannot tell you how disappointed I was when the "Up in Smoke" part of UNLE(ADED) spelled *nothing*! After the first answer gave me ARSON going up, I thought "interesting." Then the next answer gave me ... ADED???? That's not even a word. Just gibberish. Gibberish up, gibberish down, gibberish. So much gibberish that the solve actually went slow. When you have to go slow for gibberish, wow, that is not an optimal solving experience. Plus, all those unclued ASH-ending Acrosses ... just sitting there ... what a mess. The title is "Go Up In Smoke"—I expect the part that "goes up" to have something to do with "smoke." Rising from the ASHes is not sufficient. It's dull. You know every themer is going to end in ASH. How is any of this fun??? And it's weirdly extra-wide!?!?! (22 instead of 21). It's all so broken and pointless and, again, the word of the day: disappointing.