Seat in the iconic photo Lunch Atop a Skyscraper / TUE 5-10-22 / Spike TV previously / Media player debut of 2001 / Rock band name with a slash / Resorted to good old-fashioned know-who

Constructor: Lou Weiss

Relative difficulty: Easy (extremely easy, easier than most Mondays)

THEME:"THE SOUND OF MUSIC" (63A: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show, with a hint to this puzzle's theme) — final words of theme answers contain sections of an orchestra: WINDS, STRINGS, BRASS:

Theme answers:

• PREVAILING WINDS (17A: Air currents from the most typical direction)
• PULLED STRINGS (27A: Resorted to good old-fashioned know-who, say)
• PENTAGON BRASS (49A: Top military leaders in Washington)

Word of the Day: Shelley DUVALL (4D: "The Shining" actress Shelley) —

Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American retired actress and producer who is known for her portrayals of distinct, eccentric characters. Duvall was the recipient of several accolades across her career, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Peabody Award. She also received a British Academy Film Award nomination and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Born in Texas, Duvall began acting after being discovered by director Robert Altman, who was impressed with her upbeat presence, and cast her in the black comedy film Brewster McCloud (1970). Despite her hesitance towards becoming an actress, she continued to work with Altman, appearing in McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Thieves Like Us (1974). Her breakthrough came with Altman's cult film Nashville (1975), and she earned widespread acclaim with the drama 3 Women (1977), also directed by Altman, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and earned a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. That same year she appeared in a supporting role (as a writer for Rolling Stone) in Woody Allen's satirical romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977) and hosted Saturday Night Live.

In the 1980s, Duvall became famous for her leading roles, which include Olive Oyl in Altman's live-active feature version of Popeye (1980) and in Stanley Kubrick's horror film The Shining (1980) as protagonist Wendy Torrance, the latter of which is considered to be her magnum opus performance, polarizing critics and audiences. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film Time Bandits(1981), the short comedy horror film Frankenweenie (1984) and the comedy Roxanne (1987). She ventured into producing television programming aimed at children and youth in the latter half of the 1980s, notably creating and hosting the programs Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987), Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1987) which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1988, and Nightmare Classics (1989). (wikipedia)

So, let's see, if it's Tuesday ... then it must be ... AMON RA (50D: Egyptian sun god). And Sundays are AMUN RA? I forget which day is AMEN RA. I assume he (He?) takes the other days off. I'll sort this all out one day. In the meantime, we have this puzzle, which ... I can't really conceive how yesterday's was the Monday and today's the Tuesday. I don't time myself, but yesterday's had a revealer answer that had never appeared in the puzzle ever, and at least one bumpy section, whereas today, almost no resistance at all. Token resistance here and there: Which '___ la la' will it be? Which spelling of AM-N RA will it be? Will it be LAY IN or LAY UP? — that kind of resistance. Otherwise, you can just fill 'em in as fast as you can read the clues, especially if you just work the crosses. I wrote in CAEN (?) before LYON, but even as I was writing CAEN in I thought "nah I think LYON's more probable." And it was. This is a Monday puzzle, is what I'm saying. Easier than most Mondays. Monday in concept, Monday in execution, Monday. And as a Monday, it's fine. Feels like a theme that would've been done a bunch by now. Very simple, but perfectly coherent and well executed. My only problem with the theme was the cluing. Specifically, what is this corny phrase "Good old-fashioned know-who"??? I mean, I get it. It's playing on "know-how." But if someone said it I'd have to ask them to repeat themselves. Feels very last-century, and very "something that only works in print." Worse for me was calling 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC" a "'Do-Re-Mi' show.""Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show?" What kind of phrasing is that? Did someone else have a "Do-Re-Mi" show. Bram Stoker's "Do-Re-Mi" show? Hugh Hefner's "Do-Re-Mi" show? The show has the song "Do-Re-Mi"in it, but it is very weird to call it the "Do-Re-Mi" show. If it had just been ["Do-Re-Mi" musical, with a hint to this puzzle's theme], that actually would've worked. Something about the possessive ("Rodgers and Hammerstein's"), and then the mere word "show," really felt tin-eared. But again, theme basically good. Good theme. 'Do,' a theme, a good enough theme.