I was done in under 10 - a shade over 9:30, in fact. Will must want mothers to feel good about their solving skills today, because man oh man this puzzle was easy. Not sure why I don't see him more often - his name seems grid-friendly enough. On the plus side, super happy to see the very important artist LEGER ( 17D: "La Grande Parade" artist Fernand) in the puzzle. There's a cavalcade of crud in there: IDEN, IT IN, INSO, NO IF (!?!!), RLS, IMRE. Big problem is the lower middle of the grid - south of LIQUID PAPER and north of MOTHERS OF INVENTION. Don't like IMARI (more obscure crosswordese) ( 19A: Japanese porcelain), but remembered it today, somehow. Guessed again at IDEN / ANDANTINO ( 94A: Slightly faster than moderately slow), the latter being a musical term I've never seen and the former a character I, and most of the world, have never heard of. I think I only just learned that it's some kind of game. II beachhead south of Rome) / NIM ( 7D: Pilfer, old-style) crossing. There was more yucky stuff than I like to see on a Sunday, especially in a not-terribly-demanding grid.
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