28A: Well, here it is, the first post-2015 use of a word that literally made headlines some months ago, DOTARD. I vaguely remember the word from Melville, though not the context, which was a scornful description of a shark. I romanticize glass because plastic is such a scourge these days, but then I remember all the glass bottles I’ve dropped in my life. The second words of all these phrases can be found in a common location, which is referred to in the puzzle’s title, “Parlor Tricks.” Lest one go immediately goth and think, “Oh, funerals! Finally, a sepulchral theme on Sunday,” Mr. Kravis specifies “at the ice cream parlor” in that first theme clue at 23A.

Source: New York Times January 12, 2019 22:30 UTC