40A: Warning! Personal opinion ahead: I don’t think men have to be “macho” to be MANLY. As always, your mileage may vary.

3D: I confidently plunked VAPE into the slot clued as “Juul, e.g., briefly.” Turns out the answer was E-CIG. It just goes to show that you can be fooled even on a Monday.

39D: The key here is the word “Fellow,” which means someone who identifies as male. “Fellow members of a church” are also known as BRETHREN.

Today’s Theme

Ms. Rafkin and Mr. Trudeau offer us a set of phrases that all have RECORDs in common, as we find out from the revealer at 58A: “‘To be totally clear’ … or why to bring in a 17-, 27- or 45-Across?” The answer is JUST FOR THE RECORD.

Each theme phrase hints at a different kind of RECORD. We’ve got a world RECORD (from the phrase GUINNESS OFFICIAL), a vinyl RECORD (from STUDIO SINGER) and a court or other kind of document that is on the RECORD (from STENOGRAPHER).