Today's crossword creator was on fire -- or at least thinking about fire, witness the three themed answers, MATCHBOX, TINDERPROFILE and FLINTMICHIGAN. Those three looooong answers made this a more strenuous Monday than usual, but that's why crosswords come with crosses.
Speaking of fire, COALS (18D, Classic eyes for Frosty) also made an appearance, although the pluralization of what is already a collective noun did sound a bit off.
After last week's ULTRAVIOLET, INFRA made an appearance in 43A, Prefix with red or structure. And earlier this month, REQS made a jarring appearance as the answer to March 3's 47A, Academic musts, for short -- so we were glad to see that the much more conventional PREREQS made it into today's puzzle, as in 46D, Algebra for calc, e.g.
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