The Sports Car & the Man 
Din in the library?   GUNGA
Theme: famous people with the initials MG along with a summarizing “
Booker T. and the MG’s”  [I loved “Green Onions” when it came out in ’62, and I still do.]
Major contrasts in this puzzle:
MAXIMGORKY [writer of the dark play 
The Lower Depths] and 
MILTGROSS [cartoonist]
THEMET [opera] and the 
NBA [b-ball]
OBADIAH [Jewish prophet] and 
MELGIBSON [anti-Semite]
AGNUS Dei [Latin prayer] and 
STIVES [children’s rhyme]
RATING:  
Three grins = Excellent: Loved it; Two grins = Good: Enjoyed it; One grin = Satisfactory: A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Unsatisfying: No fun