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Overall not too difficult, but I can see a few clues that might present a some problems.

I had no idea that 19a was a singer, and those unfamiliar with football will have a hard time getting 15a.

There is a homophone but I'm pretty sure it will be uncontentious.

I still unsure how 6a, 9a, 15a and 19d are parsed but I'll keep looking and hope for a moment of inspiration.

COD 4d - short and sweet:-)

Thanks Everyman.

Hi Brendan,

I found this one easier than last week's Everyman.

I agree re 19a but it was my COD together with 16a.

6a - if you google the answer without the hyphen the parsing will become clear. I don't understand why the hyphen is there at all.

9a - homophones of synonyms I think. The third word requires some thinking.

Fortunately I am a football fan so 15a answer was doable although I don't get the parsing fully. I get the malice reference but not the calm part.

19d - consider the first two letters of the second word in isolation and the parsing should become clear.

Hi Matador,

In 15a I got mixed up thinking that "evil" was the "malice" synonym, but it's "ill" which leaves a 4 letter word for "calm" reversed.

In 6a I still don't understand the "prison term" reference, and I'm no closer to parsing 19d. For 9a I get the first part but it's the "limitless mass" homophone I can't see.

I'm still puzzled as to why Everyman refers to 19a as a singer - perhaps someone will explain it later.

I did like 16a and on another day it could easily have been my COD.

It seems that in West Side Story, the studio got a soprano called Marni Nixon to sing all 19a's parts, and they kept it secret from her!

In 6a, if you add the letter g after the first two letters, it is a slang term for jail.
Apparently, 19a sang in a few movies too, in her original voice.

I thought it was easier than usual. For once I am not asking for help. My wife is certain that Natalie Wood was not a singer (she knows these musical things) and living since 1968 in Washington Dc I had to Google confirmation of the 'two footballers' answer.
I sometimes wish that setters would realize they are setting for an international audience and Brit sport clues and television series clues give us long-time expatriates and Aussies and New Zealanders great difficulty.
Last check we are up to 311 deaths here in DC--80 percent African Americans.

In 9d, first two letters are for nary, next two letters are for laugh, and the last three letters are for ‘for a’.

Sorry I meant 19d.

Hi Mathi, hi Dscutler,

Good to hear from you both. Dscutler, I'll bow to your wife's knowledge on Ms Wood, I wonder if it should have read "actor" in place of "singer". It seems she didn't sing in those movies even though she thought she did, it was Mari Nixon, at least in two of them.

I get the parsing for 6a I was just puzzled by the use of "term" after 'prison', indicating it was a period of time, but my mistake.

That's quite a convoluted parse for 19d, especially compared to the rest of the clues.

That's a high death toll in DC and I had heard that the death rate was disproportionately high among African Americans and the obese.

I thought this was a great Everyman albeit fairly straightforward.

3d is a brilliant anagram, 16a is witty with a really inventive use of the “primarily” convention.