Theme: Joltin' Joe - A puzzle about Joe on his 100th birthday.
18. 1967 song that asks, "Where have you gone, 60-Across?" : MRS. ROBINSON
24. Nickname for 60-Across, with "The" : YANKEE CLIPPER. He played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees.
36. With 39- and 40-Across, length of 60-Across' record hitting streak : FIFTY, 39A. : SIX. 40A. : GAMES
52. 60-Across eloped with her in 1954 : MARILYN MONROE
60. Sports great born 11/25/1914 : JOE DIMAGGIO
Argyle here. I like there is little to take away from the theme. Web Site
Across:
1. Japanese yes : HAI
4. "Get lost, kitty!" : "SCAT!":
8. "The Taking of __ 1 2 3" : PELHAM
14. Suffix with heir : ESS. Heiress.
15. Word after "take it" or before "does it" : EASY
16. Bring into being : CREATE
17. Org. with Red Wings and Blue Jackets : NHL. Hockey
20. Some HDTVs : RCAs
22. When repeated, belittle : POOH. "Oh, bother!"
23. Dutch cheeses : EDAMs
27. Obliged to pay : IN DEBT
28. Industry leaders : BARONS
31. Egg-hiding times : EASTERS
35. Heavy Brit. reference set : OED. (Oxford English Dictionary)
42. Man-mouse connector : OR A
43. Solar phenomenon : SUNSPOT
45. Ice cream seller : PARLOR
48. Freeway no-nos : U-TURNS
56. Rep. and Dem., e.g. : ABBRs. (abbreviations)
58. Sticky substance : GOOP
59. Whence an icicle may hang : EAVE
63. Pro __: for now : TEM
64. Actress Dahl : ARLENE
65. New Rochelle college : IONA
66. Dir. from Fort Worth, Tex. to Fort Lee, N.J. : ENE
67. Undergrounds : METROs
68. NCO rank : SSGT
69. Allowance dispenser, often : DAD. The human ATM.
Down:
1. 12th-century English king : HENRY I
2. Rubbish barrel : ASHCAN
3. Cuba, for one : ISLAND
4. Sch. term : SEM. (semester)
5. Completely covers : CARPETS
6. Part of NCAA: Abbr. : ASSOC. (association)
7. Innsbruck's state : TYROL
8. Banned chem. contaminant : PCB
9. Port SW of Buffalo, N.Y. : ERIE PA. How's that, Abejo?
10. Mortgage provider : LENDER
11. Is staying overnight (at) : HAS A ROOM
12. Bit of matter : ATOM
13. Clothing department : MEN'S
19. "__ wouldn't say that!" : OH, I
21. Sport invented by hunters : SKEET
25. Site for cyberbidders : EBAY
26. "Downton Abbey" airer : PBS
29. Originally named : NÉE
30. Radical '60s gp. : SDS. (Students for a Democratic Society)
32. Volunteer State sch. : TSU. (Tennessee State University)
33. "Ich bin __ Berliner": JFK : EIN
34. MD's orders : RXs
36. Dandy : FOP
37. 401(k) kin, briefly : IRA
38. Agricultural region : FARM BELT
40. Attend : GO TO
41. Carry __: sing on key : A TUNE
43. Hindu honorific : SRI
44. Action at a well : PUMPING
46. Refrigerator predecessor : LARDER
47. "Twelfth Night" duke : ORSINO. More or less known than Blixen?
49. Not for kids, filmwise : R RATED
50. Nine-day prayer ritual : NOVENA
51. Appeared to be : SEEMED
53. NYC airport : LGA. (LaGuardia)
54. Bear and Berra : YOGIs. Cute.
55. Scrapped missions : NO GOs
56. In __: stuck : A JAM
57. Tiresome sort : BORE
61. Month, in Madrid : MES
62. __ bran : OAT
Argyle
