Theme: Don't Touch That Dial! Each theme answer is a made-up two word phrase using the names of two television shows.
17A. Family line of bar makers? : SOAP DYNASTY
24A. Windfall of chicken pieces? : WINGS BONANZA
37A. Glasgow girl under a spell? : BEWITCHED LASSIE
47A. Frat guy with a spatula? : HOUSE FLIPPER
58A. Unwanted grass at the Cotton Bowl? : DALLAS WEEDS
These kinds of themes take some extra creativity, and must be pretty challenging to clue. I don't watch much tv, but knew of all these shows. Except for House and Weeds, all are older shows. Appears to be Frank Virzi's debut LA Times puzzle.
Melissa here, late work night, rushing this out with no links.
Across
1. Note for a soprano : HIGH C. The C two octaves above Middle C.
6. Puts away : JAILS
11. Jet or time follower : LAG
14. Heart chambers : ATRIA
15. __ vincit amor : OMNIA. Latin for "love conquers all."
16. Dander : IRE
19. "Wheel of Fortune" request : AN E. I'd like to buy a vowel.
20. Huge amount : TON
21. Malamute and mastiff : DOGS. So simple.
22. "The Road to Wealth" author : ORMAN. Suze.
27. Four-time Masters winner, familiarly : ARNIE. Arnold Palmer. Wikipedia says he was the first star of golf's television age, which began in the 1950s. He is part of "The Big Three" in golf along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player who are widely credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world.
30. Cockamamie : INANE. I want to see cockamamie in a puzzle sometime.
31. Vichyssoise veggie : LEEK. Soup made with potatoes, leeks, cream and stock.
32. Lloyd or Paul of Cooperstown : WANER. Brothers who both played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
34. Teachers College advanced deg. : Ed.D. Doctor of Education degree. Bill Cosby earned his from the University of Massachusetts. For his doctoral research, he wrote a dissertation entitled, "An Integration of the Visual Media Via 'Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids' Into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning".
41. Pitches between innings? : ADS. Great clue.
42. Clod choppers : HOERS. Cute. You chop dirt clods with a hoe.
43. Source of Davy Crockett's cap : COON
44. City on the Aar : BERNE
46. Slugger Ramirez : MANNY
52. Angiogram image : AORTA
53. Like San Francisco's Coit Tower : DECO. Déjà vu.
54. Google Earth image : MAP
57. Popular ending? : IZE. Popularize. Alright then.
62. Celestial Seasonings product : TEA. I like Bengal Spice.
63. Hot coal : EMBER
64. Bunsen burner cousins : ETNAS
65. Terre Haute sch. : ISU
66. They may be French : DOORS. Kisses wouldn't fit.
67. Reservations : DOUBT. Nice misdirection.
Down
1. "... why __ thou forsaken me?": Matthew : HAST. Words uttered by Jesus Christ from the cross in the book of Matthew. Prophesied in Psalm 22.
2. "Am __ strict?" : I TOO. This seems odd, is it a phrase you hear often?
3. Nana : GRAN. Wanted Gram.
4. With it : HIP
5. Links assistant : CADDIE. Lots of them running around where i work.
6. Mah-__ : JONGG
7. Build up : AMASS
8. __ and outs: peculiarities : INS
9. Blotto : LIT. Slang for drunk. Slammed, smashed, plastered, hammered, sloshed. Just a little toasty is enough for me.
10. Michener novel set in Japan : SAYONARA. My favorite Michener is Centennial. How about you?
11. "Michael Collins" star : LIAM NEESON. Never saw it.
12. Desilu co-founder : ARNAZ. Desi.
13. Davis of "A League of Their Own" : GEENA
18. "Who touches a hair of __ gray head ...": Whittier : YON. Seems a bit obscure to me, this is a line from the poem Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). About Frietchie, a Unionist during the Civil War.
23. Campaigned : RAN
24. Collaborative Web site : WIKI. A Hawaiian word for "fast."
25. Tight spots : BINDS
26. Turow work set at Harvard : ONE-L
27. Goya's "Duchess of __" : ALBA. A departure from the usual Jessica clue.
28. Pond plant : REED
29. Reuters, e.g. : NEWS BUREAU
32. Big shot : WHEEL
33. Cousin of atmo- : AER
35. "Runaround Sue" singer : DION
36. Say no to : DENY
38. Like some machinery nuts : THREADED
39. Part of NFC: Abbr. : CONF. National Football Conference.
40. Fight memento : SCAR
45. Me. hours : EST. Maine - Eastern Standard Time.
46. Sounded like a Siamese : MEOWED.
47. Greater Antilles nation : HAITI
48. Percolates : OOZES. Percolate - Filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.
49. Lazybones : IDLER
50. Orchard fruit : PEARS
51. IBM products : PC'S
54. Maître d's offering : MENU
55. Not much at all : A DAB. A dab'll do ya.
56. Soft "Hey!" : PSST. I'd recognize my mom's pssst from across the room.
59. Latin 101 verb : AMO
60. Wall St. action : LBO. Leveraged Buyout. The acquisition of another company using a significant amount of borrowed money (bonds or loans) to meet the cost of acquisition.
61. 1940s mil. venue : ETO
Melissa
