Theme: DC COMICS - (60A. "Superman" publisher, and this puzzle's title) - The four comics in the theme have the initials "D C".
17A. "Vicious Circle" stand-up guy: DANE COOK. Dane Cook: Vicious Circle was a live stand-up comedy special performed for HBO written and produced by Dane Cook. Nine minute censored clip from his show. He has also done movies, Good Luck Chuck, and comedy albums.
25A. Stand-up guy who played Tobias Fünke on "Arrested Development": DAVID CROSS. Arrested Development was a sitcom on Fox. A lot of sexual innuendos in this clip.
36A. Stand-up guy with his own sitcom, 1995-2004: DREW CAREY. Full intro clip.
51A. Stand-up guy with multiple "SNL" personas: DANA CARVEY. A clip from the Tonight show.
Argyle here with a new constructor... or is it. We believe Merideth Ito is a new Rich Norris anagram, "I'm the editor". C.C. said the grid with just one break down the sides & columns of triple 7s in each corner is very Rich-like. The theme entries are rather short, which makes those 7s possible.
Whoever's puzzle it is they did good. I just noticed EPIC ROCK under DC COMICS. Cool!
Across:
1. See 4-Across : RIG
4. With 1-Across, fix à la MacGyver : JURY
8. "__ Bovary" : MADAME. Gustave Flaubert's first published novel (1856) and is considered his masterpiece.
14. Suffix with stamp : EDE.
15. "Lonely Boy" singer : ANKA
16. Hypothetical primate : APEMAN. Enough Anka, some Kinks instead. Clip.
19. Explosion sound : "KABOOM!"
20. Spiral-shelled mollusk : WHELK. Image.
21. Uncover, in verse : OPE
23. River inlet : RIA
24. Whit or bit : IOTA
29. Carpenter's fastener : NAIL GUN
31. Regis and Kelly, e.g. : CO-HOSTS. Morning TV.
32. Big initials in nutritional supplements : GNC. General Nutrition Centers or GNC is a Pittsburgh based commercial enterprise focused on the retail sale of health and nutrition related products.
33. Hot day coolers : ADEs
35. Clear the chalkboard : ERASE
39. Horrendous : AWFUL
42. NYSE debuts : IPOs. The New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) and initial public offering(IPO) (when a company, the issuer, offers common stock or shares to the public for the first time.)
43. Enzyme suffix : ASE
46. Predicting a market decline : BEARISH
49. Husky, e.g. : SLEDDOG
53. Start from scratch : REDO. Although you could start from scratch the first time, too.
54. The Trojans of the Pac-10 : USC. The football team of University of Southern California.
55. Luggage-screening gp. : TSA. Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security.
56. __ Lama : DALAI
57. Platitude : CLICHE
63. Little laugh : TEE-HEE
64. Large-scale work : EPIC
65. Rebellious Turner : NAT. He led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831.
66. Iraqi neighbor : SYRIAN
67. Loser to paper and winner over scissors : ROCK. A hand game is often used as a selection method, similar to coin toss, drawing straws, or throwing dice. Simpson clip.
68. USN rank : ENS. Ensign, a junior rank of commissioned navel officer.
Down:
1. Joe Louis Arena hockey player : RED WING
2. Pocatello resident : IDAHOAN. The county seat and fourth-largest city, largest city of Bannock County, and is in the southeastern part of Idaho.
3. Like some fingerprints : GENETIC
4. Tire-changing aid : JACK
5. Game with Draw Two cards : UNO. Fun for all ages.
6. "King Kong" studio : RKO. RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures was one of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.
7. Comedian Smirnoff : YAKOV. Catch phrase, "What a country!"
8. Just about manage : MAKE DO
9. Therapists' org. : APA. American Psychiatric Association or American Psychoanalytic Association or American Psychological Association?
10. Society newcomer : DEB
11. Loving, to Luisa : AMOROSA. Luisa is a female name of German origin (from Ludwig) which means "glorious warrior". Luisa is the Italian form of the French "Louise".
12. "Little Red Book" adherents : MAOISTS. Chinese, mostly.
13. How stadium crowds move : EN MASSE
18. Mideast carrier : EL AL. Israeli.
22. Photo : PIC
25. "Bro!" : "DUDE!"
26. From the start : ANEW
27. Word preceding a 22-Down : "CHEESE!"
28. Golfer Sabbatini : RORY. South African professional golfer. His last PGA Tour title was the HP Byron Nelson Championship in May 2009, his fifth tour title. The young Rory McIlroy is probably more well-known.
30. Marinara clove : GARLIC
34. Lab subj. : SCI. Science lab.
36. Commercial battery prefix with "cell" : DURA. Image.
37. Semicircular recess : APSE. To be found in churches.
38. __-poly : ROLY. "Ho, ho, ho!"
39. Kidnaps : ABDUCTS
40. Potter's friend Ron : WEASLEY. Harry Potter.
41. More decorative : FANCIER
43. "Sweet" girl in a barbershop song : ADELINE. Sweet Adeline by The Mills Brothers (1939).
44. Recycled item : SODA CAN
45. Ones with I-strain? : EGOISTS
47. Glossy fabric : SATEEN. A cotton fabric with a luster resembling that of satin.
48. Noon and midnight: Abbr. : HRs.
50. Wee weight : DRAM. A pour, right Tinbeni?
52. Skywalker's nemesis : VADER. Star Wars.
56. Pier : DOCK
58. T'ai __ : CHI. "Supreme ultimate fist", "boundless fist", "great extremes boxing", or simply "the ultimate".
59. "Isn't __ riot?!": "Funny guy!" : HE A. A comment on today's puzzle?
61. Naval noncom: Abbr. : CPO. Chief Petty Officer
62. Pres. title : CIC. Commander in Chief (of the military services).
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A. "Vicious Circle" stand-up guy: DANE COOK. Dane Cook: Vicious Circle was a live stand-up comedy special performed for HBO written and produced by Dane Cook. Nine minute censored clip from his show. He has also done movies, Good Luck Chuck, and comedy albums.
25A. Stand-up guy who played Tobias Fünke on "Arrested Development": DAVID CROSS. Arrested Development was a sitcom on Fox. A lot of sexual innuendos in this clip.
36A. Stand-up guy with his own sitcom, 1995-2004: DREW CAREY. Full intro clip.
51A. Stand-up guy with multiple "SNL" personas: DANA CARVEY. A clip from the Tonight show.
Argyle here with a new constructor... or is it. We believe Merideth Ito is a new Rich Norris anagram, "I'm the editor". C.C. said the grid with just one break down the sides & columns of triple 7s in each corner is very Rich-like. The theme entries are rather short, which makes those 7s possible.
Whoever's puzzle it is they did good. I just noticed EPIC ROCK under DC COMICS. Cool!
Across:
1. See 4-Across : RIG
4. With 1-Across, fix à la MacGyver : JURY
8. "__ Bovary" : MADAME. Gustave Flaubert's first published novel (1856) and is considered his masterpiece.
14. Suffix with stamp : EDE.
15. "Lonely Boy" singer : ANKA
16. Hypothetical primate : APEMAN. Enough Anka, some Kinks instead. Clip.
19. Explosion sound : "KABOOM!"
20. Spiral-shelled mollusk : WHELK. Image.
21. Uncover, in verse : OPE
23. River inlet : RIA
24. Whit or bit : IOTA
29. Carpenter's fastener : NAIL GUN
31. Regis and Kelly, e.g. : CO-HOSTS. Morning TV.
32. Big initials in nutritional supplements : GNC. General Nutrition Centers or GNC is a Pittsburgh based commercial enterprise focused on the retail sale of health and nutrition related products.
33. Hot day coolers : ADEs
35. Clear the chalkboard : ERASE
39. Horrendous : AWFUL
42. NYSE debuts : IPOs. The New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) and initial public offering(IPO) (when a company, the issuer, offers common stock or shares to the public for the first time.)
43. Enzyme suffix : ASE
46. Predicting a market decline : BEARISH
49. Husky, e.g. : SLEDDOG
53. Start from scratch : REDO. Although you could start from scratch the first time, too.
54. The Trojans of the Pac-10 : USC. The football team of University of Southern California.
55. Luggage-screening gp. : TSA. Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security.
56. __ Lama : DALAI
57. Platitude : CLICHE
63. Little laugh : TEE-HEE
64. Large-scale work : EPIC
65. Rebellious Turner : NAT. He led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831.
66. Iraqi neighbor : SYRIAN
67. Loser to paper and winner over scissors : ROCK. A hand game is often used as a selection method, similar to coin toss, drawing straws, or throwing dice. Simpson clip.
68. USN rank : ENS. Ensign, a junior rank of commissioned navel officer.
Down:
1. Joe Louis Arena hockey player : RED WING
2. Pocatello resident : IDAHOAN. The county seat and fourth-largest city, largest city of Bannock County, and is in the southeastern part of Idaho.
3. Like some fingerprints : GENETIC
4. Tire-changing aid : JACK
5. Game with Draw Two cards : UNO. Fun for all ages.
6. "King Kong" studio : RKO. RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures was one of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.
7. Comedian Smirnoff : YAKOV. Catch phrase, "What a country!"
8. Just about manage : MAKE DO
9. Therapists' org. : APA. American Psychiatric Association or American Psychoanalytic Association or American Psychological Association?
10. Society newcomer : DEB
11. Loving, to Luisa : AMOROSA. Luisa is a female name of German origin (from Ludwig) which means "glorious warrior". Luisa is the Italian form of the French "Louise".
12. "Little Red Book" adherents : MAOISTS. Chinese, mostly.
13. How stadium crowds move : EN MASSE
18. Mideast carrier : EL AL. Israeli.
22. Photo : PIC
25. "Bro!" : "DUDE!"
26. From the start : ANEW
27. Word preceding a 22-Down : "CHEESE!"
28. Golfer Sabbatini : RORY. South African professional golfer. His last PGA Tour title was the HP Byron Nelson Championship in May 2009, his fifth tour title. The young Rory McIlroy is probably more well-known.
30. Marinara clove : GARLIC
34. Lab subj. : SCI. Science lab.
36. Commercial battery prefix with "cell" : DURA. Image.
37. Semicircular recess : APSE. To be found in churches.
38. __-poly : ROLY. "Ho, ho, ho!"
39. Kidnaps : ABDUCTS
40. Potter's friend Ron : WEASLEY. Harry Potter.
41. More decorative : FANCIER
43. "Sweet" girl in a barbershop song : ADELINE. Sweet Adeline by The Mills Brothers (1939).
44. Recycled item : SODA CAN
45. Ones with I-strain? : EGOISTS
47. Glossy fabric : SATEEN. A cotton fabric with a luster resembling that of satin.
48. Noon and midnight: Abbr. : HRs.
50. Wee weight : DRAM. A pour, right Tinbeni?
52. Skywalker's nemesis : VADER. Star Wars.
56. Pier : DOCK
58. T'ai __ : CHI. "Supreme ultimate fist", "boundless fist", "great extremes boxing", or simply "the ultimate".
59. "Isn't __ riot?!": "Funny guy!" : HE A. A comment on today's puzzle?
61. Naval noncom: Abbr. : CPO. Chief Petty Officer
62. Pres. title : CIC. Commander in Chief (of the military services).
Answer grid.
Argyle
