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Nov 10, 2014

Monday, November 10, 2014 Teresa Colby

Theme: "The Visit" - Hi. Come in. Stay awhile. You have to go? So long.

20A. Taking the top spot : COMING IN FIRST

38A. With 40-Across, remaining focused : STAYING and 40A. See 38-Across : ON POINT

54A. Betting it all : GOING FOR BROKE

53A. Parting words, perhaps after the visit suggested by the starts of 20-, 38-/40- and 54-Across : "SEE YA!"

Argyle here with a new constructor. A good debut puzzle. The reveal may not have been needed but is a nice touch. And that's no lie.

Across:

1. Digital periodical, briefly : eMAG

5. Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYSTem

9. Comics title character who married Irving : CATHY

14. Kitchen floor covering, in Kent : LINO. (short for linoleum)

15. __ Ness monster : LOCH

16. Earth pigment : OCHER

17. Sooner State city : ENID

18. Architectural S-curve : OGEE

19. Rays of light : BEAMS

23. Roman fountain : TREVI

24. Volcano in Sicily : ETNA

25. "What's happenin'?" : "'SUP?"

28. In the least favorable case : AT WORST

31. Brit's "Bye-bye" : "TATA"

32. Cleopatra's undoing : ASP

35. Slim and muscular : WIRY

36. Annie with a gun : OAKLEY

41. Gold purity measures : KARATS

42. Brother of Cain : ABEL

43. Item in a P.O. box : ENVelope

44. This, in Seville : ESTO

45. Fed up with : TIRED OF

48. For what reason : WHY

49. Capricorn's animal : GOAT

50. Creates : MAKES

58. "Hot corner" base : THIRD. (baseball)

60. Cowboys quarterback Tony : ROMO. (football)

61. R&B singer India.__ : ARIE



62. Exposed : BARED

63. Explorer __ the Red : ERIC. Leif's old man.

64. Reject as false : DENY

65. Brass or bronze : ALLOY

66. CPR pros : EMTs

67. It's a long story : SAGA

Down:

1. Put into office : ELECT

2. Insignificant : MINOR

3. Japanese cartoon style : ANIME

4. Premium chocolate brand : GODIVA

5. Walk laboriously, as through mud : SLOG

6. Quotable Berra : YOGI

7. The stuff of many postcard photos : SCENERY

8. Burglaries : THEFTS

9. Hooded snake : COBRA

10. King beaters : ACES

11. "It's not true!" : "THAT'S A LIE!"

12. Pants bottom : HEM

13. Decade tenths: Abbr. : YRs

21. Knucklehead : NITWIT

22. Chanted : INTONED

26. Sch. with a Chattanooga campus : UTENN. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The picture is of Chattanooga, home to UTC, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

27. Subscription-based home entertainment : PAY TV

29. Churchill of the United Kingdom : WINSTON

30. Charity's URL ending : .ORG

31. Fight stopper, for short : TKO. (Technical KnockOut)

32. Cockeyed : ASKEW

33. Hidden supply : STASH

34. Free-spirited socializer : PARTY GIRL

37. Poise : APLOMB

39. Former NBA center __ Ming : YAO

40. U.K. award : OBE. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

42. Painting or sculpture : ART FORM

46. "No argument from me" : "I AGREE"

47. Electrical capacitance units : FARADs. The farad (symbol: F) is the SI derived unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge. It is named after the English physicist Michael Faraday. ~ Wiki

49. Dizzy with delight : GIDDY

51. Divided country : KOREA

52. Barely managing, with "out" : EKING

55. Twistable cookie : OREO

56. Fail to mention : OMIT

57. Mythical birds : ROCs

58. TV schedule abbr. : TBA. (to be announced)

59. Actor Holbrook : HAL




Argyle

Notes from C.C.:

1) Happy Birthday to Buckeye Bob, who was very active on the blog until a few months ago.  Bob did not reply my last email, so I'm quite concerned. Hope it's not health issue.

2) Happy 68th birthday to Gary's wife Joann & her twin sister as well!


 Left to Right: Boomer, Gary, C.C. & Joann