Monday, May 16, 2016 Vivian O. Collins

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17A. 1987 Cher film : MOONSTRUCK

64A. 1945 Ingrid Bergman film : SPELLBOUND

10D. 2005 Nicole Kidman film : BEWITCHED

37D. 2007 Amy Adams film : ENCHANTED

Argyle not all here. No reveal Monday. A LAT debut constructor but not her first puzzle by any means. I felt this pinwheel grid was a nice fit. Film at eleven.

Across:

1. Vehicles with meters : CABS

5. Give the heave-ho : EJECT

10. Fishhook point : BARB

14. Fabled monster : OGRE

15. South Pacific island studied by Margaret Mead : SAMOA

16. Olympic sword : EPEE

19. Refuses to : WON'T

20. Plain text : PROSE

21. Sophocles character for whom a Freudian complex is named : OEDIPUS

23. Lack of variety : SAMENESS

27. Trail mix tidbit : NUT

28. Gradually become narrower : TAPER

30. Group of eight : OCTET

34. Time co-founder Henry : LUCE

38. Track events : RACES

40. Put on the payroll : HIRE

41. Tehran's country : IRAN

42. Armistice : TRUCE

43. Ireland, to an Irish poet : ERIN crossed by 32D. New York border lake : ERIE

44. Painter Chagall : MARC. Paris par la fenêtre

Guggenheim Museum, NYC

45. New Testament king : HEROD

46. Monopoly card with mortgage values : DEED

47. __-Bits: letter-shaped cereal : ALPHA

49. Leaf under a petal : SEPAL

51. Escort's offering : ARM

53. Great energy : DYNAMISM. A legitimate words.

58. Capital of Lithuania : VILNIUS

62. Latest craze : MANIA

63. Tinker with text : EDIT

68. "What __ could I do?" : ELSE

69. Spine-tingling : EERIE

70. Latvian capital : RIGA

food market

71. Collecting Soc. Sec., maybe : RET'D

72. Threaded fastener : SCREW

73. Tabloid twosome : ITEM

Down:

1. Free tickets, say : COMPS. (complimentary)

2. Marketplace of ancient Greece : AGORA. Agoraphobia - "fear of the marketplace".

3. Dustpan go-with : BROOM

4. Good judgment : SENSE

5. Fla. clock setting : EST. (Eastern Standard Time)

6. Cookie container : JAR

It's never seen a cookie!

7. Outback bird : EMU. Not Tweety.

8. Chanel of fashion : COCO

9. Spoken for : TAKEN

11. For each one : A POP

12. Eye care brand : RENU

13. "All __ are off" : BETS

18. Telegraphed : SENT

22. Batman and Robin, e.g. : DUO

24. Word before or after "mother" : EARTH

25. Shows mercy : SPARES

26. Assured payment of, as a loan : SECURED

29. Duplicate again : RECOPY

31. Michelin product : TIRE

33. Watch over, as sheep : TEND

34. Peru's capital : LIMA

Nightlife

35. River to the Caspian : URAL

36. Bellyache : CARP. It could have been fish in 35-Down.

39. Family car : SEDAN

48. Tycoon Onassis : ARI

50. Sheepish youngster? : LAMB

52. Inspiration sources : MUSES

54. New Zealand native : MAORI

A strange pairing, 54 and 55.

55. Arctic dweller : INUIT

56. Burn slightly : SINGE

57. Respectful address : MADAM

58. Zig or zag : VEER

59. On a break : IDLE

60. Enumerate : LIST

61. On __: without a contract : SPEC. (on speculation)

65. Flub a line, say : ERR

66. Golf ball position : LIE

67. __ Alcindor: Kareem, formerly : LEW. Basketball. The man has his own web site: kareemabduljabbar.com.

Argyle

Note from C.C.:


Melissa and I had BILBAO in our puzzle yesterday. It turns out JD and her husband Bob were there before. Here are two pictures.