Theme: A Gem of a Puzzle - To make it a little harder, the loot is divvied up between two words.
58A. Some buried treasure, or what are literally found in the answers to starred clues : HIDDEN GEMS
17A. *Ten times the seller's cost, say : HUGE MARK-UP
34A. *Green labyrinth : HEDGE MAZE
41A. *Groundbreaking desktop publishing software : PAGE MAKER. Wiki.
10D. *Fundraising receipts : PLEDGE MONEY
24D. *Child star's parent : STAGE MOTHER
Argyle here. I like the gems crossing each other in two spots. See grid. Steve gave us a pangram today with few three-letter entries and zero cheater squares. Maybe too many proper names though.
Across:
1. Word before dark or hours : AFTER
6. Black Friday event : SALE. AFTER Thanksgiving.
10. Prefix with fall : PRAT
14. Where towels are the usual attire : SAUNA
15. Nice price? : PRIX. (Nice is French this time.)
16. Rob of "Parks and Recreation" : LOWE
19. Actor McGregor : EWAN
20. "All My __ Live in Texas": George Strait song : EX's. Clip
21. Pre-A.D. : BCE. (Before the Common Era)
22. Waiters take them : ORDERS
24. Comes down hard : SLEETS. Comes down as frozen raindrops.
27. Come to terms : AGREE
28. Tin alloy : PEWTER. Certain athletic contests, such as the United States Figure Skating Championships, award pewter medals to the fourth place finishers. Per Wiki.
31. "__-ho!" : HEAVE
33. Homeric war epic : ILIAD. So not on my reading list.
38. Dynasty known for porcelain : MING
39. Sleepiness inducers : BORES
40. Draft animals : OXEN. They are giant yet docile creatures.
43. Golfer Sam : SNEAD. (Slammin' Sammy)
44. Less than zero : MINUS
45. Competes in a bee : SPELLS
46. Where dos are done : SALON
49. How the rain in Spain falls on the plain : MAINLY
51. Warning to a pest : "QUIT IT!"
53. Once named : NÉE
54. Slangy morning drink : JOE. Coffee (and another shout-out).
57. Provo's state : UTAH
62. Top-notch : A-ONE
63. Lake near Lake Ontario : ERIE
64. College big shots : DEANS
65. Ivan IV, for one : TSAR
66. "Das Kapital" author : MARX.(Karl) I think of Russia when I hear his name but he was German and died in London.
67. "The King" of golf, to fans : ARNIE (Palmer). Remember Steve's last "The King" puzzle?
Down:
1. 1968 U.S. Open champ : ASHE Tennis.
2. Imitation : FAUX. What!? No FAUX gems here.
3. Harbor towers : TUGS. They are pushers, too.
4. Hydrocarbon suffix : ENE
5. Spoke absent-mindedly : RAMBLED. What my commentary feels like today.
6. Spending outing : SPREE
7. Genesis craft : ARK
8. Actress Lucy : LIU
9. Former Montreal player : EXPO. (baseball)
11. Dinghy propeller : ROWER. How's that for tricky?
12. Conscious (of) : AWARE
13. Uptight : TENSE
18. Excellent server : ACER. Back to the usual.
23. All-night party : RAVE
25. Maria __, former queen of Hungary : THERESA
26. Passover meal : SEDER
28. MTV's "__ My Ride" : PIMP
29. Director Kazan : ELIA
30. Chicken morsel : WING
32. Justice Dept. heads : AG's. (attorney general)
34. Hooey : HOKUM
35. It may follow a Salchow : AXEL
36. Intensity : ZEAL
37. Conclusions : ENDS
39. Prohibition : BAN
42. Revealing skirt : MINI
43. Dieter's sweetener : SPLENDA
45. Dagger of yore : SNEE
46. Powerlifter's move : SQUAT
47. Roadsters, e.g. : AUTOs
48. Rainforest vine : LIANA
50. Back-of-the-book reference section : INDEX
52. The opposition : THEM
54. Stapleton who played Edith Bunker : JEAN
55. Luxury hotel : OMNI
56. In __: actually : ESSE. As opposed to "in posse": in potential
59. Nest egg letters : IRA
60. Movie set VIP : DIR.ector
61. Pol. neighbor : GER. (Poland/Germany)
Argyle
