Theme: If It's Tuesday, This Must Be ... - some European city.
20A. 1666 conflagration that destroyed St. Paul's Cathedral: FIRE OF LONDON. Capital of England.
28A. Raphael fresco depicting Greek philosophers, with "The": SCHOOL OF ATHENS. Capital of Greece
48A. Gypsum used for casts: PLASTER OF PARIS. France's capital.
54A. Pope: BISHOP OF ROME. Italy’s capital.
Argyle here. I say, what a capital idea for a puzzle. Michael hasn't had a puzzle here for over a year. I hope he doesn't stay a stranger.
Across:
1. Daily bread?: WAGE
5. Convenient bag: TOTE
9. Flower that's a Buddhist symbol of purity: LOTUS
14. Unattributed, as a quote: Abbr.: ANON
15. Prof.'s employer: UNIV.
16. Stupefy: AMAZE
17. Checkout line unit: ITEM
18. Actress Russo: RENE
19. Words to live by: MAXIM
23. Military abbr. on a Beatles album: SGT. Pepper.
24. NYC subway line: IRT. (Interborough Rapid Transit)
25. Pup squeak: [YIP!]
33. "__-ching!": CHA
34. Venison source: DEER
35. Sunny feeling: WARMTH
36. Seventh-day activity, in the Bible: REST
38. __ Gone: gunk-cleaning product: GOO
40. Repeated Doris Day song word: SERA. 'Que Sera, Sera'. 'Whatever will be, will be'
41. Gave the slip: ELUDED
44. Indian bread: NAAN
47. At this moment: NOW
51. Subj. for immigrants: ESL. (English as a second language)
52. Color gradation: HUE
53. Coastal inlet: RIA
60. Complete chaos: HAVOC
63. Each: A POP
64. Rapper whose name sounds like a drink: ICE T
65. Plato's marketplace: AGORA
66. Fodder storage tower: SILO
67. Not this: THAT
68. Wooden peg: DOWEL
69. Informal greetings: HEYs
70. "Star Wars" guru: YODA
Down:
1. Many a Dickens child: WAIF and maybe 46D. Innocent soul: NAIF
2. Prefix with social: ANTI
3. Suffix with party: GOER. An antisocial partygoer sounds like a fun sponge.
4. Catch in a net: ENMESH
5. Sports injury on an artificial surface: TURF TOE
6. First-year law student: ONE L
7. Former Yankee slugger Martinez: TINO
8. Should it arise that: EVEN IF
9. De Niro's "Raging Bull" role: LAMOTTA. Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta, middleweight champion boxer.
10. Arabian Peninsula nation: OMAN. Khasab Fort.
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11. Payroll deduction: TAX
12. Action film weapon: UZI
13. College yr. division: SEM. (semester)
21. Prayer opener: "O, GOD ... "
22. Sketch: DRAW
25. Native of Sana'a: YEMENI
26. Emcees' duties: INTROs
27. "Horsefeathers!": "PSHAW!"
28. Beachcomber's finds: SHELLS
29. Like some Friday work attire: CASUAL
30. Meet portion, or portion of meat: LEG. One LEG of a relay race at a track meet.
31. Maine college town: ORONO
32. Store posting: Abbr.: HRs. (hours)
33. Parisian pancake: CRÊPE
37. NFL six-pointers: TDs. (touchdowns)
39. Dolt: OAF
42. Virtuous: ETHICAL
43. Latin god: DEUS
45. At just the right time: APROPOS
49. Go over again: REHASH
50. Uncommon thing: RARITY
54. Droning lecture, e.g.: BORE
55. Freckled boy of old TV: OPIE. Little Ronnie Howard.
56. Roly-__: POLY
57. Eight, in Ecuador: OCHO
58. Renaissance faire quaff: MEAD. Fermented honey.
59. Jazzy James: ETTA. Something different.
60. "I've been __!": HAD
61. Back in time: AGO
62. Pledge: VOW
Argyle
