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Jun 21, 2010

Monday June 21, 2010 Gareth Bain

Theme: Should Have Used Cold Water - Three common phrases, the first word of which describes what can happen to clothes, and a unifier of when this happens.

17A. *Losing ground quickly: FADING FAST.

25A. *Seeking a municipal office: RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

46A. *Extreme introvert: SHRINKING VIOLET.

59A. When the accidents at the starts of the answers to starred clues are apt to occur: LAUNDRY DAY.

Argyle here with a Gareth Bain Monday.

Not bad. Two grid spanning entries, unusual for a Monday but easily attainable. A nice mix of old and new.

Across:

1A. Lost in a good book, say: RAPT.

5A. __ prof.: ASST..

9A. Attacker of seals: ORCA. Also, polar bear, up north.

13A. Length times width: AREA.

14A. In the freezer: ON ICE.

15A. Blockhead: FOOL.

16A. Jagger of the Stones: MICK.

19A. Farmer in a '40s-'50s film series: PA KETTLE. Rural comedy featuring 29D. Bumpkin: YOKEL.

21A. Golfer Els: ERNIE. He finished alone in third in the Open.

22A. Nabisco cookie: OREO.

23A. None: ZERO.

32A. Disney toon who traded her voice for legs: ARIEL. From Disney's "The Little Mermaid".

33A. Astronomical time span: EON.

34A. TV's kid explorer: DORA. Very big in product endorsements; "Dora the Explorer" everything!

35A. "The __ is up!": JIG.

36A. Southern Calif. daily: LA TIMES. Right there in the center (gotta help catch the editor's attention).

40A. The Sunflower St.: KAN..

41A. Poker "bullets": ACES.

43A. Hearty holiday quaff: NOG.

44A. Letter before iota: THETA. Greek to me.

50A. Color akin to aqua: TEAL.

51A. "Auld __ Syne": LANG.

52A. Knock out: FLOOR.

55A. Notified: SENT WORD.

62A. Atlas section: ASIA.

63A. __-skid brakes: ANTI.

64A. Whirlpool brand: AMANA.

65A. Dalmatian, e.g.: SLAV. Dalmatia, a region mainly in the southern part of modern Croatia. Map

66A. Gone by: PAST.

67A. Shaggy Tibetan beasts: YAKS. LOL Thought of Yeti first.

68A. Inedible doughnut part?: HOLE. So why can you buy them?

Down:

1D. Knievel prop: RAMP. For jumping his motorcycle.

2D. Diva's solo: ARIA.

3D. Chaste kiss: PECK.

4D. Offer from a flier distributor: "TAKE ONE".

5D. Like old television signals: ANALOG.

6D. Fries, e.g.: SIDE.

7D. __-fi: SCI.

8D. Hamilton is on it: TEN. Scott Hamilton is ON ICE.

9D. Designed for rough terrain: OFF ROAD.

10D. Palomino's stablemate, perhaps: ROAN. Two horses named for their coloring.

11D. Mozart's "__ fan tutte": COSI. Literally "Thus do all (women")." We had it on Sunday, June 6.

12D. Old, to Oskar: ALTE. German

14D. Time and again: OFTEN.

18D. Idea's start: GERM.

20D. Coloratura's vocal effect: TRILL. Wikipedia article. Probably the toughest entry today, for me at least.

23D. Camera function: ZOOM.

24D. Seaside flier: ERNE.

25D. Indian princes: RAJAS.

26D. Robert of "Spenser: For Hire": URICH. TV detective series set in Boston. Robert Urich He died in 2002.

27D. African river or country: NIGER. Map

28D. Pretend: FEIGN.

30D. Spout speeches: ORATE.

31D. Charged: RAN AT.

37D. "(You're) Having My Baby" songwriter: ANKA. Paul Anka, singer/songwriter.

38D. Hard work: TOIL.

39D. Time in the Army, e.g.: STINT.

42D. "Happy Days" catchphrase: "SIT ON IT!". The "Welcome Back, Kotter" catchphrase was...?

45D. Bunk: HOGWASH.

47D. Jock's antithesis: NERD.

48D. Learns bit by bit: GLEANS.

49D. Chekhov title uncle: VANYA. "Uncle Vanya", a play (1897) by Anton Chekhov. " ... just life, played out over four acts..."

52D. Exercise, as wings: FLAP.

53D. Turner of "Ziegfeld Girl": LANA. A poster from the 1941 film.

54D. Exposes: OUTS.

55D. Pierre's home: Abbr.: S. DAK.. Pierre, capital of South Dakota.

56D. Norwegian capital: OSLO.

57D. Iranian capital: RIAL. First, two cities then money; did it fool anybody?

58D. "I'm sorry, __": "2001: A Space Odyssey" line: DAVE. Spoken by HAL 9000 (voiced by Douglas Rain), , the computer.

60D. Flat fish: RAY.

61D. Singer Sumac: YMA.

Answer grid.

Argyle