Theme: Game On! - The three starred answers begin with a type of team sport ball.
20. *Page-bottom reference indicated by an asterisk : FOOTNOTE
34. *Skydiver using low-altitude starting points : BASEJUMPER
41. *Nervous wreck : BASKET CASE
54. Angels or Dodgers, and, in a way, what the first words of the answers to starred clues comprise : BALL CLUB
Argyle here on a very Monday. Patti (interview) shows us how to construct a simple Monday puzzle. A nice touch are the the two columns, each spanning two answers.
Across:
1. Mustard-colored kernels : CORN
5. Campaign ad target : VOTER
10. Best buds : PALS
14. Toward shelter, at sea : ALEE
15. Boxing venue : ARENA
16. Dr. Frankenstein's helper : IGOR
17. Musical Horne : LENA
18. Lost some color : PALED
19. Refuse to continue : QUIT
22. Exotic lizard : IGUANA
24. St. Elmo's __ : FIRE
25. Yawn inducer : BORE
26. Vowel sound in "bug" : SHORT U
29. Designer Gucci : ALDO
30. That ship : SHE
33. Junction point : NODE
37. Dickens's Heep : URIAH
39. Mom, to Auntie : SIS
40. __ bear : POLAR
44. Ecstatic review : RAVE
45. Concorde, e.g., for short : SST. (supersonic transport)
46. Crazy as a __ : LOON
47. Like a three-piece suit : VESTED
49. Supply that exceeds demand : GLUT
50. Like the Magi : WISE
51. "On the wall" beauty judge in a film classic : MIRROR. "Snow White".
58. Garfield's pal : ODIE
59. Hot under the collar : IRATE
61. Norway's capital : OSLO
62. Alternative word : ELSE
63. Like anchovies : SALTY
64. Funnyman Carvey : DANA. SNL Audition(2:22)
65. Plant's beginning : SEED
66. "__ are the times that ...": Paine : THESE. “These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” Complete text LINK.
67. State, in France : ÉTAT
Down:
1. Young cow : CALF
2. Topping in a tub : OLEO
3. Nevada gambling city : RENO
4. Compulsive tidy-upper : NEAT FREAK
5. Vicks mentholated ointment : VAPORUB®
6. Address the crowd : ORATE
7. Prefix with vision : TELE
8. WSW's opposite : ENE
9. One supplying drive-time music, briefly : RADIO DJ
10. Stimulate, as curiosity : PIQUE
11. Juanita's water : AGUA
12. Choice cut : LOIN
13. Mlle., in Mexico : SRTA.. French in Spanish.
21. Point trivially picked : NIT
23. Word after support or study : GROUP
25. Sanctify : BLESS
26. Deliberately doesn't invite : SNUBS
27. Jewish wedding dances : HORAs
28. Dedicative poet : ODIST
29. Made in Taiwan, say : ASIAN
30. Wet impact sound : SPLAT. Bug-hits-windshield sound.
31. Let out, as a sigh : HEAVE
32. Messed up : ERRED
35. Knotted neckwear : ASCOT
36. System with dots and dashes : MORSE CODE
38. "You had me at __": "Jerry Maguire" line : HELLO. (movie)
42. Camera-toting traveler, often : TOURIST
43. Curse-inducing stare : EVIL EYE
48. Immigrant's subj. : ESL. Another from Sunday's.
49. Avarice : GREED
50. Light bulb units : WATTS
51. "The Simpsons" tavern : MOE'S
52. Gathering dust : IDLE
53. Increase : RISE
54. Hayloft bundle : BALE
55. Atty.-to-be's exam : LSAT. ( Law School Admission Test)
56. Forearm bone : ULNA
57. Tub toy : BOAT
60. Stadium cheer : [RAH!]
Argyle
