Theme: Just a Little R AND B (55D: Music genre suitable for this puzzle's theme), not R & B
22A: Pastrami sandwich choice: RYE BREAD
27A: Mexican side dish: REFRIED BEANS
48A: Beef for a Sunday dinner: ROAST BRISKET
56A: Float soft drink: ROOT BEER
Argyle blogging.
Few stumpers to keep the tyros on their toes but a good Monday.
Across:
1A: Fastener pressed with a thumb: TACK.
4A: Be successful: GO FAR.
10A: Five-star general Bradley: OMAR. Gen. Bradley was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
14A: Had on: WORE.
15A: Cara of "Fame": IRENE. Flashdance.
17A: Monopoly token: IRON.
20A: Poem division: STANZA.
24A: Rise from the runway: TAKE OFF.
26A: Yeah's opposite: NAH.
33A: Revolutionary Guevara: CHE.
37A: Internet giant that recently fought Microsoft's hostile takeover attempt: YAHOO.
38A: 50%: HALF.
40A: Trivial, as talk: SMALL.
42A: Four-legged Oz traveler: TOTO.
43A: New York's __ Island: ELLIS.
45A: Granddaddy of digital computers: ENIAC. Short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. ENIAC was designed and built to calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.
52A: Like decades : TEN-YEAR. A span of ten years is a decade.
61A: Layers: STRATA.
63A: Model Campbell: NAOMI. Hard to find a photo where she isn't showing a lot of flesh!
65A: __ angle: obliquely: AT AN.
67A: Sci-fi robot: DROID. Short for android. Famous droids.
68A: Unlikely class president: NERD.
71A: Chicago daily, familiarly: TRIB.
Down:
1D: Chubby Checker's dance craze: TWIST.
4D: Original Easy-Bake Oven toy company: KENNER. OK, show of hands: Who had one of these ovens?
5D: Tallest animals: GIRAFFES.
6D: Bonanza rock: ORE.
10D: Break down due to lack of coolant, as an auto: OVERHEAT.
11D: Stallion's mate: MARE. Who will be Rachel Alexandra's mate?
12D: Most of Turkey is in it: ASIA.
13D: Film critic Rex: REED.
21D: "__101": Emmy- nominated Nickelodeon sitcom: ZOEY. With Jamie Lynn Spears. Umm, where have I heard that last name before?
25D: Drafter of the Constitution, e.g.: FRAMER.
28D: Persian, today: IRANI.
29D: Sign up: ENLIST.
30D: Sailor's cry: AHOY.
33D: Sonny's singing partner: CHER. The groovy couple. Feel free to link your favorite Sonny and Cher song.
39D: Skid, as a car's rear end: FISHTAIL. With the advent of front-wheel drive cars, most people don't experience fishtailing anymore.
41D: Summer cottage site: LAKESIDE.
49D: Country singer __ Lee: BRENDA.
50D: Despot: TYRANT.
53D: Peter, pumpkinwise: EATER. Peter Peter pumpkin eater / Had a wife and couldn't keep her /He put her in a pumpkin shell / And there he kept her very well!
54D: Video game pionee: ATARI.
56D: Go here and there: ROAM.
58D: Kind of agreement: ORAL.
60D: Corner chess piece: ROOK. Or castle.
64D: Part of MP: Abbr.: MIL. MILitary Police.
Grid answer.
Argyle
22A: Pastrami sandwich choice: RYE BREAD
27A: Mexican side dish: REFRIED BEANS
48A: Beef for a Sunday dinner: ROAST BRISKET
56A: Float soft drink: ROOT BEER
Argyle blogging.
Few stumpers to keep the tyros on their toes but a good Monday.
Across:
1A: Fastener pressed with a thumb: TACK.
4A: Be successful: GO FAR.
10A: Five-star general Bradley: OMAR. Gen. Bradley was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
14A: Had on: WORE.
15A: Cara of "Fame": IRENE. Flashdance.
17A: Monopoly token: IRON.
20A: Poem division: STANZA.
24A: Rise from the runway: TAKE OFF.
26A: Yeah's opposite: NAH.
33A: Revolutionary Guevara: CHE.
37A: Internet giant that recently fought Microsoft's hostile takeover attempt: YAHOO.
38A: 50%: HALF.
40A: Trivial, as talk: SMALL.
42A: Four-legged Oz traveler: TOTO.
43A: New York's __ Island: ELLIS.
45A: Granddaddy of digital computers: ENIAC. Short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. ENIAC was designed and built to calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.
52A: Like decades : TEN-YEAR. A span of ten years is a decade.
61A: Layers: STRATA.
63A: Model Campbell: NAOMI. Hard to find a photo where she isn't showing a lot of flesh!
65A: __ angle: obliquely: AT AN.
67A: Sci-fi robot: DROID. Short for android. Famous droids.
68A: Unlikely class president: NERD.
71A: Chicago daily, familiarly: TRIB.
Down:
1D: Chubby Checker's dance craze: TWIST.
4D: Original Easy-Bake Oven toy company: KENNER. OK, show of hands: Who had one of these ovens?
5D: Tallest animals: GIRAFFES.
6D: Bonanza rock: ORE.
10D: Break down due to lack of coolant, as an auto: OVERHEAT.
11D: Stallion's mate: MARE. Who will be Rachel Alexandra's mate?
12D: Most of Turkey is in it: ASIA.
13D: Film critic Rex: REED.
21D: "__101": Emmy- nominated Nickelodeon sitcom: ZOEY. With Jamie Lynn Spears. Umm, where have I heard that last name before?
25D: Drafter of the Constitution, e.g.: FRAMER.
28D: Persian, today: IRANI.
29D: Sign up: ENLIST.
30D: Sailor's cry: AHOY.
33D: Sonny's singing partner: CHER. The groovy couple. Feel free to link your favorite Sonny and Cher song.
39D: Skid, as a car's rear end: FISHTAIL. With the advent of front-wheel drive cars, most people don't experience fishtailing anymore.
41D: Summer cottage site: LAKESIDE.
49D: Country singer __ Lee: BRENDA.
50D: Despot: TYRANT.
53D: Peter, pumpkinwise: EATER. Peter Peter pumpkin eater / Had a wife and couldn't keep her /He put her in a pumpkin shell / And there he kept her very well!
54D: Video game pionee: ATARI.
56D: Go here and there: ROAM.
58D: Kind of agreement: ORAL.
60D: Corner chess piece: ROOK. Or castle.
64D: Part of MP: Abbr.: MIL. MILitary Police.
Grid answer.
Argyle
