Theme: Shoot! - Various projectiles start off today's theme entries.
17A. Sleight-of-hand scam : SHELL GAME. The classic hide the pea under one of three walnut shells.
30A. Agenda item : BULLET POINT. The dot before item in a list.
49A. Filmed like most of today's films : SHOT IN COLOR
65A. Fight fiercely to the end : SLUG IT OUT
70A. Armory supply, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 30-, 49- and 65-Across : AMMO
Argyle here. A well stocked armory may even have stones for your sling shot.
Across:
1. PC screens largely replaced by LCDs : CRT's. liquid crystal display/cathode ray tube
5. Exchange goodbyes : PART
9. Breed, as salmon : SPAWN. A major event for grizzly bears, bald eagles and ad men.
14. Ghostly glow : AURA
15. "Nothin' doin'!" : "UH, UH!"
16. "Dallas" matriarch : ELLIE. A character on the TV series, Dallas, Miss Ellie was portrayed by Barbara Bel Geddes.
19. Cold temperatures : TEENS
20. Fountain of Rome : TREVI. Facts of Trevi Fountain LINK.
21. Levies on smokes and booze : SIN TAXES
23. Prefix with present : OMNI
26. Playfully shy : COY
27. Houston of Texas : SAM. LINK. A great example of the use of bullet points.
36. World's largest rainforest : AMAZONIA
38. Pearl Jam singer Eddie : VEDDER. Here doing a solo with Clarence(his electric ukulele) on Letterman. LINK.(4:05)
39. Early whirlybird, for short : GIRO. It seems gyro means other things although they share the same Greek root.
40. Winding curve : ESS
42. Body wash brand : OLAY. "I love the smell of OLAY cream (the original). Been using it since my college days." C.C., July 21, '09.
43. Dressy ties : ASCOTS
46. Mariachi's headwear : SOMBRERO
51. Hyphenated ID : SSN. xxx-xx-xxxx
52. Fair-hiring abbr. : EOE. (Equal Opportunity Employer)
53. Wax-wrapped cheese : EDAM. Question: Which cheese appears most in crosswords?
55. Alphabet soup, so to speak : MIXED BAG
60. Have an inkling : SENSE
64. Abrasive mineral : EMERY
68. Barely burn : SINGE
69. Continental cash : EURO
71. Left one's seat : STOOD
72. Slight impression : DENT
73. Author Uris : LEON. Published Exodus in 1958.
Down:
1. Plaster bandage : CAST
2. Essen's region : RUHR. Germany.
3. "Magic __ House": kiddie lit series : TREE. Jack and Annie's Excellent Adventures
4. Battleship barrage : SALVO. Spitzboov, care to share one of your favorite photos?
5. Curly-tailed pooch : PUG
6. "So that's what that means!" : "A-HA!"
7. Caribbean liquors : RUMS
8. It might be broken at a party : THE ICE. You'll need it for the Piña Coladas.
9. Prepare some letterpress printing : SET TYPE. Speaking of old type setting equipment...Irish Miss, how is the Times Union doing with their new press? (It broke down on the second day in use.)
10. Appeal : PLEA
11. Author Haley : ALEX. "Roots: The Saga of an American Family".
12. Bistro beverage : WINE
13. Stack's role in "The Untouchables" : NESS
18. "How low can you go?" competition : LIMBO. LOL Now the question is how low can I go and still get back up.
22. Grounding rule, perhaps : NO TV
24. Convent resident : NUN
25. "On second thought, that's not true" : "I LIE"
27. Long stories : SAGAs
28. Pennsylvania Mennonites : AMISH
29. Call before "Polo!" : "MARCO!"
31. Dogie catcher : LASSO
32. Reminder to take out the trash? : ODOR
33. Fritters away time : IDLEs
34. Gets within a stone's throw of : NEARS. The first ammo?
35. Check for size : TRY ON
37. Type of baggy '40s suit : ZOOT
41. One and only : SOLE
44. Colored, hippie-style : TIE-DYED
45. Snooty sort : SNOB
47. '60s chic : MOD
48. "The Godfather" hoodlum Luca : BRASI. Luca Brasi was a feared personal enforcer for the Corleone family.
50. Discontinued : CEASED
54. Lead or zinc : METAL
55. Military chow hall : MESS
56. "You're looking at the one and only" : "I'M IT"
57. Strange: Pref. : XENO
58. Therefore : ERGO
59. Scrapbook adhesive : GLUE
61. Alaskan seaport : NOME. Way up north, end point of the Iditarod.
62. Osaka wrestler : SUMO
63. Henry VI's school : ETON
66. Spigoted server : URN
67. Came down with : GOT. I hope you are all feeling well.
Argyle
