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Dec 2, 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013 C.C. Burnikel

Theme: A Girl's Best Friend - The theme entries' first word can be ahead of the unifier.

17A. Illegal activity admitted by Lance Armstrong in January 2013 : BLOOD DOPING. Blood diamonds are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses. Also, a 2006 film.


24A. Singer with Crosby, Stills & Nash : NEIL YOUNG. Neil Diamond (plus a little something for Bill G)

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37A. ESPN show with an "Inside Pitch" segment : BASEBALL TONIGHT

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50A. Trousseau holder : HOPE CHEST. Hope Diamond


61A. Volcanic Hawaiian landmark, and a hint to the first word of 17-, 24-, 37- and 50-Across : DIAMOND HEAD


Argyle here. Another C.C. offering with long entries, including a spanner, but a little tougher than the NW indicated. At this point, Cruciverb is still down but there aren't any circles anyway. YouTube isn't co-operating either.

Across:

1. Mooing critter : COW

4. Ancient region surrounding Athens : ATTICA

10. Reagan era mil. program : SDI. (Strategic Defense Initiative)

13. Disgusted grunts : UGHs

15. Resident of Tibet's capital : LHASAN

16. Muscle spasm : TIC

19. Writer for whom the Edgar award is named : POE

20. Not sacred : SECULAR

21. Secret matters : ARCANA

23. Baba who stole from thieves : ALI

27. Glass container : JAR

29. Actress Cannon : DYAN


30. Peter Fonda's title beekeeper : ULEE

31. Opposed (to) : AVERSE

34. Hurts with a tusk : GORES

42. Willem of "Platoon" : DAFOE


43. 100-lawmakers group : SENATE

44. "Peter Pan" pirate : SMEE

47. Hang around : STAY

49. Pretoria's land: Abbr. : RSA. (Republic of South Africa) (City)

53. Stomach-punch response : [OOF!]

55. Start of the line that includes "wherefore art thou" : "O, ROMEO"

56. Female star : HEROINE. Juliet

60. Comfy room : DEN

64. Night's opposite : DAY

65. __ Pie: ice cream treat : ESKIMO

66. Reached base in a cloud of dust : SLID

67. "Tasty!" : "YUM!"

68. Unsettling looks : STAREs. could be 2D. Look at lasciviously : OGLE

69. Arid : DRY

Down:

1. Baby bears : CUBS

3. "So what?" : "WHO CARES?"

4. Alan of "M*A*S*H" : ALDA

5. Like rosebushes : THORNY. "Don't let the fear of the thorn keep you from the rose." - Groucho Marx

6. Pub spigot : TAP

7. "Woe __": Patricia T. O'Conner grammar book : IS I

8. Gondolier's "street" : CANAL

9. Hopping mad : ANGRY

10. One of Minn.'s Twin Cities : ST. PAUL. Adjoins Minneapolis.

11. Singer Warwick : DIONNE

12. Frigid historic period : ICE AGE

14. Aretha's genre : SOUL

18. 551, at the Forum : DLI. 500+50+1

22. Dad's nephew : COUSIN

25. Aerie hatchlings : EAGLETS

26. Playing an extra NBA period, say : IN OT. (overtime)

27. Quick blow : JAB

28. Gardner once married to Sinatra : AVA

29. Refusing to listen : DEAF

32. Use, as a coupon : REDEEM

33. Entrepreneur-aiding org. : SBA. (Small Business Administration)

35. Optimistic : ROSY

36. Opposite of WSW : ENE

38. Come in last : LOSE

39. Lasagna-loving cat : GARFIELD

40. Growth chart nos. : HTs

41. Brewed drink : TEA

44. Poorly made : SHODDY

45. Wells' "The Island of Dr. __" : MOREAU

46. Arnold Palmer or Shirley Temple, drinkwise : EPONYM

48. Where charity begins : AT HOME

51. Formally gives up : CEDES

52. Raise, as a sail : HOIST

53. Old fort near Monterey : ORD


54. Sounds of wonder : OOHs

57. Grandson of Adam : ENOS

58. Depilatory brand : NAIR

59. Hot tub swirl : EDDY

62. Alias letters : AKA

63. Former Russian space station : MIR


Argyle