Theme: Stop the Car! - The five longest entries end with what might be a point of interest to tourists.
17A. "Awesome!": "OUTTA SIGHT!"
23A. 2006-'07 Microsoft release: WINDOWS VISTA
37A. Financial projections: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
45A. Act embarrassingly in public: CREATE A SCENE
58A. Cable TV offering: PAY PER VIEW
Argyle(up to his ... in snow) here. Doing a hurry-up job in case the power goes out. A very decent Monday puzzle.
Across
1. Workshop holder : CLAMP
6. Fairy godmother's magic tool : WAND
10. Chopped-up fare : HASH
14. From around here : LOCAL
15. Son of Seth : ENOS
16. Indy racer : AUTO
19. Singer's syllables : TRAs. They need some LAs to sound good.
20. Rehab woes, briefly : DTs. Delirium tremens, the symptoms associated with alcohol withdrawal.
21. Monte __: gambling resort : CARLO
22. In pieces : APART
25. "Oops, sorry" : "MY BAD"
28. Cooped clucker : HEN. Alliteration.
29. Mideast honcho : EMIR
30. Member of the crew : SAILOR
34. Sleuths, for short : PIs. Private Investigator.
40. Coll. helpers : TAs. Teaching Assistant.
41. 1910s-'20s Ford assembly-line classic : MODEL T.
42. Prefix with septic : ANTI
43. Cone dropper : FIR. And needles.
44. Expanse with waves : OCEAN
52. Jaunty tunes : LILTS
53. Fritter away : WASTE
54. Monopoly quartet: Abbr. : RRs. The railroads: Pennsylvania, Reading, B&O, and Short Line.
57. Roller rink shape : OVAL
60. Hairy Himalayan, reportedly : YETI
61. Job site standards org. : OSHA
62. Where D.C. is, familiarly : US OF A
63. Part of a process : STEP
64. Pizza crust order : THIN
65. Out sick, say : NOT IN
Down
1. Wad of dirt : CLOD
2. Boorish sort : LOUT
3. Stops stalling : ACTS. The clue could have been for dry gas!
4. Place to wipe your shoes : MAT
5. Lake __, 1980 Winter Olympics town : PLACID. Adirondacks, NY. They probably have less snow than New York City!
6. Very odd : WEIRD. Indeed.
7. English-speaking : ANGLO
8. "Not gonna happen" : "NO HOW". Some day it will be "No Way".
9. Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep, perhaps : DST. Daylight Saving Time.
10. Millinery accessory : HAT PIN. Centuries ago, many of the hats that were worn by European women came from the Italian city of Milan. A person who lives in Milan is a Milaner, and traders who sold hats made in Milan came to be known as Milaners too. Gradually, this word became milliner, and women’s hats are still called millinery.
11. Subtle qualities : AURAs
12. Get going : START
13. Shade-tolerant plant : HOSTA. Image.
18. Start of many California city names : SAN
22. Keep from happening : AVERT
23. Say "Be careful" to : WARN. I was thinking of who you might say it to: WARD.
24. "Fore!" or "Olé!" : SHOUT
25. Encounter : MEET
26. Org. known by its first letter : YMCA
27. Revealing books, briefly : BIOs
30. Campground treat : SMORE. Just one SMORE?
31. Partner of abet : AID
32. Cooler cubes : ICE
33. Online cackle : LOL
34. Fried corn bread : PONE
35. Greek "i" : IOTA
36. Potato part served as an appetizer : SKIN
38. Forgets to mention : OMITS
39. Shoe securer : LACE
43. Scuffle souvenir : FAT LIP
44. What a solo homer produces : ONE RUN
45. Overdoes the sweetness : CLOYS
46. Girder fastener : RIVET
47. Send to cloud nine : ELATE
48. Flooded : AWASH
49. Greet someone casually : SAY "HI"
50. "Washington Journal" channel : C-SPAN
51. Hot time in Toulon : ÉTÉ
54. Unruly outbreak : RIOT
55. New mtge., e.g. : REFI.
56. Graceful bird : SWAN
58. Word with belly or boiler : POT
59. Brandy bottle letters : VSO. The last alliteration. VSO - Very Superior Old
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A. "Awesome!": "OUTTA SIGHT!"
23A. 2006-'07 Microsoft release: WINDOWS VISTA
37A. Financial projections: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
45A. Act embarrassingly in public: CREATE A SCENE
58A. Cable TV offering: PAY PER VIEW
Argyle(up to his ... in snow) here. Doing a hurry-up job in case the power goes out. A very decent Monday puzzle.
Across
1. Workshop holder : CLAMP
6. Fairy godmother's magic tool : WAND
10. Chopped-up fare : HASH
14. From around here : LOCAL
15. Son of Seth : ENOS
16. Indy racer : AUTO
19. Singer's syllables : TRAs. They need some LAs to sound good.
20. Rehab woes, briefly : DTs. Delirium tremens, the symptoms associated with alcohol withdrawal.
21. Monte __: gambling resort : CARLO
22. In pieces : APART
25. "Oops, sorry" : "MY BAD"
28. Cooped clucker : HEN. Alliteration.
29. Mideast honcho : EMIR
30. Member of the crew : SAILOR
34. Sleuths, for short : PIs. Private Investigator.
40. Coll. helpers : TAs. Teaching Assistant.
41. 1910s-'20s Ford assembly-line classic : MODEL T.
42. Prefix with septic : ANTI
43. Cone dropper : FIR. And needles.
44. Expanse with waves : OCEAN
52. Jaunty tunes : LILTS
53. Fritter away : WASTE
54. Monopoly quartet: Abbr. : RRs. The railroads: Pennsylvania, Reading, B&O, and Short Line.
57. Roller rink shape : OVAL
60. Hairy Himalayan, reportedly : YETI
61. Job site standards org. : OSHA
62. Where D.C. is, familiarly : US OF A
63. Part of a process : STEP
64. Pizza crust order : THIN
65. Out sick, say : NOT IN
Down
1. Wad of dirt : CLOD
2. Boorish sort : LOUT
3. Stops stalling : ACTS. The clue could have been for dry gas!
4. Place to wipe your shoes : MAT
5. Lake __, 1980 Winter Olympics town : PLACID. Adirondacks, NY. They probably have less snow than New York City!
6. Very odd : WEIRD. Indeed.
7. English-speaking : ANGLO
8. "Not gonna happen" : "NO HOW". Some day it will be "No Way".
9. Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep, perhaps : DST. Daylight Saving Time.
10. Millinery accessory : HAT PIN. Centuries ago, many of the hats that were worn by European women came from the Italian city of Milan. A person who lives in Milan is a Milaner, and traders who sold hats made in Milan came to be known as Milaners too. Gradually, this word became milliner, and women’s hats are still called millinery.
11. Subtle qualities : AURAs
12. Get going : START
13. Shade-tolerant plant : HOSTA. Image.
18. Start of many California city names : SAN
22. Keep from happening : AVERT
23. Say "Be careful" to : WARN. I was thinking of who you might say it to: WARD.
24. "Fore!" or "Olé!" : SHOUT
25. Encounter : MEET
26. Org. known by its first letter : YMCA
27. Revealing books, briefly : BIOs
30. Campground treat : SMORE. Just one SMORE?
31. Partner of abet : AID
32. Cooler cubes : ICE
33. Online cackle : LOL
34. Fried corn bread : PONE
35. Greek "i" : IOTA
36. Potato part served as an appetizer : SKIN
38. Forgets to mention : OMITS
39. Shoe securer : LACE
43. Scuffle souvenir : FAT LIP
44. What a solo homer produces : ONE RUN
45. Overdoes the sweetness : CLOYS
46. Girder fastener : RIVET
47. Send to cloud nine : ELATE
48. Flooded : AWASH
49. Greet someone casually : SAY "HI"
50. "Washington Journal" channel : C-SPAN
51. Hot time in Toulon : ÉTÉ
54. Unruly outbreak : RIOT
55. New mtge., e.g. : REFI.
56. Graceful bird : SWAN
58. Word with belly or boiler : POT
59. Brandy bottle letters : VSO. The last alliteration. VSO - Very Superior Old
Answer grid.
Argyle
