Theme: YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.
Melissa here. And no, really. I have no idea what the theme is. Besides the Jekyll/Hyde thing, and all the pronouns - what connects these answers? Love to hear your thoughts. Theme answers below.
20. Dr. Jekyll, to Mr. Hyde: YOU ARE ON MY MIND.
42. Dr. Jekyll, to Mr. Hyde: I WANT TO BE ALONE.
48. Mr. Hyde, to Dr. Jekyll: IT'S NOT YOU IT'S ME.
25. Dr. Jekyll, to Mr. Hyde: I'M BESIDE MYSELF.
Across:
1. Trudge: PLOD.
5. Deer dad: STAG. Nice clue.
9. Vexes, with "at": GNAWS.
14. Rumble in the jungle: ROAR.
15. Hourglass figure?: TIME. Great clue.
16. Roker of ''The Jeffersons'': ROXIE. Also mother of Lenny Kravitz and related to Al Roker (their grandfathers were cousins). Roxie died in 1995 of breast cancer. Lenny wrote this song for her. Sniff.
18. "Never Have I __": Netflix series created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher: EVER.
19. Make amends: ATONE.
23. Ruminate (over): MULL.
24. One close to home?: UMP. Umpire. Tennis and baseball have umpires.
32. Mitchell who won a Tony Award for "Hadestown": ANAIS. American singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright.
33. Tall shade trees: ELMS.
34. Robert McCloskey's "Blueberries for __": SAL. It's a children's picture book. Sal is a little girl who can't pick blueberries faster than she can eat them.
35. Slimy pest: SLUG. Really gross to step on one barefoot. Ew.
36. Piddling: DINKY. Small.
38. Passion: FIRE.
39. Sun shade?: TAN.
40. Locale: SITE.
41. Make one's case: ARGUE.
46. No longer cool: OUT. So yesterday.
47. Short holiday?: XMAS. Abbreviation for Christmas.
55. Means of entry: WAY IN.
56. Boaters and bowlers: HATS. A bowler hat, also called a derby hat, was created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. Worn famously by Laurel and Hardy.
58. Say yes: AGREE.
59. Shallowest Great Lake: ERIE. Interesting bit of trivia.
60. Folk stories: LORE.
61. Sock away: HOARD.
62. Like audiobooks, once: ON CD. Most new computers don't come with CD drives any more, including my new iMac.
63. Device that helps a team pull together: YOKE. Must be very uncomfortable for the oxen.
Down:
1. Thank the goddesses, e.g.: PRAY.
2. "Un Poco __": song from "Coco": LOCO. "A little crazy."
3. Diamond Head's island: OAHU. The most iconic volcanic formation in all of Hawai‘i.
4. Aim high: DREAM BIG.
5. Girds (oneself): STEELS. Brace yourself!
6. Copenhagen's __ Gardens: TIVOLI. Best known for it's wooden rollercoaster, Rutschebanen, or as some people call it, Bjergbanen (The Mountain Coaster), built in 1914. It is one of the world's oldest wooden roller coasters that is still operating today.
7. Revival meeting cry: AMEN. So be it.
8. Microbe: GERM. Or microorganism.
9. Beyoncé's 28: GRAMMYS. She's close behind the record-holder. Georg Solti (21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997), a British orchestral and operatic conductor, received 31 with his first being for Best Opera Recording at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards in 1963.
10. Policy that typically includes higher menu prices: NO TIPS.
11. Nerve impulse carrier: AXON.
12. Sailboat's need: WIND.
13. "That's how it's done": SEE.
21. Feels remorse about: RUES.
22. "Delish!": YUMMY. Or yum-o, as Rachael Ray would say.
25. Kin by marriage: IN-LAW. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “A phrase appended to names of relationship, as father, mother, brother, sister, son, etc., to indicate that the relationship is not by nature, but in the eye of the Canon Law, with reference to the degrees of affinity within which marriage is prohibited.”
26. Word in Hawaiian volcano names: MAUNA. Rising gradually to more than 4 km (13,100 ft) above sea level, Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on our planet.
27. Brightest star in Cygnus: DENEB. Cygnus contains six bright stars that appear to form a “cross,” the brightest of which being Deneb. Deneb is one of the three stars found in the Summer Triangle asterism and is one of the largest white stars in our sky.
29. Complete, as a PDF contract: ESIGN. I feel for folks who don't use computers. So many things, like taxes, are mostly done online now.
30. Lash of old Westerns: LARUE. Larue (June 15, 1917 – May 21, 1996) was a popular western motion picture star of the 1940s and 1950s.
31. Get out of Dodge: FLEE. Let's blow this taco stand.
32. Italian wine region: ASTI.
36. "Same here": DITTO.
37. "How was __ know?": I TO.
38. With no warmth: FROSTILY.
40. In a daze: STUNNED.
41. Jai __: ALAI.
43. More of a busybody: NOSIER. We all know a few like that.
44. Rare and wonderful: EXOTIC.
45. Brought a smile to: AMUSED.
48. "Othello" villain: IAGO. Iago hates Othello and devises a plan to destroy him by making him believe that his wife Desdemona is having an affair with his lieutenant.
49. Supermodel Banks who coined the word "smize": TYRA. Smiling with your eyes.
50. Rossi of "Sons of Anarchy": THEO.
51. Knitting need: YARN.
52. "Buzz off!": SHOO.
53. Ork native: MORK. Played by Robin Williams in Mork and Mindy.
54. Olympic sword: EPEE. There are three fencing blades used in Olympic fencing - the foil, épée and sabre - each of which have different compositions, techniques and scoring target areas. The épée is the largest and heaviest of the three.
55. "Oh, cry me a river": WAH.
