Theme: Let's Go Shopping - Before you know it, the school supplies sales will start and you might visit these four entries. Unusual two-part unifier.
20A. Information disparity in a social system: KNOWLEDGE GAP.
32A. Ready-made graphics for frames: CLIP ART BORDERS.
40A. Standard cooking supplies: KITCHEN STAPLES.
56A. Skeet challenge: MOVING TARGET.
45A. With 66-Across, each of this puzzle's four longest answers ends in one: RETAIL. and 66A. See 45-Across: STORE.
Argyle here.
The NE may have caused some problems but, all-in-all, a good continuation from Monday.
Across:
1A. Smoocher's smoochers: LIPS. More than alliteration, eh?
5A. Course with fractions: MATH.
9A. Russian country home: DACHA. Also spelled datcha. It is a second home or summer home, not just a home in the country.
14A. Short race distance, for short: ONE K.
15A. Peek or bug ending: -A-BOO.
16A. Moral principle: ETHIC.
17A. Birthday treat: CAKE.
18A. Mannerly man: GENT.
19A. "Here Come the __": 1945 college comedy: CO-EDS. Starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The main attraction is seeing Lou Costello in drag.
23A. Greets and seats: SEES IN.
24A. Piggy bank opening: SLOT.
25A. Calif.'s second-busiest airport: SFO. San Francisco International Airport.
28A. Office conf.: MTG.. Used in texting?
30A. Clapton's strings: GUITAR. Eric Clapton, is a rock guitarist.
37A. Small songbird: WREN.
38A. Actress Lupino: IDA.
39A. Substitute spread: OLEO.
46A. NBC weekend revue: SNL.
47A. Ltr. afterthoughts: PSS.
48A. Docs prescribe them: MEDS. Docs and MEDS are both shortened versions: doctors, medications.
51A. Coffee orders: DECAF.
58A. Can't stomach: ABHOR.
61A. Wordsmith Webster: NOAH. Weak alliteration.
62A. Field of expertise: AREA.
63A. Mouthed on-field greeting: "HI, MOM".
64A. Gardner of mysteries: ERLE.
65A. Painful skin ridge: WELT.
67A. College leader: DEAN.
68A. Not as much: LESS.
Down:
1D. Security devices: LOCKS.
2D. Absurd: INANE.
3D. Orange __ tea: PEKOE.
4D. Distorts, as data: SKEWS.
5D. Purplish hue: MAGENTA. Interesting etymology: The brilliant crimson aniline dye was discovered in 1860 shortly after the Battle of Magenta, in Italy. The French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians in 1859, which advanced the cause of Italian independence and fired the imagination of European liberals. The dye magenta (commonly called fuchsine) signified the color of the land all covered by blood after the battle.
6D. Still in the sack: ABED.
7D. Salad servers: TONGS.
8D. The Waldorf, e.g.: HOTEL.
9D. Central Illinois city: DECATUR. "The Soybean Capital of the World".
10D. Situated on: ATOP.
11D. Revolutionary Guevara: CHE. We haven't seen Castro's buddy in a while.
12D. Stayed out of sight: HID.
13D. Their capacity is measured in BTUs: ACs.
21D. Flaccid: LIMP.
22D. Like disco dancers: GO-GO.
25D. Inscribed pillar: STELE. Image of a new STELE and not on the grand scale of this one.
26D. Taxi charges: FARES.
27D. Estimate phrase: OR SO.
29D. Broad smile: GRIN.
31D. Pop star: IDOL.
32D. Reacts to a tearjerker: CRIES.
33D. Baltic natives: LETTS. Archaic word for Latvians. Map
34D. Cuzco empire builder: INCA. Cusco, often spelled Cuzco, is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the historic capital of the Inca Empire. From Wikipedia.
35D. NFL six-pointers: TDs. Football TouchDowns.
36D. Dugout equipment: BATS. I got stuck on thinking dugout canoe.
37D. Sitcom radio station: "WKRP". Echo from Monday: the song that was playing "on air" when thee station made the switch from adult contemporary to Rock was "Having My Baby" (written by Paul Anka).
41D. Boyfriend-to-girlfriend "You have to choose!": "HIM OR ME!".
42D. Mountain ht.: ELEV..
43D. "Here's what happened next ...": "AND THEN...".
44D. Courtroom response: PLEA.
49D. Ate a formal meal: DINED.
50D. Sleeper's sound: SNORE.
52D. Move on all fours: CRAWL.
53D. See eye to eye: AGREE.
54D. Has a hunch: FEELS.
55D. ERA and RBI: STATS. Baseball.
56D. Drop anchor: MOOR.
57D. Red-carpet event: GALA.
58D. Satisfied sounds: AHs.
59D. Small piece: BIT.
60D. Patient care gp.: HMO.
Answer grid.
Congratulations to JD and Bob those third grandson Cameron Joseph was born yesterday! Congratulations to Shelby and Joe (front two) as well!
Argyle
20A. Information disparity in a social system: KNOWLEDGE GAP.
32A. Ready-made graphics for frames: CLIP ART BORDERS.
40A. Standard cooking supplies: KITCHEN STAPLES.
56A. Skeet challenge: MOVING TARGET.
45A. With 66-Across, each of this puzzle's four longest answers ends in one: RETAIL. and 66A. See 45-Across: STORE.
Argyle here.
The NE may have caused some problems but, all-in-all, a good continuation from Monday.
Across:
1A. Smoocher's smoochers: LIPS. More than alliteration, eh?
5A. Course with fractions: MATH.
9A. Russian country home: DACHA. Also spelled datcha. It is a second home or summer home, not just a home in the country.
14A. Short race distance, for short: ONE K.
15A. Peek or bug ending: -A-BOO.
16A. Moral principle: ETHIC.
17A. Birthday treat: CAKE.
18A. Mannerly man: GENT.
19A. "Here Come the __": 1945 college comedy: CO-EDS. Starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The main attraction is seeing Lou Costello in drag.
23A. Greets and seats: SEES IN.
24A. Piggy bank opening: SLOT.
25A. Calif.'s second-busiest airport: SFO. San Francisco International Airport.
28A. Office conf.: MTG.. Used in texting?
30A. Clapton's strings: GUITAR. Eric Clapton, is a rock guitarist.
37A. Small songbird: WREN.
38A. Actress Lupino: IDA.
39A. Substitute spread: OLEO.
46A. NBC weekend revue: SNL.
47A. Ltr. afterthoughts: PSS.
48A. Docs prescribe them: MEDS. Docs and MEDS are both shortened versions: doctors, medications.
51A. Coffee orders: DECAF.
58A. Can't stomach: ABHOR.
61A. Wordsmith Webster: NOAH. Weak alliteration.
62A. Field of expertise: AREA.
63A. Mouthed on-field greeting: "HI, MOM".
64A. Gardner of mysteries: ERLE.
65A. Painful skin ridge: WELT.
67A. College leader: DEAN.
68A. Not as much: LESS.
Down:
1D. Security devices: LOCKS.
2D. Absurd: INANE.
3D. Orange __ tea: PEKOE.
4D. Distorts, as data: SKEWS.
5D. Purplish hue: MAGENTA. Interesting etymology: The brilliant crimson aniline dye was discovered in 1860 shortly after the Battle of Magenta, in Italy. The French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians in 1859, which advanced the cause of Italian independence and fired the imagination of European liberals. The dye magenta (commonly called fuchsine) signified the color of the land all covered by blood after the battle.
6D. Still in the sack: ABED.
7D. Salad servers: TONGS.
8D. The Waldorf, e.g.: HOTEL.
9D. Central Illinois city: DECATUR. "The Soybean Capital of the World".
10D. Situated on: ATOP.
11D. Revolutionary Guevara: CHE. We haven't seen Castro's buddy in a while.
12D. Stayed out of sight: HID.
13D. Their capacity is measured in BTUs: ACs.
21D. Flaccid: LIMP.
22D. Like disco dancers: GO-GO.
25D. Inscribed pillar: STELE. Image of a new STELE and not on the grand scale of this one.
26D. Taxi charges: FARES.
27D. Estimate phrase: OR SO.
29D. Broad smile: GRIN.
31D. Pop star: IDOL.
32D. Reacts to a tearjerker: CRIES.
33D. Baltic natives: LETTS. Archaic word for Latvians. Map
34D. Cuzco empire builder: INCA. Cusco, often spelled Cuzco, is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the historic capital of the Inca Empire. From Wikipedia.
35D. NFL six-pointers: TDs. Football TouchDowns.
36D. Dugout equipment: BATS. I got stuck on thinking dugout canoe.
37D. Sitcom radio station: "WKRP". Echo from Monday: the song that was playing "on air" when thee station made the switch from adult contemporary to Rock was "Having My Baby" (written by Paul Anka).
41D. Boyfriend-to-girlfriend "You have to choose!": "HIM OR ME!".
42D. Mountain ht.: ELEV..
43D. "Here's what happened next ...": "AND THEN...".
44D. Courtroom response: PLEA.
49D. Ate a formal meal: DINED.
50D. Sleeper's sound: SNORE.
52D. Move on all fours: CRAWL.
53D. See eye to eye: AGREE.
54D. Has a hunch: FEELS.
55D. ERA and RBI: STATS. Baseball.
56D. Drop anchor: MOOR.
57D. Red-carpet event: GALA.
58D. Satisfied sounds: AHs.
59D. Small piece: BIT.
60D. Patient care gp.: HMO.
Answer grid.
Congratulations to JD and Bob those third grandson Cameron Joseph was born yesterday! Congratulations to Shelby and Joe (front two) as well!
Argyle
