Theme: Time and Time Again - "Time" can start both parts of a two-word common phrase.
17A: *Like secret military facilities, to civilians: OFF LIMITS
64A: *Furniture with folding legs, usually: CARD TABLE
10D: *One-armed bandit: SLOT MACHINE
24D: *Novel that evokes prior times: PERIOD PIECE
71A: Given moment, which can begin both parts of the answers to starred clues: TIME
Argyle here.
A lot of action for a Monday; a sort of two for one, hey?
17A: TIME OFF & TIME LIMITS
64A: TIME CARD & TIME TABLE
24D: TIME SLOT & TIME MACHINE
71A: TIME PERIOD & TIME PIECE
Outstanding theme. One noticeable flaw is the clue for ERASE (13D: Clear, as a tape), which intersects CLEAR (16: Not Cloudy).
Across:
1A: Shapely legs, slangily: GAMS. From an older time.
9A: Makeup maven Lauder: ESTEE.
14A: Actor McGregor: EWAN. Such a bad boy.
15A: Flightless South American bird: RHEA.
19A: "Lucy, you got a __ 'splainin' to do!": LOTTA. It seems what he really said was "...some 'splainin' to do." but this quote has been used quite often by others.
20A: High on the hwy.: DUI. Driving Under the Influence covers drugs, DWI - Driving While Intoxicated covers alcohol. [ Dick said BTW in western PA we now use DUI to cover both drugs and alcohol violations. Is that customary in other areas of the country? Come to the comments area and let us know.]
21A: Scatterbrained: DITSY. And 43A: Screwy: LOCO. Lucy, before she became DITSY, showing off her gams.
22A: Gillette razors: ATRAS. The usual suspects.
23A: Slip by: ELAPSE. Funny how time slips away. Willie wrote it.
25A: Give life to: ANIMATE.
34A: Not worth debating: MOOT.
36A: Chowder ingredient: CLAM.
40A: Actress Spelling: TORI.
42A: One who saves the day: HERO.
46A: Souse's affliction, for short: DTS (Delirium Tremens). Souse is slang for a drunk.
48A. Red-breasted bird: ROBIN. This should delight our own ROBIN. Hey, Robin!. Sort of a bird undertone. See BASTE (41A: Moisten the bird) and COO (32D: Dove sound)
50A: "The Avengers" heroine, to Steed: MRS PEEL. Emma's gams.
54A: Log-on need: USER ID.
58A: Old photo tint: SEPIA.
59A: Muscat resident: OMANI. Map.
62A: Suffix in enzyme names: ASE. and 11D: Prefix with -cycline: TETRA. Our daily chemicals. Tetra is prefix for "four".
67A: Cancel, as a newspaper story: KILL. Have you seen "A TIME to Kill" ? It's a pretty good thriller.
69A: Villainous look: SNEER.
Down:
1D: Crystalline stone: GEODE.
2D: Beyond bad: AWFUL.
3D: Cosa Nostra: MAFIA. Their code of silence is called omertà. Cosa Nostra is literally "our thing" in Italian.
4D: NBC show with Baba Wawa skits: SNL.
6D: IOU: CHIT. Obsolete chitty, from Hindi ciṭṭhī, note, letter, from Sanskrit *citrikā, *citritā, note. (I always wondered where CHIT came from.)
7D: Queens ball team: METS. Queens, NY. And another National League team STL (31D: Initials on a Cardinal's cap: STL). Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals. Yankees won again last night.
8D: Unchallenging college course: EASY A.
12D: Trouble greatly: EAT AT.
18D: "My guess is ...": I'D SAY.
26D: TV's Nick at __: NITE.
28D: 'Zine on the Net: E-MAG.
29D: Runner-up: LOSER.
32D: Dove sound: COO. And 39D: Cow sound: MOO. Now what does the ghost say?
33D: Golf ball path: ARC. Not necessarily, with some of my shots!
35D: Other, in Mexico: OTRO.
37D: Had followers: LED. Nice clue.
41D: Military command center: BASE. Might be OFF LIMITS.
45D: Stop in on: VISIT.
47D: Ad to lure you in: TEASER. Like ads for LOSS LEADERS.
49D: __ of joy: new baby: BUNDLE. Ahh...
50D: Popular PC interface before Windows: MS-DOS.
55D: Synagogue leader: RABBI and 56D: Muslim's faith: ISLAM and they are right next to each other.
60D: Letters in a box: MAIL.
61D: Singer Guthrie: ARLO.
65D: Lawyer: Abbr.: ATT. Hahtool/Lemonade, do you use ATT or ATTY often?
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A: *Like secret military facilities, to civilians: OFF LIMITS
64A: *Furniture with folding legs, usually: CARD TABLE
10D: *One-armed bandit: SLOT MACHINE
24D: *Novel that evokes prior times: PERIOD PIECE
71A: Given moment, which can begin both parts of the answers to starred clues: TIME
Argyle here.
A lot of action for a Monday; a sort of two for one, hey?
17A: TIME OFF & TIME LIMITS
64A: TIME CARD & TIME TABLE
24D: TIME SLOT & TIME MACHINE
71A: TIME PERIOD & TIME PIECE
Outstanding theme. One noticeable flaw is the clue for ERASE (13D: Clear, as a tape), which intersects CLEAR (16: Not Cloudy).
Across:
1A: Shapely legs, slangily: GAMS. From an older time.
9A: Makeup maven Lauder: ESTEE.
14A: Actor McGregor: EWAN. Such a bad boy.
15A: Flightless South American bird: RHEA.
19A: "Lucy, you got a __ 'splainin' to do!": LOTTA. It seems what he really said was "...some 'splainin' to do." but this quote has been used quite often by others.
20A: High on the hwy.: DUI. Driving Under the Influence covers drugs, DWI - Driving While Intoxicated covers alcohol. [ Dick said BTW in western PA we now use DUI to cover both drugs and alcohol violations. Is that customary in other areas of the country? Come to the comments area and let us know.]
21A: Scatterbrained: DITSY. And 43A: Screwy: LOCO. Lucy, before she became DITSY, showing off her gams.
22A: Gillette razors: ATRAS. The usual suspects.
23A: Slip by: ELAPSE. Funny how time slips away. Willie wrote it.
25A: Give life to: ANIMATE.
34A: Not worth debating: MOOT.
36A: Chowder ingredient: CLAM.
40A: Actress Spelling: TORI.
42A: One who saves the day: HERO.
46A: Souse's affliction, for short: DTS (Delirium Tremens). Souse is slang for a drunk.
48A. Red-breasted bird: ROBIN. This should delight our own ROBIN. Hey, Robin!. Sort of a bird undertone. See BASTE (41A: Moisten the bird) and COO (32D: Dove sound)
50A: "The Avengers" heroine, to Steed: MRS PEEL. Emma's gams.
54A: Log-on need: USER ID.
58A: Old photo tint: SEPIA.
59A: Muscat resident: OMANI. Map.
62A: Suffix in enzyme names: ASE. and 11D: Prefix with -cycline: TETRA. Our daily chemicals. Tetra is prefix for "four".
67A: Cancel, as a newspaper story: KILL. Have you seen "A TIME to Kill" ? It's a pretty good thriller.
69A: Villainous look: SNEER.
Down:
1D: Crystalline stone: GEODE.
2D: Beyond bad: AWFUL.
3D: Cosa Nostra: MAFIA. Their code of silence is called omertà. Cosa Nostra is literally "our thing" in Italian.
4D: NBC show with Baba Wawa skits: SNL.
6D: IOU: CHIT. Obsolete chitty, from Hindi ciṭṭhī, note, letter, from Sanskrit *citrikā, *citritā, note. (I always wondered where CHIT came from.)
7D: Queens ball team: METS. Queens, NY. And another National League team STL (31D: Initials on a Cardinal's cap: STL). Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals. Yankees won again last night.
8D: Unchallenging college course: EASY A.
12D: Trouble greatly: EAT AT.
18D: "My guess is ...": I'D SAY.
26D: TV's Nick at __: NITE.
28D: 'Zine on the Net: E-MAG.
29D: Runner-up: LOSER.
32D: Dove sound: COO. And 39D: Cow sound: MOO. Now what does the ghost say?
33D: Golf ball path: ARC. Not necessarily, with some of my shots!
35D: Other, in Mexico: OTRO.
37D: Had followers: LED. Nice clue.
41D: Military command center: BASE. Might be OFF LIMITS.
45D: Stop in on: VISIT.
47D: Ad to lure you in: TEASER. Like ads for LOSS LEADERS.
49D: __ of joy: new baby: BUNDLE. Ahh...
50D: Popular PC interface before Windows: MS-DOS.
55D: Synagogue leader: RABBI and 56D: Muslim's faith: ISLAM and they are right next to each other.
60D: Letters in a box: MAIL.
61D: Singer Guthrie: ARLO.
65D: Lawyer: Abbr.: ATT. Hahtool/Lemonade, do you use ATT or ATTY often?
Answer grid.
Argyle
