Theme: Last Word Mess
18A: *Undeveloped home site: VACANT LOT.
26A: *1977 Triple Crown winner: SEATTLE SLEW.
45A: *2,240-pound unit: IMPERIAL TON.
58A: *Huck Finn conveyance: RIVER RAFT.
67A: The answer to each starred clue ends in a big one : BUNCH.
Argyle here. (I say 'Last Word Mess' in the sense that MESS can mean a quantity.)
Not overly thrilled with today's puzzle. If you know your Crosswordese, then entries like 64A: Writer Nin: ANAIS and 33D: Jannings of old films: EMIL should be gimmes. We have had others, like 39A: Pouty expression: MOUE and 43A: A __: valid independent of experience, in logic: PRIORI, quite recently.
I think the result will be that some find it hard and others will think it a bore.
Across:
1A: Sirs' counterparts: MA'AMS.
6A: "Fernando" singers: ABBA. ABBA, the source of many earworms, What was the German term again?
10A: Endure: LAST.
14A: Have __ on one's shoulder: A CHIP.
15A: Defeat soundly: DRUB.
16A: Sailor's patron saint: ELMO. Not this ELMO.
17A: Another name for Farsi: IRANI. Persians.
20A: Slangy "Don't lose any sleep over it": NO BIGGIE.
22A: Overdo it on stage: EMOTE.
23A: W. Hemisphere gp. formed to defend against communism: OAS. Organization of American States.
24A: Made changes to: ALTERED.
31A: Tell-all news story: EXPOSE.
32A: One just hanging out: LOITERER. Legitimate word.
37A: Antiquing substance: AGER.
38A: Heartache: WOE.
40A: Evade: SIDESTEP.
47A: Handyman's nickname: MR. FIX-IT.
51A: Poetic dusk: E'EN.
52A: Windy City airport: O'HARE. I was wondering where it was exactly.
53A: At risk: IN DANGER.
61A: Neighbor of Florida's St. Petersburg: TAMPA and 8D: 61-Across NFLer: BUC. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
62A: Shortly, to Shakespeare: ANON.
63A: Vaulted church part: APSE.
65A: Wisdom of the elders: LORE.
66A: Cattle rancher's tool: PROD. More common to the stockyards. Deluxe model.
Down:
1D: Everystreet: MAIN. 'Everystreet', not a legitimate word.
2D: Prefix with bat or phobia: ACRO.
3D: Obsessed fictional whaler: AHAB.
5D: Urn taps: SPIGOTS.
6D: Give counsel to: ADVISE.
7D: Highlands hillside: BRAE. Scottish 30D: Hillside: SLOPE.
9D: Lawyers' org.: ABA. American Bar Association.
10D: "Here, I'll do that": LET ME.
11D: "It's __ nothing!": ALL OR.
12D: Hit, biblical-style: SMOTE. Smite, smote, smitten.
13D: Schlepped: TOTED.
19D: Meas. of a package's contents: NET WT.. Net Weight is the product without package.
21D: It's not quite a hurricane: GALE. Do you have an IDA tale?
24D: Medicinal plant: ALOE.
25D: Luau memento: LEI.
26D: Aegean and Bering: SEAS.
27D: Military vet: EX-GI.
28D: Imitated: APED.
29D: Ripped: TORE.
34D: Underlying cause: ROOT.
36D: Harness lead: REIN.
38D: Cried: WEPT.
41D: Philly cager: SIXER. Basketball
42D: 1979 meltdown site, briefly: TMI. Three Mile Island. An island in the Susquehanna River, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, SE of Harrisburg: scene of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979 that raised the issue of nuclear-energy safety.
43D: Like the Piper's clothes: PIED. (adj. Patchy in color; splotched or piebald.) pic
44D: Drank on credit: RAN A TAB.
46D: Like many a tux: RENTED.
47D: Story's lesson: MORAL.
48D: Horned safari beast: RHINO.
49D: Party gift: FAVOR.
50D: "I'll see you in my dreams" girl of song: IRENE.
54D: When repeated, Mork's sign-off: NANU.
55D: FBI agent: G-MAN.
56D: Grand in scope: EPIC.
59D: Knock: RAP.
Answer grid.
Argyle
18A: *Undeveloped home site: VACANT LOT.
26A: *1977 Triple Crown winner: SEATTLE SLEW.
45A: *2,240-pound unit: IMPERIAL TON.
58A: *Huck Finn conveyance: RIVER RAFT.
67A: The answer to each starred clue ends in a big one : BUNCH.
Argyle here. (I say 'Last Word Mess' in the sense that MESS can mean a quantity.)
Not overly thrilled with today's puzzle. If you know your Crosswordese, then entries like 64A: Writer Nin: ANAIS and 33D: Jannings of old films: EMIL should be gimmes. We have had others, like 39A: Pouty expression: MOUE and 43A: A __: valid independent of experience, in logic: PRIORI, quite recently.
I think the result will be that some find it hard and others will think it a bore.
Across:
1A: Sirs' counterparts: MA'AMS.
6A: "Fernando" singers: ABBA. ABBA, the source of many earworms, What was the German term again?
10A: Endure: LAST.
14A: Have __ on one's shoulder: A CHIP.
15A: Defeat soundly: DRUB.
16A: Sailor's patron saint: ELMO. Not this ELMO.
17A: Another name for Farsi: IRANI. Persians.
20A: Slangy "Don't lose any sleep over it": NO BIGGIE.
22A: Overdo it on stage: EMOTE.
23A: W. Hemisphere gp. formed to defend against communism: OAS. Organization of American States.
24A: Made changes to: ALTERED.
31A: Tell-all news story: EXPOSE.
32A: One just hanging out: LOITERER. Legitimate word.
37A: Antiquing substance: AGER.
38A: Heartache: WOE.
40A: Evade: SIDESTEP.
47A: Handyman's nickname: MR. FIX-IT.
51A: Poetic dusk: E'EN.
52A: Windy City airport: O'HARE. I was wondering where it was exactly.
53A: At risk: IN DANGER.
61A: Neighbor of Florida's St. Petersburg: TAMPA and 8D: 61-Across NFLer: BUC. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
62A: Shortly, to Shakespeare: ANON.
63A: Vaulted church part: APSE.
65A: Wisdom of the elders: LORE.
66A: Cattle rancher's tool: PROD. More common to the stockyards. Deluxe model.
Down:
1D: Everystreet: MAIN. 'Everystreet', not a legitimate word.
2D: Prefix with bat or phobia: ACRO.
3D: Obsessed fictional whaler: AHAB.
5D: Urn taps: SPIGOTS.
6D: Give counsel to: ADVISE.
7D: Highlands hillside: BRAE. Scottish 30D: Hillside: SLOPE.
9D: Lawyers' org.: ABA. American Bar Association.
10D: "Here, I'll do that": LET ME.
11D: "It's __ nothing!": ALL OR.
12D: Hit, biblical-style: SMOTE. Smite, smote, smitten.
13D: Schlepped: TOTED.
19D: Meas. of a package's contents: NET WT.. Net Weight is the product without package.
21D: It's not quite a hurricane: GALE. Do you have an IDA tale?
24D: Medicinal plant: ALOE.
25D: Luau memento: LEI.
26D: Aegean and Bering: SEAS.
27D: Military vet: EX-GI.
28D: Imitated: APED.
29D: Ripped: TORE.
34D: Underlying cause: ROOT.
36D: Harness lead: REIN.
38D: Cried: WEPT.
41D: Philly cager: SIXER. Basketball
42D: 1979 meltdown site, briefly: TMI. Three Mile Island. An island in the Susquehanna River, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, SE of Harrisburg: scene of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979 that raised the issue of nuclear-energy safety.
43D: Like the Piper's clothes: PIED. (adj. Patchy in color; splotched or piebald.) pic
44D: Drank on credit: RAN A TAB.
46D: Like many a tux: RENTED.
47D: Story's lesson: MORAL.
48D: Horned safari beast: RHINO.
49D: Party gift: FAVOR.
50D: "I'll see you in my dreams" girl of song: IRENE.
54D: When repeated, Mork's sign-off: NANU.
55D: FBI agent: G-MAN.
56D: Grand in scope: EPIC.
59D: Knock: RAP.
Answer grid.
Argyle
