Theme: "Going Down the Road" - Just three of the Fifty Ways to Leave you Lover.
20A: Shed some pounds: TAKE OFF WEIGHT.
38A: Divide earnings equally: SPLIT THE PROFITS.
57A: Talk to the answering machine: LEAVE A MESSAGE.
Argyle said: Nice little Monday starter. I have no problem with the first answer being two words and the others just one, but then, I'm not a purist other than wanting the words to show up in a dictionary somewhere.
Across:
1A: Vikings quarterback Brett: FAVRE. He had a great game this weekend but some credit must go to the 25A: Some NFL blockers: RTS. and the rest of the line. Can't call him a 55D: Golden __: senior citizens: AGER. quite yet
6A: Recipe amt.: TBSP.
10A: 1960s-'70s NBA center Thurmond: NATE. One of the greatest rebounders and shot blockers in basketball history, Nate owns a well-known restaurant, Big Nate's Barbeque in San Francisco.
14A: Former Apple laptop: I-BOOK.
15A: Eurasian boundary river: URAL. Or mountain range, as we just had.
16A: Expel: OUST.
17A: Marsh grass: SEDGE. Remember SEDGY?
18A: Italia's capital: ROMA. In the Italian language.
19A: "I'll be there in __": A SEC.
23A: City square memorial: STATUE.
28A: Begins: STARTS. and 22D: Beginning, informally: GET-GO.
31A: Woodsy route: TRAIL. where you don't want to meet 33A: Bear: Sp.: OSO.
36A: Logger's tool: SAW. Like my Stihl MS 361
37A: Either of two Modesto-based vintner brothers: GALLO. Ernest & Julio Gallo, here in their younger days.
43A: Fella: KIDDO.
44A: Charlotte of "The Facts of Life": RAE. She is still working! The 82-year-old recently played one of the big screen's most, ahem, mature "cougars" when she had a romp with Adam Sandler's titular hairdresser in 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan.'
46A: Ancient Indo-European: ARYAN.
47A: "Blue" evergreen: SPRUCE.
51A: Topeka is its cap.: KAN.
53A: Mariner: SEAMAN.
63A: Move, to a Realtor: RELO.
64A: Scatter, as seed: STREW.
66A: Former Lacoste partner: IZOD. Former partners, huh. Who gets custody of the croc?
68A: Ashram advisor: GURU.
69A: Caustic fluids: LYES.
70A: __-craftsy: ARTSY.
Down:
1D: Dukes in boxing gloves: FISTS. "Com'on, put up your dukes"
2D: Pound __: cover one's route, cop-style: A BEAT.
3D: Screwdriver liquor: VODKA. Which can lead to 26D: Leans to one side: TILTS. and 27D: Wade through the shallows: SLOSH. Not the wading part, the slosh part.
4D: Classic thesaurus: ROGET'S.
5D: Barely make, as a living: EKE OUT.
6D: Gang land: TURF.
9D: Checkered pattern: PLAID.
10D: Biblical helmsman: NOAH.
11D: Koala's home: AUSTRALIA. The koala was featured in "I hate Qantas!" commercials
12D: Prufrock creator's monogram: TSE. T.S. Eliot, wrote the poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
21D: Famine's opposite: FEAST.
30D: Insignificant one: TWERP.
33D: Schindler of "Schindler's List": OSKAR.
34D: Former veep Agnew: SPIRO.
35D: Classic boy-and-dog Disney film: OLD YELLER. I won't say much about it, in case C.C. hasn't seen it.
39D: Actress Lupino: IDA.
47D: Dwarf who needs tissues: SNEEZY.
48D: Big name in small planes: CESSNA.
49D: Day to put all your eggs in one basket: EASTER.
52D: Pop singer Lavigne: AVRIL.
54D: French Revolution journalist: MARAT. Jean-Paul Marat (1743 – 1793) was a Swiss-born physician, political theorist and scientist better known as a radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. He was murdered in his bathtub.
56D: Full of the latest happenings: NEWSY.
60D: Stylish '60s Brits: MODS. The Mods were in conflict with the Rockers. In a nut shell, the Mods(modernists) wore chic clothes and rode motor scooters, while the Rockers were in denim and leather and rode motorcycles.
62D: "The Simpsons" Squishee seller: APU.
Answer grid.
Argyle
20A: Shed some pounds: TAKE OFF WEIGHT.
38A: Divide earnings equally: SPLIT THE PROFITS.
57A: Talk to the answering machine: LEAVE A MESSAGE.
Argyle said: Nice little Monday starter. I have no problem with the first answer being two words and the others just one, but then, I'm not a purist other than wanting the words to show up in a dictionary somewhere.
Across:
1A: Vikings quarterback Brett: FAVRE. He had a great game this weekend but some credit must go to the 25A: Some NFL blockers: RTS. and the rest of the line. Can't call him a 55D: Golden __: senior citizens: AGER. quite yet
6A: Recipe amt.: TBSP.
10A: 1960s-'70s NBA center Thurmond: NATE. One of the greatest rebounders and shot blockers in basketball history, Nate owns a well-known restaurant, Big Nate's Barbeque in San Francisco.
14A: Former Apple laptop: I-BOOK.
15A: Eurasian boundary river: URAL. Or mountain range, as we just had.
16A: Expel: OUST.
17A: Marsh grass: SEDGE. Remember SEDGY?
18A: Italia's capital: ROMA. In the Italian language.
19A: "I'll be there in __": A SEC.
23A: City square memorial: STATUE.
28A: Begins: STARTS. and 22D: Beginning, informally: GET-GO.
31A: Woodsy route: TRAIL. where you don't want to meet 33A: Bear: Sp.: OSO.
36A: Logger's tool: SAW. Like my Stihl MS 361
37A: Either of two Modesto-based vintner brothers: GALLO. Ernest & Julio Gallo, here in their younger days.
43A: Fella: KIDDO.
44A: Charlotte of "The Facts of Life": RAE. She is still working! The 82-year-old recently played one of the big screen's most, ahem, mature "cougars" when she had a romp with Adam Sandler's titular hairdresser in 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan.'
46A: Ancient Indo-European: ARYAN.
47A: "Blue" evergreen: SPRUCE.
51A: Topeka is its cap.: KAN.
53A: Mariner: SEAMAN.
63A: Move, to a Realtor: RELO.
64A: Scatter, as seed: STREW.
66A: Former Lacoste partner: IZOD. Former partners, huh. Who gets custody of the croc?
68A: Ashram advisor: GURU.
69A: Caustic fluids: LYES.
70A: __-craftsy: ARTSY.
Down:
1D: Dukes in boxing gloves: FISTS. "Com'on, put up your dukes"
2D: Pound __: cover one's route, cop-style: A BEAT.
3D: Screwdriver liquor: VODKA. Which can lead to 26D: Leans to one side: TILTS. and 27D: Wade through the shallows: SLOSH. Not the wading part, the slosh part.
4D: Classic thesaurus: ROGET'S.
5D: Barely make, as a living: EKE OUT.
6D: Gang land: TURF.
9D: Checkered pattern: PLAID.
10D: Biblical helmsman: NOAH.
11D: Koala's home: AUSTRALIA. The koala was featured in "I hate Qantas!" commercials
12D: Prufrock creator's monogram: TSE. T.S. Eliot, wrote the poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
21D: Famine's opposite: FEAST.
30D: Insignificant one: TWERP.
33D: Schindler of "Schindler's List": OSKAR.
34D: Former veep Agnew: SPIRO.
35D: Classic boy-and-dog Disney film: OLD YELLER. I won't say much about it, in case C.C. hasn't seen it.
39D: Actress Lupino: IDA.
47D: Dwarf who needs tissues: SNEEZY.
48D: Big name in small planes: CESSNA.
49D: Day to put all your eggs in one basket: EASTER.
52D: Pop singer Lavigne: AVRIL.
54D: French Revolution journalist: MARAT. Jean-Paul Marat (1743 – 1793) was a Swiss-born physician, political theorist and scientist better known as a radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. He was murdered in his bathtub.
56D: Full of the latest happenings: NEWSY.
60D: Stylish '60s Brits: MODS. The Mods were in conflict with the Rockers. In a nut shell, the Mods(modernists) wore chic clothes and rode motor scooters, while the Rockers were in denim and leather and rode motorcycles.
62D: "The Simpsons" Squishee seller: APU.
Answer grid.
Argyle
