Theme: Keep It Under You Hat - Three items that you can cover with a lid. (Both cover and lid are slang for hat.)
17A: Comical character in "Star Wars" films: JAR JAR BINKS.
33A: Novel by a hack: POTBOILER.
41A: Ticket-selling place: BOX OFFICE.
59A: "Stop complaining!" (and what you might do to the start of 17-, 33- or 41-Across): "PUT A LID ON IT!".
Argyle here. Tough for a Monday. Things like 35D: Fitzgerald of scat: ELLA. are ok but 6D: Elephant boy portrayer of film: SABU. seem like they are later in the week entries. I'll admit 39D bolloxed me up but good!
17A: Comical character in "Star Wars" films: JAR JAR BINKS.
33A: Novel by a hack: POTBOILER.
41A: Ticket-selling place: BOX OFFICE.
59A: "Stop complaining!" (and what you might do to the start of 17-, 33- or 41-Across): "PUT A LID ON IT!".
Argyle here. Tough for a Monday. Things like 35D: Fitzgerald of scat: ELLA. are ok but 6D: Elephant boy portrayer of film: SABU. seem like they are later in the week entries. I'll admit 39D bolloxed me up but good!
Today's constructor Samantha Wine is Rich Norris himself. Anagram of "What's in a name".
Nice looking lay-out. Scrabbly too. Three J, two Q's, 1 X and five K's.
Across:
1A: Trumpet mufflers: MUTES. Trombones, too.
6A: Like pretzels: SALTY. Like Popeye, too,
11A: CD-__: ROM.
14A: Observe Yom Kippur: ATONE.
16A: Latin lover's verb: AMO.
19A: __ Bartlet, "The West Wing" president: JED. President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet (Martin Sheen)
20A: O.K. Corral event: SHOOT-OUT.
21A: Old enough: OF AGE.
23A: French designer's monogram: YSL. Yves Saint Laurent
24A: Father of Isaac: ABRAHAM.
26A: Takers of pics: CAMS. As a mechanic, I don't think of pics when I hear CAMS.
29A: Be superior to, as in the military: OUTRANK.
32A: Japanese sash: OBI.
37A: Hit on the noggin: BONK.
39A: Davis of "Dr. Dolittle": OSSIE. He portrayed Dr. Dolittle's father, Archer Dolittle, in the 1998 Eddie Murphy film.
40A: "Golden" principle: RULE.
43A: P. Hearst's kidnappers: S.L.A.. Symbionese Liberation Army. She was kidnapped in February of 1974.
44A: "Is the gamble worth it?": "DO I DARE?".
46A: London guy: CHAP.
47A: "Fencers, prepare to duel!": "EN GARDE!".
50A: Sine __ non: essential: QUA.
52A: Seismic event: QUAKE.
53A: "Could be": "I SUPPOSE".
58A: Suffix with sub: URB.
62A: Lead-in for metric: ISO.
63A: Whisky __: Hollywood disco: A GO-GO. Note the spelling of "Whisky".
64A: Dad's brother, in Bordeaux: ONCLE.
66A: Excited cry: WHOOP.
Down:
1D: They're above capts.: MAJS..
2D: Great Salt Lake state: UTAH.
4D: Gets a kick out of: ENJOYS.
7D: Not very much: A BIT.
8D: Data-sharing syst.: LAN.. A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings, such as a school, etc..
Nice looking lay-out. Scrabbly too. Three J, two Q's, 1 X and five K's.
Across:
1A: Trumpet mufflers: MUTES. Trombones, too.
6A: Like pretzels: SALTY. Like Popeye, too,
11A: CD-__: ROM.
14A: Observe Yom Kippur: ATONE.
16A: Latin lover's verb: AMO.
19A: __ Bartlet, "The West Wing" president: JED. President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet (Martin Sheen)
20A: O.K. Corral event: SHOOT-OUT.
21A: Old enough: OF AGE.
23A: French designer's monogram: YSL. Yves Saint Laurent
24A: Father of Isaac: ABRAHAM.
26A: Takers of pics: CAMS. As a mechanic, I don't think of pics when I hear CAMS.
29A: Be superior to, as in the military: OUTRANK.
32A: Japanese sash: OBI.
37A: Hit on the noggin: BONK.
39A: Davis of "Dr. Dolittle": OSSIE. He portrayed Dr. Dolittle's father, Archer Dolittle, in the 1998 Eddie Murphy film.
40A: "Golden" principle: RULE.
43A: P. Hearst's kidnappers: S.L.A.. Symbionese Liberation Army. She was kidnapped in February of 1974.
44A: "Is the gamble worth it?": "DO I DARE?".
46A: London guy: CHAP.
47A: "Fencers, prepare to duel!": "EN GARDE!".
50A: Sine __ non: essential: QUA.
52A: Seismic event: QUAKE.
53A: "Could be": "I SUPPOSE".
58A: Suffix with sub: URB.
62A: Lead-in for metric: ISO.
63A: Whisky __: Hollywood disco: A GO-GO. Note the spelling of "Whisky".
64A: Dad's brother, in Bordeaux: ONCLE.
66A: Excited cry: WHOOP.
Down:
1D: They're above capts.: MAJS..
2D: Great Salt Lake state: UTAH.
4D: Gets a kick out of: ENJOYS.
7D: Not very much: A BIT.
8D: Data-sharing syst.: LAN.. A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small physical area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings, such as a school, etc..
9D: Displeased cluck: TSK!.
10D: "Make up your mind!": "YES OR NO!".
11D: Indian bigwig: RAJAH.
12D: Last Greek letter: OMEGA.
13D: Digital data transmitter: MODEM.
18D: Hershey's caramel-and-chocolate brand: ROLO.
22D: Hindu wonder-worker: FAKIR. Alt. sp., fakeer, faqir, faquir.
24D: More hoity-toity, in a cultural sense: ARTIER.
25D: Ruth of the Yankees: BABE. "The Sultan of Swat"
26D: Actor Lee J. __: COBB. He had a long and illustrious career in film and on Broadway. He died in 1976.
28D: Hussy: MINX.
30D: Rising trend in the market: UPSIDE.
31D: Puccini title heroine: TOSCA. She is Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer in Rome about June 1800.
38D: Instamatic maker: KODAK.
39D: "The Wizard __": OF ID. Oh, yeah, I had OZ. Messed me up for quite awhile. The Wizard of Id is a daily newspaper comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. The Wizard.
42D: Cat's front foot: FOREPAW.
45D: Same: Pref.: EQUI.
47D: Furnish with gear: EQUIP.
48D: Emergency room VIP: NURSE.
49D: Eva or Zsa Zsa: GABOR.
51D: High hair styles: UPDOS.
53D: Othello's betrayer: IAGO.
54D: Sty food: SLOP.
55D: In days gone by: ONCE. In days gone by, my boyhood job was to slop the hogs.
56D: Fancy hat fabric: SILK.
57D: Sorbonne summers: ETES.
60D: "That's icky!": UGH.
Answer grid.
Here are a few wonderful pictures J.D. took during her recent trip to Las Vegas. Click on each one for clearer photo. J.D. has been busy babysitting and helping her daughter moving out.
Argyle
