Theme: Rhyme Time - Two word colloquial expressions that rhyme. Tinbeni note: and contain a part of the body. Also noted, the constuctor's first names were worked into the puzzle fills.
20A. Blondness: FAIR HAIR.
22A. There may not be one "in the house" during a tearjerker: DRY EYE.
32A. Cat's pajamas: BEE'S KNEES.
37A. Like some stockings: THIGH-HIGH.
47A. Captain Ahab feature: PEG LEG.
50A. Fan of Jerry Garcia's band: DEADHEAD.
3D. Flight of scientists to another nation, e.g.: BRAIN DRAIN.
27D. "The original gourmet" candy bean: JELLY BELLY.
Argyle here. Easy peasy theme but some of the fill...oomph! And a high DF quotient; I can hardly wait to see some of the comments today!
Also, many of the entries have a groovy feel to them but, of course, that is no problem for our groovy solvers.
Across:
1A. Subway alternative: CAB.
4A. Floppy storage media: DISKS. A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible ("floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. (Wikipedia)
9A. Stop by unexpectedly: POP IN.
14A. Bruin legend Bobby: ORR. (Boston hockey)
15A. Apples since 1998: iMACS.
16A. Ivory neighbor?: EBONY. Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder video.
17A. "Michael Collins" org.: IRA. Sinn Féin member and early leader of the Irish Republican Army.
18A. Honda Accord, for one: SEDAN.
19A. Has a proclivity (to): TENDS. Proclivity comes from Latin(loosely) down slope.
23A. Neural impulse junction: SYNAPSE.
24A. Big hairdos, for short: FROS. And 1D. Elaborate dos: COIFS.
25A. Cart for heavy loads: DRAY. Interesting that most pics involve breweries.
26A. Coalition: BLOC.
27A. Boeing product: JET. (airplanes)
30A. County on San Francisco Bay: MARIN. Map.
34A. "__ See for Miles": The Who hit: I CAN. YouTube video.
35A. Houdini's family name: WEISS. Houdini's father and mother were Rabbi Mayer and Cecilia Weiss and he was named Ehrich. He began calling himself "Harry Houdini" because he was heavily influenced by the French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, and his friend erroneously told him that in French, adding an "i" to Houdin would mean "like Houdin" (Wikipedia)
36A. Promise in the dairy aisle: OLEO. Promise margarine.
39A. Van Gogh setting: ARLES. "The Garden at Arles". (in the south of France)
40A. Word with Big or top: TEN. Big Ten (athletic conference) or top ten(best of a list, from songs to Letterman's)
41A. "Great" dog: DANE. Big dog, too.
42A. "It's __!": bargain hunter's words: A BUY.
43A. Coffee holders: URNS.
44A. "Flying" toy: FRISBEE.
51A. Author Jong: ERICA.
52A. "What are you gonna do about it?!": "SUE ME!".
53A. Shirt size: Abbr.: LGE.
54A. Laid vinyl on, as a floor: TILED.
55A. Speak off the cuff: AD LIB.
56A. Quarterback Dawson: LEN. his card.
57A. Ingress: ENTRY.
58A. Befitting a slob: MESSY.
59A. Soph and jr.: YRS.
Down:
2D. Striking spread: ARRAY.
4D. Old-style kitchen washing receptacle: DISH PAN.
5D. "No argument from me": "I'M EASY".
6D. __ Hawkins Day: SADIE.
7D. 1980s Chrysler product: K-CAR. Most common were the Dodge Aries and the Plymouth Reliant sedans.
8D. Tax form ID: SSN.
9D. Faddish '70s toy that came in a box with air holes: PET ROCK.
10D. Does as told: OBEYS. Also, 39D. Follow, as rules: ABIDE BY.
11D. Fried Dixie bread: PONE.
12D. __ 500: INDY. The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race is held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
13D. Big Board letters: NYSE. (The New York Stock Exchange)
21D. __ to go: psyched: RARING.
22D. Metallic refuse: DROSS.
24D. Shylock's pound: FLESH.
26D. Light brown: BEIGE. Both 24D and 26D can be shades of 37A.
28D. Very wide, shoewise: EEEE.
29D. General __ chicken: Chinese dish: TSO'S. I ate one of the peppers while watching TV(instead of what I was eating). Wowser!
30D. Catcher's glove: MITT.
31D. Throb: ACHE.
32D. Some '60s war protests: BE-INS. The Human Be-In was a Happening in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967.If you were there and don't remember it, it's ok, we understand.
33D. "You can get it to me later": "NO RUSH".
35D. Cymbal sound: WHANG.
38D. Like many large-screen TVs: HD READY. Bet you can't find one now that isn't HD(high-definition) Ready.
42D. A Musketeer: ARAMIS. (Athos, Porthos, and Aramis)
43D. Stomach woe: ULCER.
44D. Senses: FEELS.
45D. Ready for action: EAGER.
46D. Paradises: EDENS.
47D. Tennis's Sampras: PETE.
48D. Common name for an Irish lass: ERIN.
49D. Gold-plated: GILT.
50D. Bro: DUDE.
52D. Uncle on a poster: SAM. From the Committee to Help Unsell the War, 1971, Poster.
Answer grid.
Argyle
