Theme: Greetings - Three phrases (one split into two entries) used to greet old friends.
17A. Warm welcome for an old friend: "LOOK WHO THE..."
27A. Warm welcome for an old friend: "HELLO, STRANGER!"
43A. Warm welcome for an old friend: "LONG TIME NO SEE!"
59A: See 17-Across: "... WIND BLEW IN!"
Argyle here.
Much as I like starting a puzzle with some BABAS (1Across Rum cakes), and easy theme entries, I feel some of the fill isn't Monday material. I will say the perps usually filled in the difficult words. I wonder if "Look what the cat dragged in!" didn't meet the nothing untoward before breakfast rule.
Across:
6A. Greek god of love: EROS.
10A. Quite a long time: AGES.
14A. Got up: AROSE.
15A. Light fog: MIST.
16A. Knight's lady: DAME.
19A. Big bore: DRAG. Someone or something tedious, perhaps in the sense time drags when around them.
20A. Calligraphers' supplies: INKS.
21A. Mr. T's TV gang: A-TEAM.
22A. Othello's false friend: IAGO. Shakespeare. As adviser to Othello, a general of Venice, Iago lies to his master and eventually drives him to murder his wife. Dictionary.com
23A. Wheels connector: AXLE.
25A. Kentucky Fried piece: WING.
32A. Levels in the ring: KAYOs. The letters KO (knock out) spelled out. Boxing ring.
33A. Make, as money: EARN.
34A. Urgent call at sea: S-O-S.
36A. "__ a man with seven wives": I MET. (Nursery Rhyme) As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
37A. Tubular pasta: PENNE.
39A. Sail support: MAST.
40A. Exerciser's unit: REP. Repetition.
41A. Saintly glow: AURA. And 18D. Angel's topper: HALO.
42A. Flower associated with Holland: TULIP.
47A. Welcome word on a bill: PAID. Indeed!
48A. Fontanne's stage partner: LUNT. Alfred Lunt (1892-1977) and Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) became known as the first family of the American theater. The Lunts lived for many years at Ten Chimneys, in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin.
49A. Make a backup of: COPY.
51A. Loathing: ODIUM. Almost straight from Latin.
54A. Took a bus, say: RODE.
58A. Hertz competitor: AVIS.
61A. One of Columbus's ships: NIÑA.
62A. Moniker: NAME.
63A. Puppeteer Bil: BAIRD. One of his better known creations was Charlemane the lion. He and Cora Eisenberg produced and performed the famous puppetry sequence for The Lonely Goatherd in the film version of The Sound of Music. From Wikipedia.
64A. Uptight: EDGY.
65A. Iditarod racer: SLED.
66A. "Golden Boy" dramatist Clifford: ODETS.
Down:
1D. "__ Ha'i": "South Pacific" song: BALI. Charlotte Church sings Bali Ha'i.
2D. Elvis's middle name: ARON.
3D. Library volume: BOOK.
4D. Makes daunting demands (of): ASKS A LOT.
5D. Do some quilting: SEW.
6D. Hams it up: EMOTES.
7D. __ of passage: RITE.
8D. Fed. workplace regulator: OSHA. Occupational Safety & Health, signed into law on December 29, 1970.
9D. Goblets and such: STEMWARE. Tinbeni's favorite glass.
10D. Tacking on: ADDING.
11D. Event for unloading junk: GARAGE SALE. Does your town have town-wide garage sales?
12D. Online periodical, briefly: E-MAG.
13D. Lily with bell-shaped flowers: SEGO.
24D. Big tee sizes: XLs.
26D. Quaint lodging: INN.
27D. Veronica of "Hill Street Blues": HAMEL. Picture. Description below. (Oops! Right description, wrong actress. This is Sophia Bush, from One Tree Hill, TV show.) Veronica Hamel
28D. Amazing to behold: EYE-POPPING.
29D. Common coffee break hr.: TEN AM.
30D. Made tracks: RAN.
31D. "__ Radio" (O'Donnell talk show): ROSIE.
32D. White wine apéritif: KIR. And a good use of stemware.
35D. Gas additive brand: STP.
37D. Belittling remarks: PUT-DOWNS.
38D. Verdi aria "__ tu": ERI. For a baritone voice.
39D. 3-Down not to be missed: MUST READ.
41D. Form 1040 calc.: AGI. Adjusted gross income.
42D. Whole bunch: TON.
44D. Reject: NAYSAY.
45D. Sidestepped: ELUDED.
46D. Feeling no pain: NUMB.
49D. Vaudeville dancer's prop: CANE.
50D. Roman poet banished by Augustus: OVID.
52D. Retro phone feature: DIAL.
53D. "By the power vested __ ...": IN ME. And another wedding 57D. Comes to a close: ENDS.
55D. Boo-boo, in totspeak: OWIE.
56D. Dust and grime: DIRT.
60D. Debt-heavy corp. takeover: LBO. Leveraged buyout.
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A. Warm welcome for an old friend: "LOOK WHO THE..."
27A. Warm welcome for an old friend: "HELLO, STRANGER!"
43A. Warm welcome for an old friend: "LONG TIME NO SEE!"
59A: See 17-Across: "... WIND BLEW IN!"
Argyle here.
Much as I like starting a puzzle with some BABAS (1Across Rum cakes), and easy theme entries, I feel some of the fill isn't Monday material. I will say the perps usually filled in the difficult words. I wonder if "Look what the cat dragged in!" didn't meet the nothing untoward before breakfast rule.
Across:
6A. Greek god of love: EROS.
10A. Quite a long time: AGES.
14A. Got up: AROSE.
15A. Light fog: MIST.
16A. Knight's lady: DAME.
19A. Big bore: DRAG. Someone or something tedious, perhaps in the sense time drags when around them.
20A. Calligraphers' supplies: INKS.
21A. Mr. T's TV gang: A-TEAM.
22A. Othello's false friend: IAGO. Shakespeare. As adviser to Othello, a general of Venice, Iago lies to his master and eventually drives him to murder his wife. Dictionary.com
23A. Wheels connector: AXLE.
25A. Kentucky Fried piece: WING.
32A. Levels in the ring: KAYOs. The letters KO (knock out) spelled out. Boxing ring.
33A. Make, as money: EARN.
34A. Urgent call at sea: S-O-S.
36A. "__ a man with seven wives": I MET. (Nursery Rhyme) As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
37A. Tubular pasta: PENNE.
39A. Sail support: MAST.
40A. Exerciser's unit: REP. Repetition.
41A. Saintly glow: AURA. And 18D. Angel's topper: HALO.
42A. Flower associated with Holland: TULIP.
47A. Welcome word on a bill: PAID. Indeed!
48A. Fontanne's stage partner: LUNT. Alfred Lunt (1892-1977) and Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) became known as the first family of the American theater. The Lunts lived for many years at Ten Chimneys, in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin.
49A. Make a backup of: COPY.
51A. Loathing: ODIUM. Almost straight from Latin.
54A. Took a bus, say: RODE.
58A. Hertz competitor: AVIS.
61A. One of Columbus's ships: NIÑA.
62A. Moniker: NAME.
63A. Puppeteer Bil: BAIRD. One of his better known creations was Charlemane the lion. He and Cora Eisenberg produced and performed the famous puppetry sequence for The Lonely Goatherd in the film version of The Sound of Music. From Wikipedia.
64A. Uptight: EDGY.
65A. Iditarod racer: SLED.
66A. "Golden Boy" dramatist Clifford: ODETS.
Down:
1D. "__ Ha'i": "South Pacific" song: BALI. Charlotte Church sings Bali Ha'i.
2D. Elvis's middle name: ARON.
3D. Library volume: BOOK.
4D. Makes daunting demands (of): ASKS A LOT.
5D. Do some quilting: SEW.
6D. Hams it up: EMOTES.
7D. __ of passage: RITE.
8D. Fed. workplace regulator: OSHA. Occupational Safety & Health, signed into law on December 29, 1970.
9D. Goblets and such: STEMWARE. Tinbeni's favorite glass.
10D. Tacking on: ADDING.
11D. Event for unloading junk: GARAGE SALE. Does your town have town-wide garage sales?
12D. Online periodical, briefly: E-MAG.
13D. Lily with bell-shaped flowers: SEGO.
24D. Big tee sizes: XLs.
26D. Quaint lodging: INN.
27D. Veronica of "Hill Street Blues": HAMEL. Picture. Description below. (Oops! Right description, wrong actress. This is Sophia Bush, from One Tree Hill, TV show.) Veronica Hamel
28D. Amazing to behold: EYE-POPPING.
29D. Common coffee break hr.: TEN AM.
30D. Made tracks: RAN.
31D. "__ Radio" (O'Donnell talk show): ROSIE.
32D. White wine apéritif: KIR. And a good use of stemware.
35D. Gas additive brand: STP.
37D. Belittling remarks: PUT-DOWNS.
38D. Verdi aria "__ tu": ERI. For a baritone voice.
39D. 3-Down not to be missed: MUST READ.
41D. Form 1040 calc.: AGI. Adjusted gross income.
42D. Whole bunch: TON.
44D. Reject: NAYSAY.
45D. Sidestepped: ELUDED.
46D. Feeling no pain: NUMB.
49D. Vaudeville dancer's prop: CANE.
50D. Roman poet banished by Augustus: OVID.
52D. Retro phone feature: DIAL.
53D. "By the power vested __ ...": IN ME. And another wedding 57D. Comes to a close: ENDS.
55D. Boo-boo, in totspeak: OWIE.
56D. Dust and grime: DIRT.
60D. Debt-heavy corp. takeover: LBO. Leveraged buyout.
Answer grid.
Argyle
