Theme: Game, Set, Match - The first four theme entries end in a term used in the sport that will give you the ailment in the fifth entry.
17A. Does some Web browsing: SURFS THE NET
24A. Coming-out gala: DEBUTANTE BALL
37A. Demand accompanied by a banging gavel: "ORDER IN THE COURT"
47. Illegal lottery : NUMBERS RACKET
58A. Lateral epicondylitis (and a possible injury hinted at by the ends of 17-, 24-, 37- and 47-Across): TENNIS ELBOW
Argyle here.
I did not start in the NW corner. 'Nuff said. Although the long entries were relatively easy, overall, this was one of the harder Mondays. But did you notice...the theme words (NET, BALL COURT & RACKET) were progressive in their length. Not a coincident, I'm thinking. Right, Donna?
Across:
1. Finalize, as a deal : SEW UP. I put in SHAKE and was slow to take it out.
6. "Let __!": "Start the ball rolling!" : IT RIP. I couldn't find a definitive meaning of the phrase but it relates to doing things quickly. It is much like how you can tear a fabric easily in one direction or if you are sawing lumber, ripping, or sawing with the grain, is much faster the cutting across the grain.
11. Sleep attire, briefly : PJs. Pajamas Adult Onesies.
14. Honolulu hello : ALOHA
15. NFL's winningest coach Don : SHULA. Now has a chain of steak houses.
16. Below-the-belt : LOW
19. "The Kids __ All Right": 2010 film : ARE. A book, a film, and a song(3:01).
20. Building wing : ELL
21. Photographed : SHOT
22. Brownish-green eye color : HAZEL. National Geographic.
28. Forever and ever : ALWAYS
30. Rolled grain : OATS
31. Clark's love : LOIS. And 12D. Superman's birth father : JOR-EL
32. "Me, too!" : "SO AM I!"
34. NFL six-pointers : TDs. Touchdowns
41. Casual shirt : TEE
42. La Virginie et la Caroline du Sud : ÉTATS. French for states (Virginia and S. Carolina)
43. La __ Tar Pits : BREA
44. Karate blow : CHOP
45. Restrain : REIN IN
52. Tibetan capital : LHASA
53. Bedouin, ethnically : ARAB
54. Eyjafjallajökull residue : ASH. Glad the Icelandic volcano is the clue and not the answer; it wouldn't fit anyway.
57. Get stuck for, as a cost : EAT
62. Regret : RUE
63. Furry "Star Wars" creatures : EWOKs
64. Track event : RELAY
65. Family Stone frontman : SLY
66. Thick : DENSE
67. Nerdy types : GEEKS
Down:
1. Submission encl. : SASE. Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.
2. 12th Hebrew month : ELUL. The twelfth month of the Jewish civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year. (I could use a little help here.)
3. Global : WORLDWIDE
4. 300 to 3,000 MHz : UHF. The channels are 14 through 83. Remember when you had an antenna on the roof?
5. Elapse : PASS BY
6. Enjoys faddish popularity : IS HOT
7. It precedes iota : THETA. It's Greek to me.
8. Pantyhose woe : RUN
9. Sight in the Seine : ÎLE. French alliteration.
10. Pitiful : PATHETIC
11. Eloise's hotel, with "the" : PLAZA. From a series of children's books written by Kay Thompson
13. Peachy : SWELL
18. Ergo : THUS
23. Crunch targets : ABs
25. Relax, as restrictions : EASE
26. __ Ark : NOAH'S
27. Like most pets : TAME
28. Scads : A LOT
29. Wisdom of the elders : LORE
32. Clothes fasteners : SNAPS
33. Baseball great Mel : OTT
34. Phonograph component : TURNTABLE
35. Eins und zwei : DREI. German 1 + 2 = 3
36. Ollie's partner : STAN. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
38. Readied the leftovers, say : REHEATED
39. "... believe __ not!" : IT OR
40. Big Apple theater award : OBIE. Off Broadway.
44. "Survivor" network : CBS
45. Some TVs : RCAs
46. Anita of "La Dolce Vita" : EKBERG. Image.
47. Cards and Phils : NLers. Baseball.
48. Amateur mover's rental : U-HAUL
49. Sailor's sobriquet : MATEY
50. Military levels : RANKS
51. Get up : ARISE
55. Hose down for a while : SOAK
56. Major rtes. : HWYs. In general, the interstates are even numbers for the east-west highways, increasing from south to north, and the odd numbers are north-south highways, increasing from west to east.
59. Woolly farm female : EWE
60. Rouen refusal : "NON". Rouen is the historic capital city of Normandy, in northern France.
61. Important name in Virginia history : LEE. La Virginie.
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A. Does some Web browsing: SURFS THE NET
24A. Coming-out gala: DEBUTANTE BALL
37A. Demand accompanied by a banging gavel: "ORDER IN THE COURT"
47. Illegal lottery : NUMBERS RACKET
58A. Lateral epicondylitis (and a possible injury hinted at by the ends of 17-, 24-, 37- and 47-Across): TENNIS ELBOW
Argyle here.
I did not start in the NW corner. 'Nuff said. Although the long entries were relatively easy, overall, this was one of the harder Mondays. But did you notice...the theme words (NET, BALL COURT & RACKET) were progressive in their length. Not a coincident, I'm thinking. Right, Donna?
Across:
1. Finalize, as a deal : SEW UP. I put in SHAKE and was slow to take it out.
6. "Let __!": "Start the ball rolling!" : IT RIP. I couldn't find a definitive meaning of the phrase but it relates to doing things quickly. It is much like how you can tear a fabric easily in one direction or if you are sawing lumber, ripping, or sawing with the grain, is much faster the cutting across the grain.
11. Sleep attire, briefly : PJs. Pajamas Adult Onesies.
14. Honolulu hello : ALOHA
15. NFL's winningest coach Don : SHULA. Now has a chain of steak houses.
16. Below-the-belt : LOW
19. "The Kids __ All Right": 2010 film : ARE. A book, a film, and a song(3:01).
20. Building wing : ELL
21. Photographed : SHOT
22. Brownish-green eye color : HAZEL. National Geographic.
28. Forever and ever : ALWAYS
30. Rolled grain : OATS
31. Clark's love : LOIS. And 12D. Superman's birth father : JOR-EL
32. "Me, too!" : "SO AM I!"
34. NFL six-pointers : TDs. Touchdowns
41. Casual shirt : TEE
42. La Virginie et la Caroline du Sud : ÉTATS. French for states (Virginia and S. Carolina)
43. La __ Tar Pits : BREA
44. Karate blow : CHOP
45. Restrain : REIN IN
52. Tibetan capital : LHASA
53. Bedouin, ethnically : ARAB
54. Eyjafjallajökull residue : ASH. Glad the Icelandic volcano is the clue and not the answer; it wouldn't fit anyway.
57. Get stuck for, as a cost : EAT
62. Regret : RUE
63. Furry "Star Wars" creatures : EWOKs
64. Track event : RELAY
65. Family Stone frontman : SLY
66. Thick : DENSE
67. Nerdy types : GEEKS
Down:
1. Submission encl. : SASE. Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.
2. 12th Hebrew month : ELUL. The twelfth month of the Jewish civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year. (I could use a little help here.)
3. Global : WORLDWIDE
4. 300 to 3,000 MHz : UHF. The channels are 14 through 83. Remember when you had an antenna on the roof?
5. Elapse : PASS BY
6. Enjoys faddish popularity : IS HOT
7. It precedes iota : THETA. It's Greek to me.
8. Pantyhose woe : RUN
9. Sight in the Seine : ÎLE. French alliteration.
10. Pitiful : PATHETIC
11. Eloise's hotel, with "the" : PLAZA. From a series of children's books written by Kay Thompson
13. Peachy : SWELL
18. Ergo : THUS
23. Crunch targets : ABs
25. Relax, as restrictions : EASE
26. __ Ark : NOAH'S
27. Like most pets : TAME
28. Scads : A LOT
29. Wisdom of the elders : LORE
32. Clothes fasteners : SNAPS
33. Baseball great Mel : OTT
34. Phonograph component : TURNTABLE
35. Eins und zwei : DREI. German 1 + 2 = 3
36. Ollie's partner : STAN. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
38. Readied the leftovers, say : REHEATED
39. "... believe __ not!" : IT OR
40. Big Apple theater award : OBIE. Off Broadway.
44. "Survivor" network : CBS
45. Some TVs : RCAs
46. Anita of "La Dolce Vita" : EKBERG. Image.
47. Cards and Phils : NLers. Baseball.
48. Amateur mover's rental : U-HAUL
49. Sailor's sobriquet : MATEY
50. Military levels : RANKS
51. Get up : ARISE
55. Hose down for a while : SOAK
56. Major rtes. : HWYs. In general, the interstates are even numbers for the east-west highways, increasing from south to north, and the odd numbers are north-south highways, increasing from west to east.
59. Woolly farm female : EWE
60. Rouen refusal : "NON". Rouen is the historic capital city of Normandy, in northern France.
61. Important name in Virginia history : LEE. La Virginie.
Answer grid.
Argyle
