Theme: For Petes' Sake The first word of the three longest entries is the last name of three persons having the same first name which is revealed in the last Across word.
17A. Legendary spring that creates spring chickens?: FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. Pete Fountain is a famous clarinetist. He was once fired by Lawrence Welk for "jazzing up" a Christmas number on the show.
38A. Grammy revoked from Milli Vanilli: BEST NEW ARTIST. Pete Best is best known as the original drummer in The Beatles.
60A. Portland Trail Blazers' home: ROSE GARDEN ARENA. Pete Rose, nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager.
71A. Name that can precede the first word of 17-, 38- or 60-Across: PETE
Argyle here, older but no wiser. And what's with hitting me with 1A. Grew older: AGED first thing? Seriously though, thank you for all the birthday greetings.
Across:
5. American __: Pacific territory : SAMOA
10. Employee protection org. : OSHA. Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
14. Chore list heading : TO DO
15. Old Geo model : PRIZM. The Geo/Chevrolet Prizm (Chevrolet Prizm starting 1998) was a US market entry-level compact car from 1989 through 2002. All were made at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, CA, a joint venture plant between Toyota and General Motors. The plant is now owned by Tesla Motors, the electric vehicle people.
16. Carrot or turnip : ROOT. Vegetable.
20. Garment border : HEM
21. "I'll treat!" : "ON ME!"
22. Three, in Turin : TRE. Italian(Remember, it could have been clued, in Torino, Italian for Turin.)
23. College concentration : MAJOR. Less concentration, 7D. 23-Across opposite : MINOR.
26. Pungent salad green : CRESS
27. Mighty long time : EON
28. Stat for Mariano Rivera : ERA. Yankee pitcher, career ERA 2.23(Earned Run Average).
29. CEO's degree : MBA
31. Ford classics : T-BIRDS. Thunderbirds are called T-birds so much, I guess indicating a shortened version of the name isn't necessary.
33. Carvey of "Wayne's World" : DANA. Originally a SNL sketch, it became a movie.
35. Karaoke singer, usually : AMATEUR
42. Polite "Ready to go?" : "SHALL WE?"
43. Linger in the tub : SOAK
45. Start to melt : SOFTEN. That is REALLY staying in the tub too long.
48. Bordeaux brush-off : NON. In France.
50. Paranormal showman Geller : URI
51. "Fresh Air" airer : NPR. National Public Radio.
52. Rear end : FANNY
55. Political aficionado's station : C-SPAN
57. Absorbed, as a cost : ATE
58. Circular cookie : OREO
59. Stable tidbit : OAT
66. Good fortune : LUCK
67. Cursor controller : MOUSE
68. Diabolical : EVIL
69. Fawn's father : STAG
70. Campfire remains : ASHES
Down:
1. DOJ division : ATF. Department of Justice / Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (and Explosives).
2. Bit of baby babble : GOO
3. Academic URL ender : EDU
4. Hawaiian who sang "Pearly Shells" : DON HO. But more famous for "Tiny Bubbles".
5. Inbox junk : SPAM
6. Magnate Onassis : ARI
8. Atmospheric layer : OZONE
9. Car sound system : AM/FM STEREO
10. El Dorado gold : ORO. Now some Spanish.
11. Justice replaced by Sotomayor : SOUTER. David H. Souter, replaced by Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court.
12. Souped-up ride : HOT ROD
13. Aegean capital : ATHENS. A capital city on the Aegean Sea.
18. Time in office : TERM
19. "I agree, however ..." : "YES, BUT..."
23. __ school : MED. Another case of accepted use of the shortened form(of medical) as a word on its own.
24. Part of U.A.E. : ARAB. United Arab Emirates, usually abbreviated just UAE.
25. Dick's storybook partner : JANE
26. Caravan creature : CAMEL
30. Girl group with the 1986 #1 hit "Venus" : BANANARAMA. Live(3:04) You are welcome to skip this but it is great kitsch.
32. Spring blossom : IRIS
34. Admin. aide : ASST.
36. Pointy tool : AWL
37. Like a lion's coat : TAWNY. Wait for it.
39. It "comes on little cat feet," in a Sandburg poem : THE FOG.
FOG
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Carl Sandburg
I always wonder if this had been written by a first year English major, what grade would it have received?
40. Campbell's product : SOUP
41. Fictional plantation : TARA. From "Gone With the Wind".
44. Reunion group : KIN. Family, not class.
45. Entangles : SNARLS
46. Decline to participate : OPT OUT
47. Grapefruit-flavored diet drink : FRESCA
49. Academic sports org. : NCAA. National Collegiate Athletic Association.
53. Detective Wolfe and an emperor : NEROs
54. "Obviously!" : "NO DUH!"
56. Throat bacteria : STREP
59. Tip jar bills : ONES
61. Heart test letters : EKG. Electrocardiogram.
62. Suffix with Canton : ESE
63. Anticipatory time : EVE
64. Trivial point : NIT
65. Drink by a dartboard : ALE
Answer grid.
Argyle
17A. Legendary spring that creates spring chickens?: FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. Pete Fountain is a famous clarinetist. He was once fired by Lawrence Welk for "jazzing up" a Christmas number on the show.
38A. Grammy revoked from Milli Vanilli: BEST NEW ARTIST. Pete Best is best known as the original drummer in The Beatles.
60A. Portland Trail Blazers' home: ROSE GARDEN ARENA. Pete Rose, nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager.
71A. Name that can precede the first word of 17-, 38- or 60-Across: PETE
Argyle here, older but no wiser. And what's with hitting me with 1A. Grew older: AGED first thing? Seriously though, thank you for all the birthday greetings.
Across:
5. American __: Pacific territory : SAMOA
10. Employee protection org. : OSHA. Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
14. Chore list heading : TO DO
15. Old Geo model : PRIZM. The Geo/Chevrolet Prizm (Chevrolet Prizm starting 1998) was a US market entry-level compact car from 1989 through 2002. All were made at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, CA, a joint venture plant between Toyota and General Motors. The plant is now owned by Tesla Motors, the electric vehicle people.
16. Carrot or turnip : ROOT. Vegetable.
20. Garment border : HEM
21. "I'll treat!" : "ON ME!"
22. Three, in Turin : TRE. Italian(Remember, it could have been clued, in Torino, Italian for Turin.)
23. College concentration : MAJOR. Less concentration, 7D. 23-Across opposite : MINOR.
26. Pungent salad green : CRESS
27. Mighty long time : EON
28. Stat for Mariano Rivera : ERA. Yankee pitcher, career ERA 2.23(Earned Run Average).
29. CEO's degree : MBA
31. Ford classics : T-BIRDS. Thunderbirds are called T-birds so much, I guess indicating a shortened version of the name isn't necessary.
33. Carvey of "Wayne's World" : DANA. Originally a SNL sketch, it became a movie.
35. Karaoke singer, usually : AMATEUR
42. Polite "Ready to go?" : "SHALL WE?"
43. Linger in the tub : SOAK
45. Start to melt : SOFTEN. That is REALLY staying in the tub too long.
48. Bordeaux brush-off : NON. In France.
50. Paranormal showman Geller : URI
51. "Fresh Air" airer : NPR. National Public Radio.
52. Rear end : FANNY
55. Political aficionado's station : C-SPAN
57. Absorbed, as a cost : ATE
58. Circular cookie : OREO
59. Stable tidbit : OAT
66. Good fortune : LUCK
67. Cursor controller : MOUSE
68. Diabolical : EVIL
69. Fawn's father : STAG
70. Campfire remains : ASHES
Down:
1. DOJ division : ATF. Department of Justice / Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (and Explosives).
2. Bit of baby babble : GOO
3. Academic URL ender : EDU
4. Hawaiian who sang "Pearly Shells" : DON HO. But more famous for "Tiny Bubbles".
5. Inbox junk : SPAM
6. Magnate Onassis : ARI
8. Atmospheric layer : OZONE
9. Car sound system : AM/FM STEREO
10. El Dorado gold : ORO. Now some Spanish.
11. Justice replaced by Sotomayor : SOUTER. David H. Souter, replaced by Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court.
12. Souped-up ride : HOT ROD
13. Aegean capital : ATHENS. A capital city on the Aegean Sea.
18. Time in office : TERM
19. "I agree, however ..." : "YES, BUT..."
23. __ school : MED. Another case of accepted use of the shortened form(of medical) as a word on its own.
24. Part of U.A.E. : ARAB. United Arab Emirates, usually abbreviated just UAE.
25. Dick's storybook partner : JANE
26. Caravan creature : CAMEL
30. Girl group with the 1986 #1 hit "Venus" : BANANARAMA. Live(3:04) You are welcome to skip this but it is great kitsch.
32. Spring blossom : IRIS
34. Admin. aide : ASST.
36. Pointy tool : AWL
37. Like a lion's coat : TAWNY. Wait for it.
39. It "comes on little cat feet," in a Sandburg poem : THE FOG.
FOG
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Carl Sandburg
I always wonder if this had been written by a first year English major, what grade would it have received?
40. Campbell's product : SOUP
41. Fictional plantation : TARA. From "Gone With the Wind".
44. Reunion group : KIN. Family, not class.
45. Entangles : SNARLS
46. Decline to participate : OPT OUT
47. Grapefruit-flavored diet drink : FRESCA
49. Academic sports org. : NCAA. National Collegiate Athletic Association.
53. Detective Wolfe and an emperor : NEROs
54. "Obviously!" : "NO DUH!"
56. Throat bacteria : STREP
59. Tip jar bills : ONES
61. Heart test letters : EKG. Electrocardiogram.
62. Suffix with Canton : ESE
63. Anticipatory time : EVE
64. Trivial point : NIT
65. Drink by a dartboard : ALE
Answer grid.
Argyle
