Theme: Address - The first word of the theme entries are the labels on the lines of most forms we have to fill out.
18A. "I'll pay whatever you're asking" : "NAME A PRICE"
30A. Cost to the customer, as of illicit drugs : STREET VALUE
36A. Smooth urbanite : CITY SLICKER
44A. Subject of a highly classified file : STATE SECRET
59A. "Not another word!" : "ZIP YOUR LIP!"
Argyle here, not really awake but can't get to sleep either. I'm blaming it on the warm weather; I don't know how to handle it anymore.
So about today's puzzle, is it fresh or mundane? It may just be I've been filling out too many forms for taxes that it seems old but I can't say I've ever seen it done before. All in all, a good job.
Across:
1. Dance move : STEP
5. Give a free ticket to : COMP. Shortened form of 'complimentary' and can be a noun, meaning things like tickets given without extra charge, or the act of giving these items, a verb. Can also be an adjective.
9. __-Abyssinian War: 1936 Mussolini triumph : ITALO. The Second Italo–Abyssinian War (also referred to as the Second Italo-Ethiopian War) was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire (also known as Abyssinia). per Wiki. Map. After 1936, Mussolini's official title was "His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire".
14. Task list heading : TO DO
15. Foot's curve : ARCH
16. Grinding tooth : MOLAR
17. Bird sacred to Tut : IBIS. King Tut, that is.
20. Doves' homes : COTEs
22. Holy smoke : INCENSE
23. "Rock and Roll, Hoochie __": 1974 hit : KOO. "Lordy mama, light my fuse"(3:48)
24. Sportage automaker : KIA. Compact SUV, from South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer.
27. As __ as Methuselah : OLD. Methuselah is the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
28. "... three men in a __" : TUB. Nursery rhyme.
33. Toon storekeeper from India : APU. TV's The Simpsons.
34. Problem for Pauline : PERIL. The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments. There were also movies, as late as 1967.
35. Brake component : DISC
40. Campus VIP : BMOC. Big Man On Campus.
42. Double-reed winds : OBOEs
43. "She Done __ Wrong": Mae West film : HIM
50. Small bill : ONE
51. Mustard's rank: Abbr. : COL. Colonel Mustard, from the board game, Clue( also known as Cluedo.)
52. Audible dance style : TAP
53. Pub purchase : ALE
54. Homemade shorts : CUT-OFFS
57. Lazy __: revolving tray : SUSAN
62. Use UPS : SHIP
63. Sound that might accompany 37-Down : SNORT
64. French franc successor : EURO
65. "The __ Love": Gershwin song : MAN I. Clip.(3:07) Originally part of a 1924 score but dropped, it became more famous as an independent popular song than as one from a Broadway musical.
66. Moorehead of "Bewitched" : AGNES. She was Endora, Samantha's mother.
67. Chess standoff : DRAW
68. Yemen city on its own gulf : ADEN
Down:
1. Pick-up __: toy : STICKS. I think last time we has this clue, many people hadn't heard of the game. Image.
2. Also : TO BOOT
3. Newspaper bigwig : EDITOR
4. Model's stance : POSE
5. Is able to : CAN
6. "... man __ mouse?" : OR A
7. Early 20th-century year : MCMI. 1901
8. Early antiseptic compound : PHENOL. It was widely used as an antispetic, which seems much safer.
9. Get in the way of : IMPEDE
10. In a dilemma : TORN
11. "The Guns of Navarone" author MacLean : ALISTAIR. A Scottish novelist who died in 1987.
12. Hiking boots, e.g. : LACE-UPS
13. Galena or hematite : ORE
19. Civil rights gp. : ACLU
21. Trapshooting : SKEET
25. "Lord knows __!" : I TRY
26. Rent-a-car option : AVIS
29. Tampa NFLer : BUC, Buccaneers.
31. "Beowulf," e.g. : EPIC
32. Dole out : ALLOT
35. Genealogy abbr. : DESC. Descendants
36. Discover fortuitously : COME UPON
37. Scoffer's words : "I BET"
38. __ Nostra : COSA
39. Hangs on to : KEEPS
40. Pres. after GWB : BHO. Barack Hussein Obama.
41. Chopping, as garlic : MINCING
44. Runs fast : SCOOTS
45. Vegan staple : TOFU
46. Director Hitchcock : ALFRED
47. "Cosby" actress Phylicia : RASHĀD. She was married to football player, Ahmad Rashād. He proposed to her during a Thanksgiving pregame show in 1985.
48. Jerry's female friend, on "Seinfeld" : ELAINE
49. Part of a daunting split, in bowling : TEN PIN
55. Rugby radial : TYRE. Rugby the town in England.
56. Cast aspersions on : SLUR
58. West Point inits. : USMA. United States Military Academy.
59. When doubled, a Gabor : ZSA
60. Savings vehicle for later yrs. : IRA
61. Comics punch sound : POW
Argyle
