Theme: Look At This - Three long entries that, if you add their first word to the end(or FINISH) of PHOTO, you will get a compound word like the unifier.
17A. Penning ads and such : COPY WRITING. PHOTOCOPY.
26A. Mall habitué's motto : "SHOP TIL YOU DROP". PHOTOSHOP.
42A. Instrument Bob Dylan was once booed for playing : ELECTRIC GUITAR PHOTOELECTRIC.
56A. Race decided by a camera, or what the start of 17-, 26- or 42-Across literally is : PHOTO FINISH
Argyle here. You don't need me today.
Across:
1. Gold medalist's place : FIRST
6. Buddies : CHUMS
11. Use a stun gun on : ZAP
14. Boise's state : IDAHO
15. Saigon's Vietnam War counterpart : HANOI. Map.
16. "__ had it!" : I'VE
19. Wee one : TOT
20. PC key next to the space bar : ALT
21. Buttery and creamy, as pastry : RICH
22. Browsing the Web, say : ON-LINE
24. When doubled, make light of : POOH. "Oh, pooh-pooh!"
25. Church alcove : APSE
32. Ending for micro- or oscillo- : SCOPE
33. Puppy's protest : YELP
34. Big Band __ : ERA
35. Tackle box item : LURE
36. Equine, to a 19-Across : HORSY
38. Odds partner : ENDS
39. Like most codgers : OLD
40. Long-haul rig : SEMI
41. Postal postings : RATES
46. Gold medalist, vis-à-vis competitors : BEST
47. Egyptian snakes : ASPs
48. "Comin' right up" : "IN A SEC"
51. Part of a blind : SLAT
52. "Unbelievable!" : WOW
55. Whopper junior? : FIB
59. Seasonal malady : FLU
60. Crowbar, essentially : LEVER
61. How objects are seen through a mist : DIMLY
62. "Is it soup __?" : YET
63. Skip the announcement, invitations, etc. : ELOPE
64. Old Montreal team : EXPOS. Baseball.
Down:
1. Payroll tax acronym : FICA. Federal Insurance Contributions Act(Social Security).
2. Teen favorite : IDOL
3. Totally absorbed : RAPT
4. Hardly outgoing : SHY
5. Line on a tugboat : TOW ROPE
6. Showy to a fault : CHICHI. French.
7. "What __ God wrought?" : HATH. Samuel Morse sent his first telegraph message: “What hath God wrought.” Why that phrase? It was a biblical quote selected by the daughter of one of Morse’s key financial backers. It is a phrase from the Book of Numbers (Numbers 23:23). "Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!"
8. Prefix with verse : UNI
9. Game with tiny hotels : MONOPOLY
10. Volunteers (for) : SIGNS UP
11. Penne relative : ZITI. Pasta.
12. Skin So Soft maker : AVON
13. Townshend of The Who : PETE. Musician.
18. Mob disorder : RIOT
23. Was in front : LED
24. Benedict I, e.g. : POPE
25. Affirmative votes : AYEs
26. Oar : SCULL
27. Large crowd : HORDE
28. Emotionally expressive, as poetry : LYRIC
29. Avis __ Car : RENT A
30. Tell the waiter what you want : ORDER
31. Avoid flunking : PASS
32. Gin fizz flavoring : SLOE
36. __ Bernardi, who played Tevye on Broadway : HERSCHEL. Image. Some might remember him as Lt. Jacoby on TV's Peter Gunn.
37. Fail to mention : OMIT
38. Diner sign : EATS
40. Church topper : STEEPLE. Stowe, VT.
41. Scary beach current : RIPTIDE
43. TV network with an eye logo : CBS
44. In great numbers : GALORE
45. "Wild Blue Yonder" mil. group : USAF
48. Far from certain : IFFY
49. River through Egypt : NILE
50. Be contiguous with : ABUT
51. Aerobics accessory : STEP
52. Spineless one : WIMP
53. Norway's capital : OSLO
54. __ and wherefores : WHYS
57. Lacto-__ vegetarian : OVO. A vegetarian who does not eat animal flesh of any kind, but is willing to consume dairy and egg.
58. Put the kibosh on : NIX
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Our "Hard to Believe" series continues. Guess who this cute baby this. Here is another one of him and his younger brother. And yes, the boy yesterday is Splynter. (Added later: Today's mystery boy is Barry G.)
Note from C.C.:
Our "Hard to Believe" series continues. Guess who this cute baby this. Here is another one of him and his younger brother. And yes, the boy yesterday is Splynter. (Added later: Today's mystery boy is Barry G.)
