Theme: Talking Cereal - I'll let them tell you themselves. Clip.(0:60)
17A. "Get a grip!" : "SNAP OUT OF IT!"
37A. Crafts technique for an old-fashioned look : CRACKLE FINISH
60A. Connector that completes a phrase made from the starts of the three longest across answers : AND
61A. Get the front of one's bike off the ground : POP A WHEELIE
Argyle here. This certainly passes the breakfast test. This is Janie's second LAT puzzle. Still too many esses for my taste but I like the long theme entries.
Across:
1. What ice cream does in the sun : MELTs
6. Mythical weeper : NIOBE. One of the more tragic figures in Greek myth.
11. With it : HEP
14. "Terrific!" : GREAT
15. Play-of-color gems : OPALs
16. Bambi's aunt : ENA
19. Albums kept in jewel boxes, briefly : CDs
20. Dogpatch dad : PAPPY. The Dogpatch crew.
21. Eat like a bird : PECK AT
23. Anti-alcohol types : DRYs
25. Greenish-blue hue : TEAL
28. Room for Renée : SALLE. French.
29. Stubbed extremity : TOE
30. Internet company : DOTCOM
32. Bear's advice : SELL. The bull says, Buy.
33. Screen partner : STAGE. The entertainment industry.
35. Folded Mexican snacks : TACOs
42. More than fumed : RAGED
43. Trifled (with) : TOYED
45. Green eggs and ham lover __-am : SAM-I
48. Scrape, to a tot : BOO-BOO. So good not to see 'owie'.
51. __ culpa : MEA
52. Pizza's outer edge : CRUST
54. Scissors sound : SNIP
55. With competence : ABLY
56. Cardinal's headgear : RED HAT. Image. It is called a biretta. I think it has appeared in later in the week puzzles
58. Film idol Greta : GARBO. Image.
66. Bro : PAL
67. Muse for Browning : ERATO. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
68. Super Bowl hoverer : BLIMP
69. Opposite of NNW : SSE
70. Spread widely : STREW
71. Big name in foil : ALCOA
Down:
1. Brit. sports cars : MGs. Shout out to Garlic Gal and Bill G.
2. West ender? : ERN. Western.
3. When presidential elections occur : LEAP YEAR
4. Noshes in Nuevo Laredo : TAPAs. Nuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Río Grande, across from Laredo, Texas.
5. Passenger pickup point : STOP
6. Reply to "Is it soup?" : "NOT YET"
7. Wall St. headline : IPO. Initial public offering.
8. Clumsy sort : OAF
9. Radar screen spot : BLIP
10. Colorado's __ Park : ESTES. View.
11. Badger at the comedy club : HECKLE. They aren't badgers; Heckle and Jeckle are magpies.
12. Ultimate goal : END-ALL
13. Muted, as colors : PASTEL
18. With 62-Down, at a satisfactory level : UP TO 62-Down. See 18-Down : PAR
22. Othello's lieutenant : CASSIO.
Othello. The servants of the duke, and my lieutenant.
The goodness of the night upon you, friends!
What is the news?
The goodness of the night upon you, friends!
What is the news?
Cassio. The duke does greet you, general,
And he requires your haste-post-haste appearance,
Even on the instant.
And he requires your haste-post-haste appearance,
Even on the instant.
23. Sot's woe, briefly : DTS. Delirium tremens.
24. Military prep org. : ROTC
26. Did something about, as an informant's tip : ACTED ON
27. Bread unit : LOAF
30. Ten: Pref. : DECA
31. Former telecom firm : MCI. Now acquired by Verizon Communications.
34. Overly ornate : GARISH
36. Aware of : ONTO
38. CIA Cold War counterpart : KGB
39. Some summer births, astrologically : LEOs
40. Like some gestures or logic : SYMBOLIC
41. Cad : HEEL
44. Week segment : DAY
45. Collage materials : SCRAPs
46. Convention sites : ARENAs
47. Work clumsily (through) : MUDDLE
49. "I'm so not impressed" event : "BIG WOW". Sarcasm.
50. Exotic sushi fish : OPAH
53. Carton sealers : TAPEs
55. "Does this ring __?" : A BELL
57. Legal wrong : TORT
59. McEntire of country : REBA
63. Put away at dinnertime : ATE
64. Texter's "Here's what I think" : IMO. In my opinion.
65. Clean air org. : EPA
Argyle
