Theme: What Little Girls Are Made Of
17A. Baker's sweetener : GRANULATED SUGAR
26A. Cinnamon blend for a Thanksgiving recipe : PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
37A. Little ones who, they say, are made up of the ends of this puzzle's four longest entries : GIRLS
43A. "All finished!" : "THAT'S EVERYTHING"
57A. 1966 Beach Boys hit : "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE". Clip(2:24)
Argyle here. It has been awhile since Anna's last puzzle but if you are going to fit FOUR! grid spanners into a Monday .... A little crosswordese must be expected.
What's next? Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails?
Across:
1. Hitchhikes : THUMBS. Vanity Fair(2:59)
7. Hiker's snack mix : GORP
11. "Cocoon" director Howard : RON
14. "Très sexy!" : "OO LA LA!"
15. Chevy hatchback : AVEO
16. Tavern order : ALE
20. Columnist Landers : ANN
21. Swiss calculus pioneer : EULER, Leonhard.
22. Odds and ends : STUFF
23. "__ silly question, get . . ." : ASK A
24. "Twittering Machine" artist Paul : KLEE
33. "The Sheik of __": 1920s song : ARABY
34. "Poor me!" : "ALAS!"
35. Carpenter's cutter : SAW
36. Places for compost : BINS
39. Israel's Netanyahu, familiarly : BIBI
40. Took a load off : SAT
41. Writing implements : PENS
42. Elegant dress material : SATIN
47. Make less difficult : EASE
48. Ages upon ages : AEON
49. Heart or liver : ORGAN
52. The devil : SATAN
54. Tavern spigot : TAP
60. Sick : ILL
61. __ pro quo: substitute : QUID
62. Laundry employee : IRONER. Remember the time we had MANGLE?
63. Santa's little helper : ELF. They're all on vacation now.
64. Trig function : SINE
65. Equivalent of A flat : G SHARP. You get A FLAT if you run over somethinG SHARP?
Down:
1. Old Roman garment : TOGA
2. Sound of traffic frustration : HORN
3. __ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
4. Fellow : MAN
5. Feature of a clear day : BLUE SKY
6. Dog also called a Persian Greyhound : SALUKI. Wikipedia link.
7. Garden entrance : GATE
8. Too much of a good thing : OVERKILL
9. Little wagon's color : RED
10. Have in one's hands : POSSESS
11. Classico competitor : RAGU
12. Norwegian royal name : OLAF
13. Indoor ball brand : NERF
18. Shepard who hit golf balls on the moon : ALAN
19. Lone Star State sch. : UTEP. University of Texas at El Paso.
23. LAPD alerts : APBs. All Points Bulletin.
25. Grazing lands : LEAs
26. Blue Ribbon beer : PABST
27. Dickens villain Heep : URIAH. Misty, how you doing on the book?
28. Underwater ray : MANTA
29. Examine grammatically : PARSE
30. Last Supper query : "IS IT I?"
31. Mountain quarters : CABIN
32. "Dallas" surname : EWING. Prime time soap opera.
37. Thousands, in a heist : GEEs. Slang One thousand dollars is a grand, G, gee or (1000) large.
38. Buy for the future, as gold : INVEST IN
39. German road : BAHN. (Autobahn)
41. Manners to be minded : P's AND Q's
42. Rock-throwing protesters : STONERS. Not the stoners I know, man.
44. Marsh duck : TEAL
45. Heavy metal band named for a rodent : RATT. I'll let Ant or Splynter link it.
46. "'Bout this large" : "YEA BIG". Needs accompanying hand gesture.
49. Boo-boo, to tots : OWIE
50. Turn at the casino : ROLL
51. __ of Mexico : GULF
53. Senate page, for one : AIDE
54. Rocking Turner : TINA
55. Expert server, in tennis : ACER
56. Whodunit quarry : PERP
58. Rapa __: Easter Island : NUI. Easter Island was given the name Rapa Nui (Great Rapa) by Tahitian sailors, in the 1860's, as it reminded them of Rapa - a small island in French Polynesia (now commonly referred to as Rapa Iti). Before 1863, the name was unknown on the island. -S. Fischer, "The Naming of Rapanui". Crosswordese candidate.
59. Japanese dramatic form : NOH. Drama that often uses masks. Crosswordese candidate.
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Here is a lovely picture of 9-year-old Hudson helping grandpa Husker Gary solve yesterday's LA Times puzzle "after he took a sip of coffee out of my NASA mug. He got UTTER and others too, some with prompting and some on his own! My wife is scared he is turning into Papa!".
