Theme: Move It - Three phrases that end in a word describing man's earliest means of transportation.
17A. Swimming stroke : AUSTRALIAN CRAWL
39A. Often-booed baseball play : INTENTIONAL WALK
63A. 1861 or 1862 Civil War conflict : BATTLE OF BULL RUN
Argyle here. David Poole interview here. Very pleasant Monday puzzle with three grid-spanning entries.
Across:
1. Manitoba native : CREE. If you're a little rusty on your Canadian provinces, here is a map.
5. Seat at a bar : STOOL
10. Mallorca or Menorca, por ejemplo : ISLA. Another map, this time of the Spain's Balearic Islands
14. "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, notably : HOAX. The radio broadcast that sparked a panic even though it was announced as a radio play. The Wikipedia article.
15. __ d'Or: Cannes award : PALME
16. Gush forth : SPEW
20. Major tractor manufacturer : DEERE
21. Welsh dog breed : CORGI
22. DJ's stack : CD's
23. Egyptian viper : ASP
25. Vampire vanquisher : STAKE. You can't use a plastic tent peg, can you? It has to be wood? I want to see "Dark Shadows" and need to know what stakes to bring.
27. Intense emotions : PASSIONS
32. Bigwig : HONCHO
35. Genetic carrier : RNA
36. Persona non __ : GRATA. Literally meaning "an unwelcome person", like some Anons.
38. Paleozoic and others : ERAs
43. Popular faucet brand : MOEN
44. Hawaiian porch : LANAI. And related, 31D. Greek walkways : STOAs
45. State with a peninsula: Abbr. : FLA.
46. Traffic cones : PYLONS
49. Playful marine mammal : SEA OTTER
51. Exams for future attys. : LSAT's
53. __ Balls: Hostess treats : SNO
54. Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century in 1999 : ALI
56. Voice above baritone : TENOR
59. Secretly tie the knot : ELOPE
66. Tied : EVEN. When is a clecho not a clecho?
67. Empty of liquid : DRAIN
68. Abbr. on a cornerstone : ESTD
69. Hang in there : LAST
70. Sound judgment : SENSE
71. Colon components : DOTS. That is the punctuation mark colon, please.
Down:
1. Paper ballot punch-out : CHAD. A thing of the past?
2. Scoundrel : ROUE
3. Allay, as fears : EASE
4. They're more than what's needed : EXTRAs. On a car, maybe, but just what are needed on the set for crowd scenes.
5. Hotel amenity : SPA
6. Rash soother : TALC
7. This and that : OLIO
8. Actors Epps and Sharif : OMARs
9. Inseam measurement : LENGTH
10. Netanyahu's land: Abbr. : ISR. Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel.
11. Mariner 4 or Voyager 2 : SPACECRAFT
12. Indecent : LEWD
13. Beltmaking tools : AWLs. For making holes in leather.
18. Step down : RESIGN
19. "Arrivederci!" : "CIAO!"
24. Ocean liner's destination : PORT
26. Was familiar with : KNEW
27. Groom carefully : PRIMP. You know, titivate.
28. Bug : ANNOY
29. Phobos and Deimos, to Mars : SATELLITES
30. Hammer's target : NAIL
33. Berry of "Monster's Ball" : HALLE
34. Schindler of "Schindler's List" : OSKAR
37. Queen Boleyn : ANNE. The second wife of Henry VIII. She gave birth to the future Elizabeth I but Henry wanted a male heir and when she couldn't provide him with one, she lost her head. Well, this song(2:52) claims she still has her head (under her arm).
40. Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS
41. Very small batteries : AAA's
42. Big name in small trains : LIONEL
47. MLB league : NATL.
48. Knights' horses : STEEDS
50. Rang, as a bell : TOLLED
52. Sound asleep? : SNORE
54. Genesis victim : ABEL
55. Etna's outpouring : LAVA
57. In the blink __ eye : OF AN
58. Stats for sluggers : RBI's
60. Words of approximation : OR SO
61. Miniature golf stroke : PUTT
62. Objectives : ENDS
64. Explosive stuff, briefly : TNT
65. Arles article : UNE. A last map.
Argyle
