Theme: That's One Strange Critter - Do we have any artists that could sketch this animal and posted it somehow? I'm sure I could search all of Googledom and not find an image to match!
17A. TV-top antenna : RABBIT EARS. You don't see ads for rabbit ear antennas much anymore.
30A. Airhead : BIRDBRAIN
36A. Sharp bends in fairways : DOGLEGS
38A. Reedy marsh plant : CATTAIL. They are being pushed out by invasive Phragmites.
46A. Craps loser : SNAKE EYES. Rolling a two(3 or 12 are crap/loser, also.) in the dice game called craps.
63A. Snug-collared top : TURTLENECK
Argyle here. Minor problem: some entries are one word and some are two. Does it matter? Not to me. They are all animals and they are all body parts but they are clued as animorphized objects. Don't bother looking that one up; I just coined it. It is giving animal traits to non-animals. You got something better, let's hear it.
In the meantime, six entries and a couple of strong corners make for a pretty good Monday puzzle, eh? Kurt hasn't been around for a couple of years but he still has it.
Well, I'll be, the NYT puzzle today is Kurt Mueller's, too.
Across:
1. Cotton swabs : Q-TIPS
6. "Rush Hour" co-star Jackie : CHAN
10. Installs, as carpeting : LAYS
14. Figure out, as a bill : TOT UP
15. Promote extravagantly : HYPE
16. All over again : ANEW
19. Enthusiastic hand-raiser's cry : "ME! ME!"
20. Canonized mlle. : STE. French.
21. Iowa crop : CORN
22. Like pant legs : SEAMED. Or a silk stocking.
24. Adjust the pitch of, as a guitar string : RETUNE
26. Pickling liquid : BRINE
27. Hightail it : FLEE
32. Corrida showman : TORERO. A bullfighter. Kingston Trio - El Matador.(2:28)
35. Stud farm stud : SIRE
43. Where resented comments stick, metaphorically : CRAW. (throat)
45. Concert memento : T-SHIRT
51. The "E" in FEMA: Abbr. : EMER. Fed. Emer. Mgmt. Agcy.
52. Circle dances : HORAs
53. Mr. Bill's nemesis, in "Saturday Night Live" skits : SLUGGO
56. Unwilling (to) : AVERSE
58. "Pants on fire" fellow : LIAR
59. __ Vegas : LAS. No longer a Splynter destination.
62. Man-to-man defense alternative : ZONE
66. "This weighs __!" : A TON
67. Hint : CLUE
68. Atlanta university : EMORY
69. David Wright's team : METS. Third baseman.
70. Ranch employee : HAND
71. Vetoes : NIXES
Down:
1. Fiscal-yr. fourths : QTR's. (quarters)
2. Right on the nose : TO A "T"
3. "Could __ Magic": Barry Manilow hit : IT BE. Barry with the late Donna Summer, Link(5:42), at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, NV, on June 5, 2004.
4. Place for drafts and darts : PUB
5. Cinnamon or cloves : SPICE. Spice up your eggnog.
6. Rosy-cheeked angel : CHERUB
7. Cape Cod fishing port : HYANNIS. Gee, isn't there a famous compound out there.
8. Mo. for fools? : APR.. When the 99% pay taxes.
9. Monster's loch : NESS
10. Hollywood's Hedy : LAMARR
11. Iron-poor blood condition : ANEMIA
12. Sana'a native : YEMENI. Map. West of Oman, which means it is west of Mumbai.
13. Homeland of Saab and Volvo : SWEDEN. Sob! Sob! Saab is homeless now.
18. Moppet : TOT
23. __ Field: Brooklyn Dodgers' home : EBBETS. Charles Ebbets financed the building of Ebbets Field in 1912 by selling half his shares in the team to the McKeever Brothers.
24. Barn dance dance : REEL. Yellowrocks.
25. Songwriter Clapton : ERIC. He's much more than just a songwriter.
27. Busy co. on Mother's Day : FTD. Founded as Florists' Telegraph Delivery, it is now Florists' Transworld Delivery.
28. Lav in London : LOO. Lav is shortened lavatory.
29. Unit of work : ERG
31. "Dang!" : "DRAT!"
33. Schoolyard playtime : RECESS
34. Fairy tale baddie : OGRE
37. Utters : SAYS
39. Van Gogh's brother : THEO. A quick peek at the Wikipedia article, will explain why he is famous.
40. Zero in : AIM
41. Ill temper : IRE
42. Photocopier tray size: Abbr. : LTR. (letter size)
44. Like an efficiently managed business : WELL RUN
46. Exclamation from Gomer Pyle : "SHAZAM!"
47. Dissenting ballot : NO VOTE
48. "Am too!" reply : "ARE NOT!"
49. Actresses Black and Allen : KARENs
50. Befitted : SUITED
54. Guy's partner : GAL. Guys and Gals premiered on Broadway in 1950.
55. Eco-friendly : GREEN
57. Make an engraving : ETCH
59. Tenth of 13 popes : LEO X.
John - 23 times
Benedict - 16 times
Gregory - 16 times
Clement - 14 times
Innocent - 13 times
Leo - 13 times
Pius - 12 times
Stephen - 10 times
60. Farm fraction : ACRE
61. "The __ the limit!" : SKY'S
64. Suffix with "form" : ULA
65. Abbr. for people with only two names : NMI. (no middle initial)
Argyle
