Theme: Tonsorial Items - Things related to that almost bygone place, the barbershop.
17A. *Wanted poster picture, usually : MUG SHOT. Shaving mug.
21A. *Well-positioned driver at Indy : POLE SITTER
35A. *Sailboat built for speed : CLIPPER SHIP. I was thinking catamaran.
45A. *Board meeting VIP : CHAIRPERSON.
58A. With 65-Across, a cappella group, and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise : BARBERSHOP
65A. See 58-Across : QUARTET
Argyle here. First: tonsorial. link Word of the Day. Second: 35-Across normally is plural in form but for the sake of consistency, I highlighted the items as singular. And while the theme is fine for a Tuesday, some entries were difficult.
I'm looking forward to your opinions. ♪♩♬♫•*¨*•.•*¨*•♫♪♫♪.
Across:
1. Gun barrel cleaners : RAMRODS
8. Be audibly sad : [SOB!]
11. Poetic planet : ORB. Or moon. "Cold hearted orb that rules the night"
14. Steel foundry input : IRON ORE
15. Grounded flier since 2001 : TWA. (Trans World Airlines) It was bought out by and merged with American Airlines in 2001, so not exactly grounded.
16. British lav : LOO. (toilet)
18. Traces of gunpowder, e.g. : RESIDUE. Old cop show stand-by. The new CSI's hardly mention it anymore.
20. Big bird : EMU
23. Crib part : SLAT
26. Volleyball divider : NET
27. Biol. or geol. : SCI.
28. Five-term sen., say : POL. (politician)
30. Coolers in windows, briefly : AC's
32. Med. care providers : HMO's
40. Before, in poems : ERE
41. Uriah was one : HITTITE. Uriah the Hittite was the ill-fated soldier in King David's army in the Books of Samuel but what he is doing in a Tuesday puzzle is the real question.
42. Female political refugee : EMIGREE
44. Cycle starter : UNI. (unicycle)
47. Rowdy bunch : GANG
49. Trains above the road : ELs
50. Fr. holy woman : STE.
51. Jug handle : EAR
53. Addams family cousin : ITT
55. Indian tourist destination : AGRA. Home of the Taj Mahal.
62. Hosp. areas : OR's
64. Behind the eightball : IN A SPOT
68. Chocolate shape : BAR
69. Kimono closer : OBI. and 60D. Kimono cousin : ROBE
70. Set free : UNLOOSE
71. Barnyard enclosure : STY
72. 1/60 of a min. : SEC.
73. Tweezer target : EYEBROW
Down:
1. "The __ of the Ancient Mariner" : RIME. Earlier word for rhyme.
2. South African lilies : ARUMS. 13D. Dutch South African : BOER. Gareth Bain is a South African. And he knows about 59D. Vet sch. course : ANAT. Animals have anatomies, too.
3. Powerful person : MOGUL
4. BP takers, often : RNS
5. "Look at that!" : OOH
6. Let fall : DROP
7. Determined to have : SET ON
8. Emergency gear : STRETCHER
9. Has obligations : OWES
10. On a need-to-know __ : BASIS
11. Whippersnappers' opposites : OLD TIMERS
12. Lecherous sort : ROUE
19. Calamine target : ITCH
22. Pastoral places : LEAs
24. Meeting with an atty. : APPT. (appointment with an attorney.)
25. Something to talk about : TOPIC
29. River in Hades : LETHE. Also known as the river of unmindfulness, it was one of the five rivers of Hades.
31. Dimwits : SIMPS. PC?
33. Popular dunker : OREO
34. Caught in the act : SEEN
35. Train engine sound : CHUG. Steam engines, at least.
36. Filmmaker Wertmüller : LINA. She is Italian. Wiki link.
37. Planned travel route : ITINERARY
38. Down-to-earth : REALISTIC
39. Michelangelo statue : PIETA
43. Golfer Norman : GREG
46. Connecting strip of land: Abbr. : ISTH. (isthmus, like Panama)
48. Yaks and yaks : GABS
52. Bank takebacks, for short : REPOs
54. Chef's headgear : TOQUE
56. Chopper blade : ROTOR. (helicoptor)
57. "Am not!" rejoinder : "ARE SO!"
58. Tops of overalls : BIBS
61. Unimposing : PUNY
63. Crock-Pot dinner : STEW
66. Brewpub brew : ALE
67. Burgle : ROB. Bilbo Baggins was hired to burgle.
Argyle
