Theme: Double Double-Aught - It's like looking at the business end of a pair of doubled-barrel shotguns.
17A. Play some b-ball : SHOOT HOOPS
25A. Tinted feature of some cars : MOONROOF
37A. Infallible, as a scheme : FOOLPROOF
51A. "The Hustler" setting : POOL ROOM
62A. Cereal with a spokestoucan : FROOT LOOPS
Old Sure-shot Argyle here. It would be hard to miss this theme staring you in the face. Anchored by those seven-letter columns in the corners.
Across:
1. Al who created Fearless Fosdick : CAPP. A Dick Tracy-type who would show up in Dogpatch upon occasion.
5. Sign between Virgo and Scorpio : LIBRA
10. Sailboat's team : CREW
14. Trac II successor : ATRA
15. See eye to eye : AGREE
16. "Divine Secrets of the __ Sisterhood" : YA-YA. 2002 comedy-drama I plan to watch...someday.
19. Well, in Paris : BIEN. Très bien; words I seldom heard from my French teacher.
20. Brain scan letters : EEG
21. What a red "X" may mean : ERROR. Letter I often saw on my French papers.
22. Charged atoms : IONS
23. Tavern game : DARTS
28. Motley : RAGTAG. and bobtail.
31. __ of speech : FIGURE. Like the entry above.
32. "OMG, stop with the details already!" : "TMI!". "Too Much Information!"
33. Support column : PILING. Often unseen but is what holds up the rest of a structure.
36. Hamilton's bill : TEN
40. Nervous mannerism : TIC
43. Pluto, for a time : PLANET. "I was?"
44. Curvy letter : ESS
47. The Negev's nation : ISRAEL
49. Put under : SEDATE
54. Spinning dizzily : AREEL. Oh-oh, one of those words.
56. __ Linda, California : LOMA
57. "Like, obviously!" : "NO DUH!"
60. Nutritional no. : RDA. (Recommended Dietary Allowance)
61. Smallish iPod : NANO
64. Pac-12 team since 2011 : UTEs. University of Utah.
65. Boxer Mike : TYSON
66. Run amok : RIOT
67. With 5-Down, Cowardly Lion player : BERT. 5D. See 67-Across : LAHR
68. Big name in farm equipment : DEERE. The big green machines; "Nothing Runs Like A Deere"
69. 649,739 to 1 against being dealt a royal flush, e.g. : ODDS. The ultimate hand.
Down:
1. Looked for security cameras, say : CASED. When planning to abet.
2. In the most basic way : AT HEART
3. Usher's handout : PROGRAM. "Can't tell the players without a program"
4. Kung __ chicken : PAO. Peanuts and peppers, oh my!
6. "What hump?" lab assistant : IGOR. A quote from "Young Frankenstein".
7. Ump's plate cleaner : BROOM. (whisk broom, that is.)
8. Copy, briefly : REPRO
9. '50s Dem. presidential candidate : AES. (Adlai Ewing Stevenson II) They are up to Adlai Ewing Stevenson V, now.
10. Bionic Woman, for one : CYBORG. A spin off from The Six Million Dollar Man TV show.
11. Reason for a tarp-covered field : RAINOUT
12. Condemned building, maybe : EYESORE. Or something on this site.
13. Pasty-faced : WAN
18. Skills evaluation : TEST
22. __ Montoya: "The Princess Bride" role : INIGO. "En Garde!"
24. "About time the week ended!" : TGIF
26. Deserving attention : OF NOTE
27. Wetland : FEN
29. Hunky Greek god : APOLLO. What is his connection to Adonis?
30. __ monster: lizard : GILA. Colorful critter with a bad bite.
34. Hosp. staffer : LPN. (Licensed Practical Nurse)
35. Ticks off : IREs
38. "Carmen," for one : OPERA
39. Phobia : FEAR
40. Insider's hint : TIP
41. Cut off from others : ISOLATE
42. Michael Bublé, e.g. : CROONER
45. Drug banned by most pro sports : STEROID
46. Bean container : SEED POD
48. Nearly : ALMOST
50. Writer Roald : DAHL
52. How pastrami may be served : ON RYE. Corned beef gone already!?
53. Caribou cousin : MOOSE
55. Has a long shelf life : LASTS
58. Way in : DOOR
59. __ Reader: eclectic magazine : UTNE. If you haven't learned this yet, study it; it will be back.
61. Much-used pencil : NUB
62. Bouquet dely. facilitator : FTD. (Florists' Transworld Delivery)
63. Gold, in Granada : ORO. Old map of the Granada in Spain.
Argyle
