Theme: Ha ha! Ho! Hee hee! Snort! - Is everybody happy? You should be if you got the ends of today's themes.
20A. Patient's therapeutic shriek : PRIMAL SCREAM
32A. Tiny data storage device : MEMORY CARD
43A. Uprising at Leavenworth, e.g. : PRISON RIOT
55A. Comical sort, like the last word of 20-, 32- or 43-Across : LAUGH-A-MINUTE
Argyle here. We get a unifier today. Some interesting clueing, also. Gail and Bruce are on a run of Tuesday puzzles.
Across:
1. Send payment : REMIT
6. Utter angrily, as insults : HURL
10. Cameron of "Knight and Day" : DIAZ
14. Compensate (for) : ATONE
15. On the briny : ASEA
16. Dope from a booth? : INFO. (information booth)
17. Grocery bag option : PAPER. It seems rare these days; everything is plastic, or reusable.
18. Narrow inlets : RIAs
19. 1944 invasion city : ST-LÔ
23. For free : GRATIS. (except for shipping and handling)
26. Groundbreaking old Fords : MODEL T's
27. Multivolume ref. : OED. Acronym of Oxford English Dictionary, attested from 1898 according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Who would know better?
28. It's right on a map : EAST. Cute clue.
31. Mentalist's alleged ability, briefly : ESP. (extrasensory perception)
35. Old-timey word of woe : "ALAS!". 21D. Words to an old chap : "I SAY"
39. Cowgirl Dale : EVANS. Wife of singing cowboy, Roy Rogers.
40. Forest feller : AXE
41. Garlicky spread : AIOLI. Basically, a garlic mayonnaise.
42. Thinker Descartes : RENE. I think; therefore I am. - Rene Descartes
45. Old name for Tokyo : EDO. 1603 to 1868
47. Sports pg. number : STAT. (statistic)
48. St. Louis-to-Chicago dir. : NNE
49. Open courtyards : ATRIUMS. Or atria.
53. Warnings from a ticked-off tabby : HISSES
58. New Age pianist John : TESH. Old crossword staple.
59. Tavern flier : DART
60. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," for one : ADAGE
64. Aid in a caper : ABET
65. Trees with split-resistant wood : ELMS. I can attest to that. Good firewood though.
66. Himalayan land : NEPAL. Click on the picture for a larger view.
67. Optimistic : ROSY
68. Bacon buy : SLAB
69. '50s-'60s TV beatnik Maynard G. __ : KREBS. From The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and was played by Bob Denver.
Down:
1. Jay-Z's genre : RAP
2. LAX listing : ETA
3. Swiffer product : MOP. Any product endorsements out there?
4. All thumbs : INEPT
5. Scotty and Jack Russell : TERRIERS. I hope you didn't fall for this misdirection.
6. Do damage to : HARM
7. Old Voice of America org. : USIA. (United States Information Agency)1953 to 1999
8. Kingdom : REALM
9. Caught at a rodeo : LASSOED
10. Tumbledown condition : DISREPAIR
11. What spies gather, for short : INTEL. (intelligence)
12. G sharp equivalent : A FLAT
13. Close-up lenses : ZOOMS
22. Music store buys : CD's
23. Mayberry's Pyle : GOMER. He joined the Marines and got his own show.
24. Christopher who played Superman : REEVE
25. Slogan writer : AD MAN
29. Melee memento : SCAR
30. Urban cruisers : TAXIs
33. U-turn : ONE-EIGHTY. None of that Ueys/Uies today.
34. Sit for a spell : REST
36. Pork cuts : LOINS
37. How most writers work : ALONE
38. Webmaster's creations : SITES
41. Designed to defeat a Panzer, say : ANTI-TANK
43. Scented hair ointments : POMADES
44. Waikiki's island : OAHU
46. "Like, no-brainer!" : "DUH!"
49. Hitching post? : ALTAR
50. Martial arts-based workout : TAE BO
51. Slick tricks : RUSES
52. Sweater size : SMALL. Too small?
54. Passover feast : SEDER
56. "__ la Douce" : IRMA. A 1963 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
57. Govt. crash investigator : NTSB. (National Transportation Safety Board)
61. "Great" simian : APE
62. Chatter : GAB
63. Golfer Ernie : ELS. He will be vying for the Green Jacket at the the Master's this week.
Argyle
Note from C.C.
Here's a beautiful picture from JD's trip to Grenada. You can click here for more. JD said it was an emotional visit for her as her sister and her sister's husband built these villas.
She also said: "We went to St. Thomas, but spent most of that day on nearby St John, St. Bart's (French), St. Lucia, Barbados, and 2 islands in the Antilles- Bonaire, and my favorite, Curacao (Dutch)."
Here's a beautiful picture from JD's trip to Grenada. You can click here for more. JD said it was an emotional visit for her as her sister and her sister's husband built these villas.
She also said: "We went to St. Thomas, but spent most of that day on nearby St John, St. Bart's (French), St. Lucia, Barbados, and 2 islands in the Antilles- Bonaire, and my favorite, Curacao (Dutch)."
