Theme: And The Beat Goes On - The theme entries conclude with parts of the circulatory system.
20. Siblings, sons, daughters, etc. : FLESH AND BLOOD
29. "Along related lines ..." : "IN THE SAME VEIN ..."
47. Main thoroughfare : CENTRAL ARTERY
56. Have the song memorized : KNOW IT BY HEART
Argyle here. We also have two incidentals, SKIN and FLESH. Is it a Monday or Tuesday puzzle, YES/NO? In any case, Michael(Boston College,'91) has his usual strong fill AND no 'A' word.
Across:
1. Ran a towel over : WIPED. I held off of putting in DRIED.
6. Free stuff at a party, in slang : SWAG. "I thought it was free," said the swagman.
10. Throws in : ADDS. ...and he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker-bag.
14. Have because of : OWE TO
15. Supergirl's Krypton name : KARA. (Kara Zor-El)
16. Munich Mrs. : FRAU
17. "Great taste. Less filling" beers : LITEs
18. Srs.' nest eggs : IRA's
19. Keister : RUMP
23. 35mm camera type : SLR. (single-lens reflex)
24. Anxious med. condition for TV's Monk : OCD. (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
25. Actor McKellen : IAN. Has been known to talk to ents.
26. Onetime telecom giant : GTE. (General Telephone and Electronics Corp. 1959-1982)
33. Cosmetician Lauder : ESTÉE
34. Like sorted clean socks, hopefully : PAIRED
35. More than half : MOST
38. Push-up muscle, briefly : PEC. (pectoralis)
40. Greek sandwich : GYRO
41. Desk compartment : DRAWER
44. Simple question type : YES/NO
50. They're two sizes above M's : XL's
51. Out __ limb : ON A
52. "The Raven" monogram : EAP. (Edgar Allan Poe)
53. AQI monitor : EPA. Air Quality Index / Environmental Protection Agency
60. Goose egg : ZERO
62. "Are you __ not?": "Joining us?" : IN OR
63. "Kim" actor Flynn : ERROL. Kim is a 1950 adventure film based on the classic novel by Rudyard Kipling.
64. Gung-ho : AVID
65. Old Italian coin : LIRA
66. Half a Washington city : WALLA
67. __ de foie gras : PÂTÉ
68. Negotiator's goal : DEAL
69. Eyelid woes : STYEs
Down:
1. Gulps (down) greedily : WOLFs
2. "Count on me" : "I WILL"
3. "Great" Russian czar : PETER I
4. Summers in Paris : ÉTÉS
5. Toss back jiggers of liquor : DO SHOTS. (1.5 US fluid ounces)
6. Superficial, as beauty : SKIN DEEP
7. Fend (off) : WARD
8. Saudi __ : ARABIA
9. Streetlight of old : GAS LAMP. A musical interlude. The Old Lamplighter(2:21)
10. Jackson 5 hairdo : AFRO
11. Grunt work : DRUDGERY
12. Flood control structure : DAM
13. Eat dinner : SUP
21. German's eight : ACHT
22. Most-draftable status : ONE A
27. Wedding cake section : TIER
28. Prefix with plasm : ENDO. A central, less viscous portion of the cytoplasm.
30. Food packaging fig. : NET WT.. The weight of the actual food.
31. "Later, gator" : "SEE YA'"
32. Energy : VIGOR
35. 17th-century year when Henry Hudson entered his bay : MDCX. 1610 (History)
36. Baseball's Hershiser : OREL
37. Literary language of India : SANSKRIT
39. __ cortex: outermost brain tissue : CEREBRAL. Pleasantly taxed today.
42. Suffix with sock or switch : EROO
43. Went on a rampage : RAN WILD. It seems once a week it happens somewhere.
45. "Freeze, Fido!" : "STAY!". Cute alliteration.
46. Sibling's sons : NEPHEWs
48. Actress Kazan : LAINIE. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" 2002
49. Once every 12 months : YEARLY
54. Worker, briefly : PROLE. A member of the proletariat.
55. Book of maps : ATLAS
57. Lymph __ : NODE
58. __ Bora: Afghan region : TORA
59. Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
60. Reheat quickly : ZAP
61. Perón of Argentina : EVA
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