Theme: Do You Do Windows? - Go to the back of the theme entries with your Windex.
18A. Need after a bank job : GETAWAY CAR
23A. Business that cuts locks : BARBER SHOP
38A. "Know what I mean?" : "GET THE PICTURE?"
50A. Jamaican resort : MONTEGO BAY
57A. Classic Hitchcock film, and a hint to the end of 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across : REAR WINDOW. Here is a compilation of TV takes on the movie. LINK
Argyle here and I don't do windows. Did it seem like a lot of déjà vu today? If there is, it's Rich's doing; David would have no way of knowing. A nice solid Tuesday with some interesting side trips.
Across:
1. King or queen, but not a prince : CARD
5. Coffeehouse connection : WI-FI
9. Carnival features : RIDES
14. Once again : ANEW
15. Breezed through : ACED
16. "99 44/100 % pure" soap : IVORY. "It floats."
17. Staff symbol : NOTE
20. Partner of true : TRIED
22. Veg (out) : CHILL
26. Change People, say : EDIT. People, the magazine.
30. Just manage, with "out" : EKE
31. The Brewers, on scoreboards : MIL (Milwaukee) (From C.C.: Here is a fun picture of Kazie, her husband Barry and son David with Brewers' Racing Sausages at Miller Park in August 2010.)
32. Gal pal of Jerry and George : ELAINE
34. Church get-together : SOCIAL
37. Sikorsky and Stravinsky : IGORs. (helicopters and compositions)
41. Blender setting : PURÉE
42. Paste back together : REGLUE
43. 8-Down, to Mexicans : ESTADO. (state) 8D. Southern neighbor of British Columbia : IDAHO. Also, to Mexicans, 53D. Sunset dirección : OESTE. (west)
45. Ben-__ : HUR
46. Spot for a shot : ARM. Yeah, I had BAR and like other bars, it messed me up for a while.
49. Tabloid twosome : ITEM
54. Ancient Aegean region : IONIA
56. Kind of question with only two possible answers : YES/NO
62. "No __ luck!" : SUCH
63. Paddled boat : CANOE
64. Movie "Citizen" : KANE. (Orson Welles, 1941) and 67A. 64-Across's Rosebud : SLED
65. In good shape : TRIM
66. Put up with : STAND
68. Current event? : EDDY. Tricky but not, once you have it.
Down:
1. "That's impossible!" : "CAN'T BE!". Not for everybody, can't be. Janis Joplin - I Need A Man To Love. (4:57)
2. Arctic pullover : ANORAK
3. Call it a night : RETIRE
4. Nerdy type : DWEEB
5. Shake, as a tail : WAG. 7D. Command to Fido : FETCH
6. Mixologist's bucketful : ICE. At the place for a shot that I was thinking of.
9. Iranian currency : RIAL
10. Harvard and Yale are in it : IVY LEAGUE
11. Leader of the Dwarfs : DOC
12. Stat for Jered Weaver : ERA. Starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (earned run average)ERA
13. Country W of Iraq : SYR. (Syria)
19. Clean with a rag : WIPE
21. Knocked down a peg : DEMOTED
24. Rolling in dough : RICH
25. More shrewd : SLIER. More shrewd = more dough.
27. A-line designer : DIOR
28. Legal memo's "concerning" : IN RE
29. Parisian possessive : TES. (your)
33. Religious ritual : LITURGY. From Greek, for public service.
34. Household gadget used on a board : STEAM IRON
35. Big brute : APE
36. Traffic controller : LIGHT
38. Short burst of wind : GUST
39. Art Deco designer : ERTE. Good old "RT"
40. Game with suspicions and accusations : CLUE
41. Canada's smallest prov. : PEI. (Prince Edward Island)
44. Luxury hotel chain : OMNI
46. Preposterous : ABSURD
47. Causing serious nose-wrinkling : RANCID
48. "Good heavens!" : "MY, OH, MY!". What the cook said when she discovered the butter was rancid.
51. Cries in sties : OINKS. No, oinks aren't cries but for the sake of alliteration, let it stand.
52. Spanish tennis star Rafael : NADAL. Worth a watch.
55. Needed to pay : OWED
57. Pepsi alternatives : RC's. (Royal Crown)
58. Put away some dishes? : EAT
59. California's Santa __ : ANA
60. Small bill : ONE
61. United : WED
Argyle
