Theme: Victor Juliet - The two word theme entries begin with the same letters.
18A. Funny bits you need to see : VISUAL JOKES
28A. Personal assessments of worth : VALUE JUDGMENTS
47A. V8 Spicy Hot, e.g. : VEGETABLE JUICE
60A. Music channel host whose abbreviation hints at this puzzle's theme : VIDEO JOCKEY
Argyle here. Another ten days and this could have been clued as V-J Day. Oh well.
Across:
1. Abbr. on old Eurasian maps : SSR. (Soviet Socialist Republic)
4. Video game area : ARCADE
10. Dashboard gauge, briefly : TACH. (tachometer)
14. Green org. with a floral logo : EPA
15. Honeybunch : DEARIE. When a waitress calls me Dearie, why should she get mad when I call her Sweet Cheeks?
16. Scandinavian capital that uses garbage to generate energy : OSLO. But they don't have ENOUGH! LINK.
17. Stephen Colbert asset : WIT
20. Bangkok native : THAI
22. T-shirt size array, briefly : SML. (small, medium, large)
23. Online finance company : E-LOAN
24. Building blocks of matter : ATOMS
25. Cheerios grain : OAT
27. Prefix with verse : UNI
33. Eisenhower and Turner : IKEs
34. Tolkien monster : ORC. Definitely not short for orchid. SCENE(2:59)
35. Post- opposite : PRE-
36. Arnaz of Hollywood : DESI
37. "I give up!" : "UNCLE!"
39. H.S. exam : PSAT
43. Gov. Cuomo's domain : NYS. (New York State)
45. Inner tube filler : AIR
46. Nobelist Morrison : TONI. (1993 Nobel Prize for Literature) She previously won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved in 1988.
51. Animation frame : CEL
52. Govt.-issued ID : SSN. (Social Security number)
53. Often-pressed key : ENTER
54. Negative particle : ANION
56. Former NBAer __ Ming : YAO. What is he doing now? Follow on Twitter.
59. Tapped barrels : KEGS
63. Cooperstown Hall of Famer Mel : OTT
65. Sealed, as a win : ICED
66. "Man of the House" author Tip : O'NEILL. He served as Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987.
67. Division of history : ERA
68. Subtraction word : LESS
69. "Stop dreaming!" : "BE REAL!"
70. Roget entry: Abbr. : SYN. (synonym)
Down:
1. Attach a button, say : SEW
2. Bit of physical comedy with a sprayed beverage : SPIT TAKE
3. Entry points for some rodent nests : RAT HOLES
4. Provide counsel to : ADVISE
5. Portuguese king : REI. Yes, now we need to learn Portuguese.
6. Pop's Mama : CASS. (Cass Elliot)
7. Calla lily family : ARUM
8. Conversation in a screenplay : DIALOG
9. Cooked sushi fish : EEL
10. Hammer or saw : TOOL
11. Invite to dinner, e.g. : ASK OUT
12. Spruces up : CLEANS
13. Egypt's Mubarak : HOSNI. Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak is a former Egyptian President, leader and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Wikipedia
19. Yankee shortstop Derek : JETER. Derek Jeter has strained calf, return uncertain. SI
21. Funny : AMUSING
24. Enthusiastic : AVID
26. Electric current unit : AMPERE. Named after French physicist André Marie Ampère.
29. Knight games : JOUSTS
30. Decorative vase : URN
31. 1983 Mr. T film : DC CAB
32. Planet farthest from the Sun, now : NEPTUNE
38. "__ Abner" : LI'L
40. "C'est la vie" : "SO IT GOES"
41. Family tree subject : ANCESTRY
42. Bleacher part : TIER
44. Simple question type : YES/NO
47. Grand Canal city : VENICE
48. Slurs over : ELIDES
49. "I wouldn't do this for just __" : ANYONE
50. Hyde was his alter ego : JEKYLL. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. Wikipedia
51. Raise petty objections : CAVIL. (strange word) Word Origin & History "cavil" 1548, from M.Fr. caviller "to mock, jest," from L. cavillari "to satirize, argue scoffingly," from cavilla "jeering". Etymonline
55. Weighty Brit. references : OEDs. (Oxford English Dictionary)
57. Masterful server : ACER. (tennis)
58. Dust Bowl migrant : OKIE
61. LinkedIn listing : JOB. For awhile, I was recieving spam claming to be LinkedIn.
62. She, in Lisbon : ELA. See, more Portuguese.
64. Beachgoer's goal : TAN
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