Theme: Pop Art - Three series of paintings by a leading figure in the visual art movement.
17A. "A revolution is not a dinner party" leader : MAO TSE TUNG. A series of prints based on a photograph. He used the same technique for Marilyn.
28A. It's "M'm! M'm! Good!" : CAMPBELL'S SOUP
46A. Actress born Norma Jeane Mortenson : MARILYN MONROE
60A. Artist born 8/6/1928 who painted 17-, 28- and 46-Across : ANDY WARHOL
Argyle here. Rather straightforward puzzle for this eccentric artist. There were a few unexpected nuggets, however.
Across:
1. Snack in a shell : TACO
5. Walked the floor : PACED
10. "Survivor" host Probst : JEFF
14. Attending a Lakers home game, briefly : IN LA
15. Indian coin : RUPEE
16. __-friendly : USER
19. Mama's guy, to baby : "DADA"
20. Bird Down Under : EMU
21. Philosopher __-tzu : LAO
22. Month named for an emperor : AUGUST. Sheesh, I keep reading it as Moth.
24. Word in "The Shining" with two mirror-image letters : [REDRUM]. Scary movie.
26. Get the whole family together : REUNE. Back formation from reunion I supose. Found chiefly in NYT puzzles.
33. Out of control : AMOK
35. Granny Smith, e.g. : APPLE
36. Sch. founded by Jefferson : UVA. The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.
37. Strips (of), as property : DIVESTS
40. Made bubbly : AERATED
42. Big diamond : ACE
43. Spring Zodiac sign : ARIES
45. "__ the night ..." : 'TWAS
50. Sunday dinner entrée : ROAST
51. Leaking slowly : OOZING
54. Football field shape : OBLONG. Stretched out square... or circle. I was thinking it may have meant the football itself.
57. Last year's jrs. : SRs
58. Icky stuff : GOO
59. Educator with an elite list : DEAN
64. "Whip It" rockers : DEVO. If you need a reminder. LINK(2:39)
65. Youngest of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" : IRINA. (not on my reading list)
66. Road curve : BEND
67. Hand measurement : SPAN
68. Skater Kerrigan : NANCY. She was the one clubbed on her knee in January 1994.
69. Hunch, say : IDEA
Down:
1. Hourglass or stopwatch : TIMER
2. Make __ for oneself : A NAME
3. Sun blocker : CLOUD COVER. The SPF varies.
4. Feed bag morsel : OAT
5. Stereo system signal booster : PREAMP
6. "Car Talk" topic : AUTO. AUDI would have worked, too.
7. PC brain : CPU. (central processing unit)
8. Twilight, to a bard : E'EN. A contraction of even which is a contraction of evening. Those crazy poets!
9. General for whom a Paris airport is named : DE GAULLE
10. Bench warmers? : JUDGES
11. Jacob's twin : ESAU
12. T-men and G-men : FEDS
13. Toga party setting : FRAT. (fraternity house)
18. Skid row area : SLUM
23. Racing family name : UNSER
25. Leaf-gathering tool : RAKE
26. Sales staff member : REP
27. Texas border city : EL PASO
29. Sinks : BASINS
30. Was more important than : OUTWEIGHED
31. Eye part containing the iris : UVEA
32. Goalie equipment : PADS
33. Sandler of "Spanglish" : ADAM
34. Isinglass : MICA. Translucent mineral.
38. Place to get a perm : SALON
39. "Give it another shot" : "TRY AGAIN"
41. Encyclopedia range : A TO Z
44. CPR expert : EMT
47. Like some decals : IRON-ON
48. Ibsen's country : NORWAY. Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. Wikipedia
49. Alabama-born activist Parks : ROSA
52. Dismal turnout for a party : NO ONE. Shoulda had a toga party.
53. Israel's Meir : GOLDA
54. Bookie's offering : ODDS
55. Answering machine alert : BEEP
56. Eruption output, perhaps : LAVA
57. Together, after "in" : SYNC
61. Second Amendment org. : NRA. (National Rifle Association)
62. Clamor : DIN
63. Sac fly result : RBI. Sac, short for sacrifice, because even though the batter is out, a run scores.
Argyle
