Theme: It's a Scream - Titles of horror movies begin our entries today.
17A. *Auto wreck extraction tool : JAWS OF LIFE
23A. *Princess Leia portrayer : CARRIE FISHER
35A. *Was on the same page as : SAW EYE TO EYE WITH
47A. *Inappropriately used therapeutic jargon : PSYCHOBABBLE
57A. Scary showing, and the first word of each answer to a starred clue : HORROR FILM
Argyle here. I'll leave it to you to supply your favorite clips. Some Tuesday words but a good start to the week. Thank you, Gareth. (interview)
Across:
1. "Amazing" magician : RANDI
6. Attire : GARB
10. Blacken on the grill : CHAR
14. Locales : AREAs
15. On the calm side, at sea : ALEE
16. Hawaiian dance : HULA
19. Children's book author Blyton : ENID
Learn more LINK.
20. NYC dance troupe : ABT. (American Ballet Theatre)
21. Palindromic fool : BOOB. Don't even go there.
22. Hajji's destination : MECCA
26. Dueler's cry : "EN GARDE!"
29. Totally unlike a muscleman : PUNY
30. Author Uris : LEON. He wrote "Exodus".
31. Soldier of fortune, briefly : MERC. (mercenary)
32. Swanky parties : DOs. "DO" has a lot of meanings.
40. Directional ending : ERN
41. Makes a boo-boo : ERRs
42. Converse of "divided by" : INTO. Six divided by two is three. Two goes into six three times.
43. Nativity scene trio : MAGI. (The Wise Men)
44. Shore restaurant specialty : SEAFOOD
51. German autos : OPELs
52. Trim, as expenses : PARE
53. Monopolize : HOG
56. Trigonometry ratio : SINE
60. Words with date or precedent : SET A
61. __ and done with : OVER
62. Pacific kingdom called the Friendly Islands : TONGA
63. Flair : ELAN
64. Texas's El __ : PASO
65. Family car : SEDAN
Down:
1. Indian monarch : RAJA
2. Spirited horse : ARAB
3. "Eye of __ ...": "Macbeth" : NEWT. Act IV, Scene I (There are some horrible videos of this. I couldn't find one I would link.)
4. Court prosecutors, briefly : DAs. (district attorneys)
5. Line on a weather map : ISOBAR
6. In large amounts : GALORE
7. Suspect's "I was home asleep," e.g. : ALIBI
8. Whistle-blower in a striped shirt : REF
9. Spelling event : BEE
10. Like some pizza : CHEESY. Wood fired in the woods.
11. Cop's conjecture : HUNCH
12. Rocker Cooper : ALICE. Video(3:09)
13. "M*A*S*H" character who hears choppers before anyone else : RADAR
18. Shallow crossing : FORD
22. Cut into tiny pieces : MINCE
23. Walking stick : CANE
24. Blunt-tipped weapon : EPEE
25. Violent rage : FURY
26. If-then-__: programmer's sequence : ELSE. If-then-help?
27. At hand : NEAR
28. Dress at a ball : GOWN
31. Jan. and Feb. : MOs
32. Fred and Wilma's pet : DINO
33. Germany's __ von Bismarck : OTTO
34. Did a farrier's job : SHOD. A farrier shoes horses, ergo, past tense, shod.
36. Casual assents : YEAHs
37. Therefore : ERGO
38. Chicago paper, briefly : TRIB
39. Wilma, to Fred : WIFE
43. "Vincent" singer/songwriter Don : McLEAN. A counter to Alice Cooper? Video(4:13)
44. Pizza chain : SBARRO
45. Spanish river : EBRO. Wikipedia.
46. Gives a heads-up : ALERTS
47. Deputized group on horseback : POSSE. "Cut 'em off at the pass!"
48. Sales pitch : SPIEL
49. Gossip spreader : YENTA
50. __-ski : APRÈS
53. __ legs: rear pair : HIND
54. Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
55. Fed : G-MAN
57. '50s high school dance : HOP
58. Fertility clinic cells : OVA
59. Enemy : FOE
Argyle
