Theme: What Uncle Sam said - Uncle Sam wanted you and got 'em threefold today.
57A. *Whom "I'm in love with" in an Ames Brothers song, and a hint to what the answers to starred clues contain : YOU, YOU, YOU. CLIP(2:51)
22A. *Form a line : QUEUE UP
48A. *Far from common : UNUSUAL
11D. *Component in early TV sets : VACUUM TUBE
26D. *Guided by strict principles : SCRUPULOUS
Argyle here. Prescient comments on Sunday? Harder to construct than Monday's (Letter U's are very tricky to place and this grid has 21.) but not much harder to solve. I'm not sure but this could be Greg's debut puzzle in a major paper. If it is, I bet he would like to fit his home town in a puzzle, Zelienople, PA.
Across:
1. Charge to a sponsor : AD FEE
6. Hospital unit : BED
9. High-profile autos : SUVs...because they sit higher off the ground than a sedan.
13. Bundled, as hay : BALED. Good year for hay around here.
14. Enjoyed goulash, say : ATE
15. Gondolier's milieu : CANAL
18. '70s music genre : DISCO
19. U.S. state with its own elec. power grid : TEX.. Why? An article in Slate magazine answers that very question. LINK
20. Gear tooth : COG
21. Parodied : SENT UP. Past tense of send up, which is more often as a noun.
25. Factual : TRUE
26. Kiddie lit Dr. : SEUSS
28. Genetic messenger : RNA. That makes DNA the message.
29. Sch. period : SEM. (semester)
30. Christine of Fleetwood Mac : McVIE
31. Show to a table : SEAT
32. Barnyard enclosure : STY
34. Like arrangements before a vacation : PRE-TRIP
36. Publish again, as a novel : RE-ISSUE
39. California's Big __ : SUR
40. Teacherly suffix with school : MARM. (schoolmarm)
42. Workout regimen : TAE BO. TAE BO® FITNESS is a total body fitness system that incorporates Martial Arts techniques such as kicks and punches, which became quite popular in the 1990s.
43. Org. with a Champions Tour : PGA. Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA of America)
45. Noche's opposite : DIA. As different as night and day in 31D. Portugal neighbor : SPAIN
46. Back of a hit record : B SIDE. The most straightforward clue for it in a while.
47. Slow time : LULL
50. Pass, as time : ELAPSE
52. Dove's cry : COO
53. Big rig fixtures, for short : CBs. Citizens' Band radio (also known as CB radio)
56. "It's __ for!": "So-o-o good!" : TO DIE
60. Good, in Guadalajara : BUENA. "She said oh no, Guadalajara won't do" Steely Dan lyric.
61. Lux. locale : EUR. (Luxembourg / Europe)
62. Latest thing : CRAZE
63. Latin being : ESSE
64. Burden-bearing beast : ASS
65. Rub the wrong way : ANNOY
Down:
1. Lie next to : ABUT
2. Truth alternative : DARE. Truth or Dare?
3. Continuous change : FLUX
4. Sleep analysis test, briefly : EEG. (electroencephalogram)
5. School URL ending : .EDU
6. Crocodile habitat : BAYOU
7. Curio display case : ÉTAGÈRE
8. Hibernation site : DEN
9. NFL Superdome team : SAINTS
10. Not emphasized, as a syllable : UNSTRESSED
12. Slanted land : SLOPE
15. B followers : C D E
17. Court winners : ACES
21. Sudden rush : SPATE
22. Preempt a firing? : QUIT
23. Computer operator : USER
24. Take the gun from : UNARM
27. Florida's largest national park : EVERGLADES
30. AWOL enforcers : MPs. Now they don't force you to go AWOL, do they?
33. USN clerk : YEO
35. "My luck is bound to change!" : "I'M DUE!". Why people come back broke from the casinos.
37. "__ miracle!" : IT'S A
38. Navigate a windjammer : SAIL
41. Loud and wild, like a party : RAUCOUS. Honest, not me! Never gone to one of those.
44. Skiing category : ALPINE
46. Channel tinkler : BUOY
47. Decide not to interfere with : LET BE
49. Turns in a bad way : SOURS
51. Red or Yellow : SEA
53. Greenish-blue : CYAN. because teal and aqua didn't work.
54. Rude, annoying one, in slang : BOZO
55. Chop __ : SUEY
57. Vote of approval : YEA
58. South American tuber : OCA
59. Hot coffee server : URN
Argyle
Note from C.C.: Happy Birthday to dear Chickie! I still want to see your backyard with all the wonderful fruit trees.
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