Theme: You may not like "dis" - Words that start with DIS are clued as if they were two words, starting with the slang for criticizing something.
17A. Criticize gas and electric companies? : DIS SERVICES. (disservices)
27A. Criticize a modeling shoot array? : DIS POSES. (disposes)
46A. Criticize stage shows? : DIS PLAYS. (displays)
60A. Criticize awards? : DIS TRIBUTES. (distributes)
11D. Criticize college subjects? : DIS COURSES. (discourses)
27D. Criticize farmers? : DIS TILLERS. (distillers)
Argyle here. No disrespect intended. This appears to be an ambitious debut by our constructor so a few hard nuggets can be accepted and the high number of "esses".
Across:
1. Manages (for oneself) : FENDS
6. Snuck : CREPT. Sneaked or snuck, ok? See the usage note here.
11. __ Moines, Iowa : DES
14. Native Alaskan : ALEUT
15. Cowboy singer Gene : AUTRY. No discouraging word here(2:43).
16. "That's nasty!" : "ICK!"
19. The Beatles' "__ Loves You" : SHE. Yeah, Yeah.
20. Sunrise direction : EAST
21. One of a D.C. 100 : SEN. (senators)
22. Russian capital : MOSCOW
24. Roy G __: rainbow mnemonic : BIV
26. Piebald horse : PINTO. Like what Little Joe rode on the Ponderosa.
30. It replaced the French franc : EURO
33. Pass out : FAINT
35. Mudville number : NINE. The poem on YouTube LINK
36. Complete, as a scene : WRAP
37. Tropicana and Minute Maid, briefly : OJs
38. Cheesy sandwiches : MELTS
39. Grounded jet : SST
40. Sworn statement : OATH
42. Isaac's eldest : ESAU
43. Wranglers with wheels : JEEPS
45. Folk music's Kingston __ : TRIO
48. Former Bears head coach Smith : LOVIE. Chicago Bears Head coach, 2004–2012
50. Be in debt : OWE
51. Sea near Stockholm : BALTIC
53. Prefix with pass : SUR. (surpass)
55. Become enraged : FUME
59. World Cup cheer : "¡OLÉ!"
63. Gen-__: boomer's kid, probably : Xer
64. Invalidate : ANNUL
65. On one's toes : ALERT
66. Fist pumper's word : "YES!"
67. Trotsky and Uris : LEONs
68. Pack animals : ASSes
Down:
1. Lose color in the wash : FADE
2. "On the Waterfront" director Kazan : ELIA
3. Loch with a monster : NESS
4. Brit's trash can : DUSTBIN
5. Sault __ Marie : STE.
6. Batman's hideout : CAVE. "Quick, to the Batmobile!" 12D. Bounce in a 6-Down : ECHO. "Quick, to the Batmobile!"
7. Wreck completely : RUIN
8. And so on: Abbr. : ETC.
9. Vacate the __: eviction notice phrase : PREMISES
10. Big name in chicken : TYSON. Perdue's competition.
13. Depict unfairly : SKEW
18. Invitation letters : RSVP
23. Bouillabaisse, e.g. : STEW. Traditional fish stew.
25. Practitioner: Suff. : IST
26. Kept in, as hostility : PENT-UP
28. Bodysuit for a tiny tot : ONESIE
29. "__ Marner": Eliot work : SILAS
31. Speak with a grating voice : RASP
32. Chooses : OPTs
33. 12 inches : FOOT
34. Open a bit : AJAR
38. Doctor's profession : MEDICINE
41. Owl's cry : [HOOT!][
43. A boxer may have a glass one : JAW
44. They're attractive to look at : EYEFULs
47. "Footloose" co-star Singer : LORI. Did you catch that Singer was capitalized?
49. "Myra Breckinridge" author Gore : VIDAL
51. Like the Honda Element : BOXY. Probably want to keep it like the following...
52. Away from the wind : ALEE
53. Really surprise : STUN
54. Web addresses, briefly : URLs
56. Beehive State natives : UTEs. Not Utahn today.
57. Little more than : MERE
58. Repair co. proposals : ESTs. (estimates)
61. __-cone : SNO
62. Sheep's call : [BAA]
Argyle
