17A. Most populous city in South Dakota : SIOUX FALLS
19A. Second-in-command in the kitchen : SOUS CHEF
36A. Michigan or Ontario city on the same border river : SAULT STE. MARIE
57A. Canal passage connecting Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes : SOO LOCKS
59A. "W is for Wasted" mystery author : SUE GRAFTON (Note from C.C.: Rich updated this clue. Our original is: Author of "V" Is for Vengeance. )
Rabbit, rabbit. Argyle here with one of the best puzzles of all year. (What bias?) There are other eight letter entries beside the two theme entries but they are in the vertical columns. Rich changed some clues but I'm unclear if it was to make it harder or easier. It may be so it fits better with following puzzles.
Across:
1. 2012 Ben Affleck political thriller : "ARGO"
5. Organizes by date, say : SORTS
10. Is able to : CAN
13. Former Defense secretary Panetta : LEON
14. Came into play : AROSE
15. "Mission: Impossible" theme composer Schifrin : LALO
16. Novelist Tyler : ANNE. Bio LINK (born in Minnesota)
21. Demean : ABASE
22. Baby goat : KID
23. Legged it : RAN
24. Mercedes rival : BMW
26. Bus. get-together : MTG. Business meeting.
27. Sharp ridge : ARÊTE
29. Adman's connection : TIE IN. Like McDonald toys and the latest kid's movie.
31. Digital camera battery, often : AAA
32. Legal thing : RES
34. Hoops gp. : NBA. (National Basketball Association)
35. Superficially cultured : ARTY
40. Unit of cotton : BALE
41. Carry a balance : OWE
42. Yeats' land: Abbr. : IRE. William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet.
43. Land parcel : LOT
44. Continental border range : URALS
46. Last Supper query : "IS IT I?"
50. Unbarred, to a bard : OPE
51. Fall mo. : SEP.
52. Marlins' div. : NL-E. 25D. Home of baseball's Marlins : MIAMI
54. ISP option : MSN. Internet service provider / The Microsoft Network; stylized as MSN
55. Indian dresses : SARIs
62. Margin jotting : NOTE
63. Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
64. Part of BYOB : BOOZE. (or bottle or beverage or ???)
65. Price : COST
66. Low in the lea : [MOO!]. Verb low.
67. Betsy Ross, famously : SEWER. This clue was changed from 'Waste water pipe' to change the 'su' sound to 'so'.
68. Lodge group : ELKS
Down:
1. "North to the Future" state : ALASKA. State motto adopted in 1967.
2. Pierre-Auguste of impressionism : RENOIR
'Claude Monet Painting in his Garden at Argenteuil' by Renoir
3. Take it all off : GO NUDE. The way Pierre-Auguste liked many of his models.
4. Small bills : ONEs
5. Barack's younger daughter : SASHA
6. "Murder on the __ Express" : ORIENT
7. Ski rack site : ROOF
8. Lone Star State sch. : TSU. (Texas Southern University)( How many jumped on TCU?)
9. Gender : SEX
10. Ristorante squid : CALAMARI
11. "Good Hands" company : ALLSTATE
12. Bouquet of flowers : NOSEGAY
15. Chem class requirement : LAB
18. Baby deer : FAWN
20. Fishing basket : CREEL
24. Neuwirth of "Cheers" : BEBE
28. "You're right" : "TRUE"
30. Very big maker of very little chips : INTEL
33. Mall unit : STORE
35. "Iliad" war god : ARES
36. Home to millions of Brazilians : SAO PAULO
37. Half a superhero's identity : ALTER EGO
38. Switch : SWAP
39. Animated mermaid : ARIEL. Spawned a plethora of "tie-ins".
40. Open, as a bud : BLOSSOM
44. KGB country : USSR
45. Take a nap : SNOOZE
47. "No worries, man" : "I'M COOL"
48. "Shame, shame!" : "TSK! TSK!"
49. Detailed map windows : INSETs
53. Recluse : LONER
56. Franchised supermarket brand : IGA. (Independent Grocers Alliance)
57. Put away : STOW
58. Almost never : ONCE
60. Sit-up targets : ABs
61. Opponent : FOE
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
D. Scott Nichols is Argyle's real name. I got the theme idea from reading Argyle's 48-Across comment here. We had fun making this puzzle and hope you enjoyed our work.
D. Scott Nichols is Argyle's real name. I got the theme idea from reading Argyle's 48-Across comment here. We had fun making this puzzle and hope you enjoyed our work.
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| Argyle the Great Scott, 2011 |
