Theme: B A D - Normally there is only two ways to break a three-letter word but Ed found another.
57. Vince Gilligan TV drama, and a hint to something happening in 20-Across and 11- and 29-Down : BREAKING BAD. The series premiered in 2008 on the cable channel AMC, and closed 2013.
20. They swim with the fishes : SCUBA DIVERS
11. Bookmarked link, say : WEB ADDRESS
29. Start of a rhyme featuring a butcher and baker : RUB-A-DUB-DUB. This rhyme exists in many variations.
Argyle here(and in the puzzle). The most notable thing is the pinwheel layout of the answers. Bit odd to have a roach in the middle though.
Across:
1. Financial "soaking" : BATH
5. Open wound : GASH
9. Dots on maps : TOWNS
14. Queens stadium named for a tennis legend : ASHE
15. Eastern honorific : AGHA. Turkish, literally: lord.
16. Outmaneuver : ONE-UP
17. Munich mister : HERR
18. Track section : RAIL
19. In a gallant manner : NOBLY
23. Gore and Smith : ALs
24. Wrestling venue : ARENA
27. Checkpoint Charlie city : BERLIN
30. O'Brien of CNN : SOLEDAD
33. __ Dhabi : ABU
34. Chain store selling gates and crates : PETCO. Headquartered in San Diego.
37. Twilled suit fabric : SERGE
38. Gently tosses : LOBs
40. Nocturnal scurrier : ROACH. The Orkin Man isn't here yet.
42. Big intro? : MEGA
43. African antelope : ELAND
45. Company targeting 40-Acrosses : ORKIN
47. Transgression : SIN
48. Man Ray or Arp : DADAIST. Artwork from Man Ray.
50. Some 36-Down deals : LEASES
52. Fruit that's not cute : UGLI. Orange and tangerine hybrid.
53. With regard to : AS FOR
55. Priest's garment : ALB
62. Freeload : CADGE
64. Billy goat's bluff : CRAG. Bluff is a headland with a broad, steep face. You might find goats on the steep rugged rock.
65. Meditative practice : YOGA
66. Less likely to betray : TRUER
67. Where sheep sleep : COTE
68. Creditor's claim : LIEN
69. Wooden shoe : SABOT
70. Power dept. : ENERgy
71. Movie lioness : ELSA
Down:
1. Grumpy cries : BAHS
2. "Got __?": "Can we talk?" : A SEC
3. Informal street sign word : THRU
4. Like some folk remedies : HERBAL
5. One with growing concerns? : GARDENER. Gearing up; sharpening the tools.
6. "Here we go __!" : AGAIN
7. Hindu deity : SHIVA. “The Destroyer,” the third member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
8. Of sound body : HALE
9. Oft-removed throat tissues : TONSILS
10. Artist Yoko : ONO
12. __ and void : NULL
13. 1974 CIA spoof : "SPYS"
21. "What __!": "I've been had!" : A RIP
22. MGM rival : RKO. The original RKO Pictures ceased production in 1957. MGM went through bankruptcy in 2010 but is still at it.
26. Judge : DEEM
27. Bundled, as cotton : BALED
28. African virus : EBOLA
30. Foot warmer : SOCK
31. Texas A&M athlete : AGGIE
32. Campus heads : DEANS
35. Tugboat blast : TOOT
36. Hybrid, perhaps : CAR
39. Setback : SNAG
41. Designer Tommy : HILFIGER
44. Toon with an upturned tie : DILBERT
46. Gas in glass tubing : NEON
49. "To __, With Love" : SIR 1967 Song(2:48)
51. 30-Down pattern : ARGYLE
53. Slugger known as Hammerin' Hank : AARON
54. Use a rink : SKATE
55. "Hamlet" fivesome : ACTS
56. Doctor Zhivago's love : LARA. Her theme. Video(5:47) Warning: Lots of snow.
58. Caesar's "Behold!" : "ECCE!"
59. Recipe instruction : BOIL
60. Years and years : AGES
61. Funny Carvey : DANA
63. Former automaker with a globe in its logo : GEO
Argyle
