Theme: Classic Focus - Two word entries with the same beginning initials except that's not enough these days so the second letter of the second entry is also identical.
17A. Takeout option : CHINESE FOOD
27A. Subject for a meteorologist : CLOUD FORMATION
37A. Look after : CARE FOR
47A. Bill Gates or Paul Allen, vis-à-vis Microsoft : COMPANY FOUNDER
62A. Summoned up : CALLED FORTH
68A. Exec. moneyman, and a hint to 17-, 27-, 37-, 47- and 62-Across : CFO
Argyle here. So this gave me a hard time which in retrospect, was my over-thinking the answers. A lot of "D'oh" moments. Very un-Scrabbley, missing: {BJKQVXZ}, not important but interesting. The unifier wasn't really necessary but does tighten up the theme. Two answers are verb phrases and the other three are "noun as adjective" noun phrases.
Across:
1. Theater attractions : SHOWS
6. Big fusses : TO-DOs
11. Gallery display : ART
14. Taxpayer's worry : AUDIT. Hush!
15. Real estate offering : HOUSE
16. Sinking ship signal : S-O-S
19. Wash. neighbor : IDA. (Idaho)
20. Personal IDs : SSNs
21. Ambulance destinations, for short : ERs. (emergency room)
22. Comfy shoe : LOAFER
24. Biblical pronoun : THEE
26. Bic products : PENS
33. Ross of the Supremes : DIANA
34. "__ won't be afraid": "Stand By Me" lyric : NO, I. couldn't find the song sung by Miss Ross unfortunately.
35. French lady friend : AMIE
36. Jerusalem's land: Abbr. : ISRael
41. Chicken __ king : À LA
42. Swindle : SCAM
44. Prefix with classical : NEO
45. Bernese Alps peak : EIGER. The Bernese Alps are a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland.
51. Those, to Tomás : ESOS
52. On an ocean liner, say : ASEA
53. All for __: to no avail : NAUGHT. Beware the dreadnaught if asea.
56. Co. that merged into Verizon : GTE. Formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation.
57. Gas company with toy trucks : HESS
61. Egyptian snake : ASP
65. Curtain support : ROD
66. Shed __: cry : A TEAR
67. Muhammad Ali's boxing daughter : LAILA
69. Requirements : NEEDS
70. Aggravate : ANNOY
Down:
1. Animal pouches : SACS
2. Comments from the confused : [HUHs]
3. Supreme Norse god : ODIN
4. __-Salem, N.C. : WINSTON
5. Fr. holy woman : STE.
6. 1994 Denis Leary film about a crook who acts as an arbiter : "THE REF"
7. Gut-punch reactions : [OOFs]
8. Batman and Robin, e.g. : DUO
9. Italian tenor standard : 'O SOLE MIO
10. Spiritual Arizona resort : SEDONA. Chamber of Commerce
11. "Keep dreaming" : "AS IF"
12. Came by horse : RODE
13. Old Russian royal : TSAR
18. Flower starter : SEED
23. Nick and Nora's dog : ASTA
25. Former Congressional gp. concerned with Communist infiltration : HUAC. (House Un-American Activities Committee)
26. Univ. teacher : PROF.
27. "The __ Kid": '50s TV Western : CISCO. Dig the old ad.
28. Former Calif. NFLer : LA RAM
29. __ a kind: unique : ONE OF
30. Mental picture : IMAGE
31. Persian Gulf ship : OILER
32. Pretty close : NEAR
33. Checker, e.g. : DISC. The board game.
38. Provide critical comments for : ANNOTATE
39. Curious George creators Margret and Hans : REYS
40. Actress Russo : RENE
43. Video file format : MPEG. M(oving) P(icture) E(xperts) G(roup)
46. Boise resident : IDAHOAN
48. Trash bin : ASH CAN
49. Old cowboy movies : OATERs
50. Previously owned : USED
53. Drug cop : NARC
54. Dating from : AS OF
55. High hairstyle : UP-DO
56. Happy : GLAD
58. Emerald Isle : ERIN
59. Normandy battleground : ST. LÔ
60. One-horse carriage : SHAY
63. Dixie general : LEE. Robert E.
64. St. Pete's state : FLA. (St. Petersburg / Florida)
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