Theme: Three Runners - The unity is in the clues.
20A. Runner on a corridor floor : HALLWAY CARPET
40A. Runner in a long race : MARATHON ENTRANT
58A. Runner in a nursery : PLANT OFFSHOOT
Argyle here. I like the cop shows where they confront a suspect and he takes off, "We've got a RUNNER!" We caught three runners today. Some stumble spots but the perps get it in the end.
Across:
1. "Dracula" author Stoker : BRAM
5. + or - particles : IONs
9. Ocean movements : TIDEs
14. Wine city near Sacramento : LODI. So it's not so bad to be stuck in Lodi again.
15. "The Bridge on the River __": 1957 film : KWAI. Link to the story behind the score.
16. "Step __!": "Out of my way!" : ASIDE
17. Goes on to say : ADDS. "I'm important; let me through!"
18. Pizazz : ELAN
19. Trademarked copy : XEROX
23. Derisive expression : SNEER. This goes along with 16- and 17-Across.
24. Harbor structure : PIER
25. Public health agcy. : CDC. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
28. Brake part : DISC. I feel old; I put in drum first.
31. Actress Loren : SOPHIA. She began her career at age 14 and is 79 now.
33. Sunscreen letters : SPF. (sun protection factor)
36. Twenty-one-gun show of respect : SALUTE
39. Multi-vol. references : OEDs. (The Oxford English Dictionary)
43. Steam-emitting appliance : IRON
44. "__ Fideles": carol : ADESTE
45. Qt. halves : PTs. Gallons and quarts and pints, oh my!
46. Dry twigs for a fire : TINDER
48. Old Russian ruler : TSAR
50. DDE's predecessor : HST
51. Eye protector : LASH
54. Stiller's comedy partner : MEARA. (Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara) Parents of Amy Stiller and Ben Stiller.
62. Sheikdom of song : ARABY. For Bill G.
64. Sunburn soother : ALOE
65. Golden Fleece ship : ARGO
66. Access Facebook, say : LOG ON
67. Prefix with bucks : MEGA
68. Vitamin __: PABA : B-TEN
69. Noisy migratory birds : GEESE
70. Subtle call for attention : [PSST!]
71. Satisfy to the hilt : SATE
Down:
1. Slight depression, with "the" : BLAHS. Not as deep as the blues.
2. '50s sci-fi monster : RODAN
3. Confuse : ADDLE
4. Gave false clues to, e.g. : MISLED
5. Swedish furniture chain : IKEA
6. Big-eyed : OWLY
7. Civil rights org. : NAACP. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
8. Mount climbed by Moses : SINAI
9. Many an H&R Block employee : TAX PRO
10. "It's clear now" : "I SEE"
11. Very inexpensive : DIRT CHEAP
12. Old name for Tokyo : EDO
13. Male or female : SEX
21. What a cuff may cover : WRIST. Links.
22. Is indignant about : RESENTS
26. Failed to : DIDN'T
27. Lets the lure fly : CASTS. Cute one.
29. Desertlike : SAHARAN
30. Bumbling sort : CLOD
32. __ ejemplo: Juan's "for example" : POR
33. Patti of punk rock : SMITH
34. City on the Seine : PARIS
35. Where the major headlines are : FRONT PAGE
37. A, in Arles : UNE
38. Diagnostic aid : TEST
41. "What's more ..." : "...AND..."
42. Tigers and Cubs : TEAMs. Oh my!
47. Comical Boosler : ELAYNE. Why oh why did she use a Y?
49. Fixes up, as a fixer-upper : REHABS
52. Snail-mail attachment : STAMP
53. Putters' targets : HOLES
55. Primary artery : AORTA
56. Name synonymous with synonyms : ROGET. Roget's Thesaurus.
57. More than apologize : ATONE
59. Debt-laden corp. takeovers : LBOs. (leveraged buyouts)
60. Clouds (up) : FOGS
61. Accomplishment : FEAT
62. Calc. prerequisite : ALG. (calculus/algebra)
63. Fish delicacy : ROE. (shad roe on grits)
Argyle
Notes from C.C.:
1) Happy 26th wedding anniversary to Dennis and his lovely wife Linda (second from the right)! Dennis is ageless. He looks the same as he did when he joined our blog in Feb 2008.
2) Happy 25th anniversary to TTP and his wife as well! I recall you really annoyed your wife the first time you met, right?
3) Today also marks the 500th post Argyle blogged for us. Every time I hear "One Night in Bangkok", I think of the young Marine Argyle. He has lots of stories to tell, but he's not a talker. Thank you for all you've done to help me, Santa!
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