Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke

Theme: y'all - Dixie diversion.

20A. Conflicting goals : CROSS PURPOSES. Southern Cross Song(4:49)

35A. "Bandit Queen" of the Wild West : BELLE STARR. Southern Belle (Our own)

41A. Best Western rival : COMFORT INN. Southern Comfort. CSO Tinbeni

59A. Like dishes with collard greens, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 35- and 41-Across : SOUTHERN STYLE

Argyle here, doing the best I can for a Northerner. Another interesting theme without some of the little nits from Monday. Some entries may be considered a bit stiff for a Tuesday but doable.

Across:

1. Barracks array : BEDS. Hands up for COTS.

5. Highlights segment : RECAP

10. Civil rights icon Parks : ROSA

14. Shepard who walked on the moon : ALAN

15. Get away from : EVADE

16. North Carolina university : ELON

17. Pitchfork point : TINE

18. 1995 Reform Party founder : PEROT. Ross

19. Charging result : DEBT

23. Odin, for one : DEITY. Odin is the major Norse god. Plus 55D. Odin's race : AESIR. The gods under the leadership of Odin in Asgard.

25. Plains native : OTOE

26. __-tip: beef cut : TRI. To go with the mess of collard greens?

27. Dessert table vessel : URN. After-dinner coffee.

28. Disney's "__ & Stitch" : LILO

31. Blender option : PURÉE

33. Sacks : BAGS. The literal, not the figurative sack.

38. Latin 101 verb : AMAS

40. Diva's number : ARIA

45. "Love It or List It" cable channel : HGTV. (initials for Home & Garden Television)

49. Martian, e.g. : ALIEN

50. Not as : LESS

52. Once-sacred snake : ASP

53. Countdown starter : TEN

54. Follow, or the one doing the following : TAIL

57. Tamale wrappers : HUSKS

63. __ dixit: unfounded assertion : IPSE. Latin for "He, himself, said it".

64. Look after : SEE TO

65. Hairdo : COIF

68. Prehistoric predator, for short : T-REX

69. Map in a map : INSET

70. New coin of 2002 : EURO

71. Part of CNS: Abbr. : SYST. (central nervous system)(not a TV channel)

72. Kicks back : RESTS

73. Initials on invitations : RSVP

Down:

1. Cavern critter : BAT. Great alliteration.

2. Manning of the Giants : ELI

3. Martha Graham forte : DANCING

4. Helmet-sporting comics hound : SNERT. Hägar the Horrible's dog.

5. Weightlifter's count : REPs

6. Pre-holiday times : EVES

7. Arrangement among commuters : CARPOOL

8. Score after deuce : AD OUT. (or ad in, depending)

9. Prefix with chemical : PETRO

10. Update, as the bathroom : REDO

11. Fake fat : OLESTRA. Beware the side affects.

12. Less tipsy : SOBERER

13. More prone to fidgeting : ANTSIER

21. Spindly Olive : OYL. Popeye's 'goyl'.

22. Cola choice : PEPSI

23. Name : DUB

24. Period sometimes named for a statesman : ERA

29. Support beam : I-BAR

30. "__ we forget" : LEST

32. Zion National Park state : UTAH

34. Out of danger : SAFE

36. Roped-off pool part : LANE

37. Coastal divers : ERNs

39. One of a dozen : MONTH

41. Watches a pet : CAT-SITS

42. Grand Tennessee entertainment : OLE OPRY

43. Negative aspects : MINUSes

44. Malady : ILLNESS

46. Like neon or nitrogen : GASEOUS

47. "That's a no-no" : "TSK!"

48. Nixon and Ford, once: Abbr. : VPs. (vice-president)

51. Timid : SHY

56. "I'll see you in my dreams" girl of song : IRENE

58. Stomach woe : ULCER

60. Book bag book : TEXT

61. Editor's "leave it in" : STET

62. Preschoolers : TOTS

66. Sportscaster Cross : IRV. Former NFL cornerback, he became the first African-American to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television.(CBS)

67. One dressing to be noticed : FOP. A real dandy.

Argyle

Note from C.C.:

Let's meet Anon-T,  another serious foodie! He went to Egypt last February for a computer project (He actually posted a few comments while frolicking there). As you have glimpsed from his remarks on the blog, Anon-T is a totally devoted family man. He solves LA Times with his mother-in-law at times.

Anon T, Giza, Feb 2014