Theme: Yes,Yes,Yes - Three times is enough; don't make me say it again.
17A. Whom "I'm in love with," in a 1953 hit : YOU,YOU,YOU. They also did Rag Mop.
32A. "... and so on and so forth" : YADDA,YADDA,YADDA. I thought it was yada, yada, yada.
40A. 1968 song title words before "I got love in my tummy" : YUMMY,YUMMY,YUMMY. The Ohio Express.
63A. "Won't they ever stop talking?!" : YAK,YAK,YAK. (close) Yakety Sax
Argyle here, just once. Jeff makes a rare Monday visit. (Marti Thursday) (C.C. interview) Two grid spanners. Fun stuff.
Across:
1. Money owed : DEBT
5. Peaks across eight European countries : ALPS
9. Japanese sliding screen : SHŌJI
14. Guthrie of song : ARLO
15. Hard or soft sphere : BALL
16. Jell-O flavor : LEMON
19. Organize in a row : ALIGN
20. Area for experiments : TEST SITE
21. Modeler's purchase : KIT
22. ESE or WNW : DIRection
23. Like the wood in an archer's bow : BENT. Or...
24. Church caretaker : SEXTON
27. Slurpee cousin : ICEE
29. Have some pie : EAT
31. Newspaper VIPs : EDs. (editors)
38. Source unknown, as a quote: Abbr. : ANON
39. See 61-Across : A CAB and 61A. With 39-Across, phones the taxi dispatch : CALLS. "Call me a cab!" "OK, you're a cab." "Oh, wiseguy!" 49A. The Stooges, e.g. : TRIO
47. Road service org. : AAA
48. Oklahoma tribe : OTO. Definitely the crossword Indians.
50. Light-refracting devices : PRISMS
53. Cross to bear : ONUS
57. ISP choice : MSN. Originally The Microsoft Network, it was once the most popular dial-up Internet service provider.
58. Born, in bridal bios : NÉE
59. Percussion instrument membrane : DRUMHEAD. The eZine.
65. Some woodwinds : OBOEs
66. Pulitzer winner James : AGEE. Poet, novelist, journalist, film critic, and social activist. (1909-1955)
67. Pigeon shelter : COTE
68. "Heavens to __!" : BETSY
69. Loch of legend : NESS
70. State between Wash. and Calif. : OREG.
Down:
1. Calendar square : DAY
2. Racy writing : EROTICA
3. Purplish color : BLUE-RED
4. Booty in the Grinch's sack : TOYS
5. Maltreat : ABUSE.
6. Store, as supplies : LAY IN
7. Schemed : PLOTTED
8. Turn on an axis : SLUE
9. Quench : SLAKE. Old Fashioned word.
10. DNA shape : HELIX
11. Left out : OMITTED
12. Easy exercise run : JOG
13. Lodging house : INN
18. Venue for horse players: Abbr. : OTB. (Off-Track Betting)
22. Initials for an amateur handyman : DIY. (Do It Yourself)
24. LPGA star Lewis : STACY
25. Not even : ODD
26. CIA cousin : NSA. (No Such Agency)
28. Cheese in red wrapping : EDAM
30. Eden dweller : ADAM
33. "__ news?" : ANY
34. Toys bouncing on strings : YO-YOs
35. "Sometimes you feel like __ ?" : A NUT
36. "Huzzah!" : "YAY!"
37. Lie next to : ABUT
40. Big mouth, informally : YAP. Yap, Yap, Yap (little dog)
41. Former Egypt-Syr. alliance : UAR. (United Arab Republic)
42. Primary parking facility : MAIN LOT. "Don't forget where you parked your car".
43. Docking payment : MOORAGE. "Don't forget where you moored your boat".
44. City leader, formally: Abbr. : MR. MAYOR. As Batman would say.
45. Write the wrong year on, as a check : MISDATE
46. Hither's partner : YON
51. Monica of tennis : SELES
52. Disorderly : MESSY
54. Zaps in a microwave : NUKES
55. Hesitant agreement : "UM...YES"
56. __ Na Na : SHA
59. Cannon of film : DYAN. Perhaps best known for her trademark curly blond tresses and her faithful appearances at L.A. Lakers basketball games, she is 77 now.
60. Kitchenware brand : EKCO
61. Kernel holder : COB. Corn.
62. President Lincoln : ABE
64. Bar barrel : KEG. "We're not hosting an intergalactic kegger down here."
You got that, Tinbeni?
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Jazzbumpa's beautiful wife Gloria! I hope Ron makes this year extra special for you.
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