Theme: How are you? - “Everyone Is a House with Four Rooms, a Physical, a Mental, an Emotional, and a Spiritual.” Indian proverb
17A. What regular exercise helps maintain : PHYSICAL FITNESS
27A. Mindreader's claim : MENTAL TELEPATHY
44A. 1980 Rolling Stones hit : "EMOTIONAL RESCUE"
56A. Priest or lama, e.g. : SPIRITUAL LEADER
Argyle here, in the room with padded walls. Thank goodness Google was here to give me the theme. All four themes were grid spanners, too. The fill didn't suffer either. Our constructors should show some 38-Across for this offering.
Across:
1. Jiggly see-through dish : ASPIC
6. Character deficiency : FLAW
10. Cutting remark : BARB
14. Formal "will" : SHALL
15. 1970 Kinks hit : LOLA. Live(4:31)
16. Matty or Felipe of baseball : ALOU. Our usual baseball family.
20. Run __ of the law : A FOUL
21. Like very cheap merchandise : TRASHY
22. Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYStem
25. "__ voyage!" : BON
26. Solo who loved Leia : HAN
34. Delta rival, as it was formerly known : USAIR. US Airways now.
35. TiVo predecessors : VCRs
36. Actor Stephen : REA
37. Cocktail hour bowlfuls : DIPS
38. __ and joy : PRIDE. Often found in little bundles.
40. Corridor : HALL
41. Gun for a gangster : GAT
42. Completely closed : SHUT
43. Language of India : HINDI
48. Quaint lodging : INN
49. Author Fleming : IAN
50. Mini-albums, for short : EPs. An extended play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more music than a single, but is usually too short to qualify as a full studio album or LP.
51. Bob Marley's music : REGGAE
54. Signs on for another stint : RE-UPs
61. Start of Caesar's boast : VENI. "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered")
62. Jason's ship : ARGO
63. Religious belief : CREED
64. Black-eyed veggies : PEAs
65. Eat, as ribs : GNAW
66. "The Metamorphosis" writer Franz : KAFKA
Down:
1. Egyptian slitherer : ASP
2. "Pipe down!" : "SHH!"
3. Foot the bill : PAY
4. "Casablanca" heroine : ILSA
5. Energy-boosting organic snack brand : CLIF BAR
6. Show off shamelessly : FLAUNT
7. Lounge about : LOLL
8. Furry TV E.T. : ALF. (Alien Life Form)
9. "Sit tight while I get help" : "WAIT HERE"
10. Fruit often sliced onto cereal : BANANA
11. Tavern orders : ALEs
12. __ Hashanah : ROSH
13. Like bees or beavers : BUSY
18. Chilly : COOL
19. Snares : TRAPS
22. Mark from an old eraser : SMUDGE
23. "No, you're not" retort : "YES, I AM"
24. Stand at attention : SNAP TO
28. "__ the season to be jolly ..." : 'TIS
29. Musical set in Argentina : EVITA
30. HDTV feature : LCD. (liquid crystal display)
31. Hypnotic state : TRANCE
32. Delayed : HELD UP
33. New Haven Ivy Leaguers : YALIES
38. Series of voice mail messages, say : PHONE TAG
39. Beat a retreat : RUN
40. Old what's-__-name : HIS
42. Mount for Moses : SINAI
43. Nag, nag, nag : HENPECK
45. Baghdad's river : TIGRIS
46. Hide out : LIE LOW
47. __ Julia of "The Addams Family" : RAUL
51. "Let me know," on invitations : RSVP
52. Fencing sword : EPEE
53. Actress Gershon : GINA
54. Music from India : RAGA
55. "Nobody doesn't like __ Lee" : SARA
57. Coffee hour server : URN
58. Phone letters on the "3" button : DEF
59. Cartoon scream : "EEK!"
60. No. formerly on vitamin labels : RDA. (Recommended Daily Allowance)
I left out a lot of musical options; feel free to link your favorites. I'll be in the music room.
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
For those who missed the Andrea Carla Michaels interview I linked last time, here it is again.
