Theme: You can keep your shirt on - Themes start with things you might lose.
17A. Reminder to be polite : MIND YOUR MANNERS. Lose your mind.
23A. Assets-and-liabilities statement : BALANCE SHEET. Lose your balance.
40A. "Congratulations!" : "WAY TO GO!". Lose your way.
51A. 1993 film about a novice Olympic bobsled team : "COOL RUNNINGS" (They were from Jamaica.). Lose your cool.
62A. What risktakers have ... and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 40- and 51-Across can be? : SOMETHING TO LOSE
Argyle here. A lot of names again but fewer abbreviations. (I didn't count them.) Two spanners also. All in all, quite like Monday.
Across:
1. Cross in some hieroglyphics : ANKH
5. Guinness of "Star Wars" : ALEC. and 14A. "Star Wars" princess : LEIA
9. Most of its panhandle is in the Pacific Time Zone : IDAHO. Note some of (update) Oregon is Mountain Time Zone.
15. "Hawaii Five-O" nickname : DANO. "Book 'em, Dano!"
16. At lunch, say : NOT IN
20. Pond growth : ALGAE
21. Churn up : ROIL
22. "__-haw!" : YEE. YEE or HEE, gotta wait on the perp.
27. Judge at a base : UMPIRE
30. Flower pot filler : SOIL
31. Something to brag about : FEAT
32. Perform perfectly : NAIL
36. Dance movements : STEPS
39. Rower's blade : OAR
42. Be a contender : VIE
43. Word with whisper or fright : STAGE
45. It's a gas in Canada : ESSO
46. Copper-plated coin : CENT
47. Without ice : NEAT. Finally, right Tin?
49. Millionaire's accumulation : WEALTH
56. Incoming flight info: Abbr. : ARR. (arrivals)
57. Any minute now : SOON
58. Hop out of bed : GET UP
66. Nursery rhyme tart taker : KNAVE. Who knew?
67. Large cross : ROOD
68. Blessing ender : AMEN
69. Repaired, as a shoe : SOLED. From a bygone era.
70. Approximate figs. : ESTs
71. Ties the knot : WEDS
Down:
1. __ mater : ALMA
2. Astronaut Armstrong : NEIL
3. Checkmate victim : KING
4. Tasted, with "of" : HAD A BIT
5. "And now, without further __ ..." : ADO
6. 2000s first lady Bush : LAURA
7. 2001 bankruptcy filer : ENRON
8. Stand-up individual? : COMIC
9. Road trip stopover : INN
10. Crime family boss : DON
11. Right in front of one's face : AT EYE LEVEL
12. New recruit : HIREE
13. Beginning : ONSET
18. Magazine subscription period : YEAR
19. Many microbrews : ALEs
24. "Stormy Weather" singer Horne : LENA
25. "Nothing special" : "SO-SO"
26. Bit of Google success : HIT. Easier on your teeth than Bit-O-Honey.
27. Sci-fi transports : UFOs
28. Veggie platter's lack : MEAT
29. Like "The X-Files" cases : PARANORMAL
33. Thumbs-up vote : AYE
34. For what __ worth : IT'S
35. Part of LAPD : LOS. (Los Angeles Police Department)
37. Ice cream buy : PINT. It still could be Edy's.
38. "Family Guy" creator MacFarlane : SETH
40. Wash-and-__ : WEAR
41. Prom attire : GOWN
44. Hair goo : GEL
46. Source of legal precedents : CASE LAW
48. Rear end : TUSH. I still LOL at the end of the clip.
50. "Thick & Fluffy" breakfast brand : EGGO
51. Big barrels : CASKS
52. Maine campus town : ORONO
53. Bete __ : NOIRE
54. Verboten things : NO-NOs
55. Weighty gold bar : INGOT
59. Weighty work : TOME
60. Pre-owned : USED
61. Rollerballs, e.g. : PENS
63. First lady? : EVE
64. Actor Danson : TED. He has gone from Cheers to CSI.
65. QB's scores : TDs
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Pje (Pat), the milk man's daughter :-). You can read more about Pat here. She's been a quiet influence in our blog, always offering comfort when someone needs help.
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Pje (Pat), the milk man's daughter :-). You can read more about Pat here. She's been a quiet influence in our blog, always offering comfort when someone needs help.
