Theme: Beyond Lincoln Logs - Items that can be built from a kit.
20A. Guideline for standard operating procedures : POLICY FRAMEWORK
26A. Weightlifter's practice : BODY BUILDING
50A. Frequent feeling of culpability : GUILT COMPLEX
58A. Box of Lego bricks, e.g., or a hint to the last words of 20-, 26- and 50-Across : CONSTRUCTION SET
Argyle here. No C.C. but still two grid spanners. I hope I can get some help on the theme.
Tinkertoy construction set would build a good for frameworks.
There are lots of building construction sets out there, even a "The Walking Dead" one. LINK
You may be familiar with a "complex construction kit" if engage in X3: Terran Conflict, a computer simulation. The kit is used to link your factories.
Any other ideas?
Across:
1. Six-footer at a Super Bowl party? : HERO. Fun thing to get home in a small car.
5. Leveling wedge : SHIM
9. Trojan War epic : ILIAD
14. Sailed through : ACED
15. Oompah instrument : TUBA
16. For the __: temporarily : NONCE. That's all she wrote. Not used elsewhere.
17. Storage structure : SHED
18. Requiring a two-day trip, say : AFAR. Odd usage.
19. Ultrasound image, perhaps : FETUS
23. Go one better than : TOP
24. Old Mideast org. : U.A.R. (United Arab Republic)
25. "Papa __ a Rollin' Stone" : WAS. A tick faster version.
32. Log-splitting tool : AXE
33. Houston player, informally : STRO. Houston Astros, baseball.
34. Common rental restriction : [NO PETS]
38. Plumbing problem : LEAK
40. Toward the tiller : AFT
42. "College GameDay" number : STAT. College GameDay is an ESPN program that covers college basketball and football, going over the STATistics.
43. Still making payments : IN DEBT
46. __ mater : ALMA
49. "Little Women" woman : AMY. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
53. Kwik-E-Mart owner on "The Simpsons" : APU
56. Assenting vote : YEA
57. Ratio involving ht. and wt. : BMI. (Body Mass Index)
65. Designer Nina : RICCI. She got her start in the Thirties.
Don't let the cold stop you from being fashionable.
66. Retro phone feature : DIAL
67. "Do __ others ..." : UNTO
68. Sunni's faith : ISLAM
69. Simplify : EASE
70. Falafel holder : PITA
71. Mower handle? : DEERE. (name)
72. Mates for bucks : DOEs
73. Small earring : STUD
Down:
1. Hinged fastener : HASP
2. Sound on the rebound : ECHO
3. Rod attachment : REEL
4. Quirk : ODDITY
5. "Don't budge!" : "STAY PUT!"
6. Peeved mood : HUFF and 62D. Peeved mood : SNIT
7. Letter-shaped support piece : I-BAR
8. Plunder : MARAUD
9. Hot spot for Dante : INFERNO
10. Big name in movie theaters : LOEW
11. On its way to the body shop : [IN TOW]
12. Legend automaker : ACURA, which is a division of Honda.
13. Newsroom furniture : DESKS
21. Corn cores : COBs
22. Most important : MAIN
26. Vacation island south of Borneo : BALI
27. Farm team : OXEN
28. Word before tired or heat : DEAD
29. Fund for the golden yrs. : IRA
30. Lite : LO FAT
31. Navig. aid : GPS
35. Catchall abbr. : ET AL.
36. Domesticate : TAME
37. Mythological underworld boundary river : STYX
39. Tapped vessel : KEG
41. Treatment for a broken heart, briefly : TLC. (Tender Loving Care)
44. Postpone the inevitable : BUY TIME
45. Stadium section : TIER
47. Delicately balanced sculptures : MOBILES. Put away for another year.
48. Gun filler : AMMO
51. Praised : LAUDED
52. Man cave hangings : PIN-UPS
53. Bitterly pungent : ACRID
54. Self-assurance : POISE
55. Cry of concession : "UNCLE!"
59. Surgery reminder : SCAR
60. "So long," on the Lido : "CIAO"
61. Shock, in a way : TASE
63. "__, Brute?" : ET TU
64. Warty hopper : TOAD
Argyle
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