Theme: WHO'S DA MAN? - T.A.'s the man.
17A. *Miracle Mets center fielder : TOMMIE AGEE
26A. *Creator of Daffy and Bugs : TEX AVERY
37A. *"Songs About Me" country singer : TRACE ADKINS
49A. *He voiced Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story" : TIM ALLEN
58A. *Three-time Super Bowl-winning Cowboys quarterback : TROY AIKMAN
47D. Husk-wrapped Mexican dish, and when divided in three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues : TAMALE. T A MALE
Argyle here, also Tom (desper-otto) Uttormark and C.C. Quite a few CSO's today; to be expected, I guess, given who our constructors are. The unifier ties it all together and quantifies it as a Tuesday puzzle.
Across:
1. Tie with a cord : BOLO
5. Acute anxiety : ANGST
10. Miss from Madrid: Abbr. : SRTA. (Señorita)
14. Texter's "That being said ..." : OTOH. (on the other hand...)
15. Get on the phone, say : REACH
16. Lustful look : LEER
19. ''If all __ fails ...'' : ELSE
20. Weed whacker : HOE
21. Friskies eater : CAT
22. "Your choice" : "NAME IT"
24. Skip over in pronunciation : ELIDE
28. Nevada gambling city : RENO
29. __ for the course : PAR
31. Variety show : REVUE
32. Dressing component : OLIVE OIL
36. Nav. rank : ENS. (Ensign)
39. Dashboard meas. : MPH. (miles per hour)
41. Unsettled detail : LOOSE END
42. Island near Venezuela : ARUBA. Wish I was there.
44. Mexican mama bear : OSA
45. Official records : ACTA. (plural noun)
52. European toast : SKOAL. English spelling of Skål or skál.
53. Come by : OBTAIN
54. Fraternal club member : ELK. CED provided this link of their secret meetings.
56. CCV x X : MML. 205x10=2050
57. Roughly : OR SO
61. Dumbfound : STUN
62. Wished (for) : HOPED
63. Odometer unit : MILE
64. Pajama parts : TOPS
65. Line in a ledger : ENTRY
66. Fret : STEW
Down:
1. Pester : BOTHER
2. Peter of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969) : O'TOOLE
3. Chinese noodle dish : LO MEIN
4. Unit of resistance : OHM
5. Bay __: Oakland's locale : AREA
6. Tidy : NEAT
7. Joke : GAG
8. Bad thing to make in public : SCENE
9. Bad thing to get at work : THE AX. It might be the result of 8D.
10. Record protector : SLEEVE. Some sleeves and album covers are worth more than the record itself.
11. Takes over for : RELIEVES
12. Trial in simulated conditions : TEST RUN
13. "You __ My Sunshine" : ARE
18. Skating surface : ICE
23. Large game fish : MARLIN
25. Way in : DOOR
26. High-level betrayal : TREASON
27. "You betcha!" : "YES!"
29. __ de gallo: salsa fresca : PICO
30. Chevy hatchback : AVEO
33. [I don't remember the words] : LA LA LA
34. Laudatory poems : ODEs
35. Swedish furniture giant : IKEA
37. Good sign from Ebert : THUMBS UP
38. Fargo's state: Abbr. : N. DAK. (North Dakota)
39. Yoga class rental : MAT
40. Before : PRIOR TO
43. They're waved by conductors : BATONS
46. Say "I do," say : COMMIT
48. Never seen before : ALL NEW
50. Supple : LITHE
51. Scandal-plagued energy giant : ENRON
52. Enjoy the slopes : SKI
54. Watcher : EYER
55. Title for Godiva : LADY
57. East, to Ernst : OST
59. Make a choice : OPT
60. Metric distances: Abbr. : KMs. (kilometer)
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
1) As Argyle mentioned, Tom Uttormark is our own Desper-otto (D-Otto), who's super efficient and fun to work with. I led him in the wrong paths a few times, but he never complained or gave up. Thanks for the trust, Tom! Thanks also for being a trusted friend. Click here for Tom's potato dumpling recipe (Bluehen, your Sawmill Gravy is not in the Blog Recipe archive also).
2) We had TICO ("Costa Rican native") for 29D in our original submission. Rich changed it PICO to fit the Tuesday difficulty level. He also made the reveal entry easier to grasp. 8D is also Rich's (and lots of others as well), 9D's is Tom's. I love that "Bad thing to ..." clue echo.
Note from C.C.:
1) As Argyle mentioned, Tom Uttormark is our own Desper-otto (D-Otto), who's super efficient and fun to work with. I led him in the wrong paths a few times, but he never complained or gave up. Thanks for the trust, Tom! Thanks also for being a trusted friend. Click here for Tom's potato dumpling recipe (Bluehen, your Sawmill Gravy is not in the Blog Recipe archive also).
2) We had TICO ("Costa Rican native") for 29D in our original submission. Rich changed it PICO to fit the Tuesday difficulty level. He also made the reveal entry easier to grasp. 8D is also Rich's (and lots of others as well), 9D's is Tom's. I love that "Bad thing to ..." clue echo.
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