Theme: Jocularities - Start Monday off with a smile.
20A. McDonald's freebies : HAPPY MEAL TOYS
27A. Multi-day event featuring rainbow flags : GAY PRIDE WEEK
43A. Ride with wooden horses : MERRY-GO-ROUND
51A. Fruit-flavored hard candies : JOLLY RANCHERS
Argyle glad to be here. Well done, Amy.
Across:
1. Ignore the teleprompter : AD LIB
6. Take for a ride, so to speak : SCAM
10. Pyramid, to Tut : TOMB. The Boy King. (Buried in his Jammies)
14A. Supermodel Klum : HEIDI. Half akimbo?
19A. Sedgwick of "The Closer" : KYRA. The other half?
15. "Look what I did!" : "TA-DA!"
16. Old-time knife : SNEE
17. "Full House" star Bob : SAGET. IMDb
18. Alphabetically first of the acting Baldwin brothers : ALEC
23. Contractor's approx. : EST. (estimate)
25. Word ending for enzymes : ASE
26. Outcome : RESULT
31. Alaskan native : ALEUT
32. Forever and a day : EONS
33. Opposite of NNE : SSW
36. Campus official : DEAN
37. Willy with a chocolate factory : WONKA
39. Indian spiced tea : CHAI
40. Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. : SSR. (Soviet Socialist Republic)
41. For the lady : HERS
42. Prankster's favorite month : APRIL. Really, no foolin'.
46. Scramble, as a secret message : ENCODE
49. Dawn goddess : EOS
50. Old AT&T rival : GTE. (formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation)
55. Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
56. "You hurt?" reply, hopefully : "I'M OK"
57. Really bad turnout : NO ONE
60. Feel concern : CARE
61. Luigi's "Bye!" : "CIAO!"
62. Conclude : INFER
63. "Faster __ a speeding bullet ..." : THAN
64. Tailor's sewn folds : HEMS. Not enough room for pleats.
65. Sidewalk eateries : CAFÉs
Down:
1. Sighs of satisfaction : AHs
2. Agcy. with narcs : DEA. (Drug Enforcement Administration)
3. Astronomical distance : LIGHT YEAR
4. "I had no __!" : IDEA
5. Walk-on role : BIT PART
6. Hung around : STAYED
7. Not windy : CALM
8. "Zip-__-Doo-Dah" : A-DEE
9. '90s Los del Río dance hit : MACARENA. Link at your own risk.
10. "For shame!" : "TSK TSK!"
11. "Shame __!" : ON YOU
12. Two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Streep : MERYL
13. Beauty's beau : BEAST
21. Tire pressure abbr. : PSI. (pound per square inch)
22. Popular jeans : LEES
23. "Jeepers!" : "EGADS!"
24. Black Friday deals : SALES
28. Many a punch line : PUN
29. __-weensy : EENSY
30. Chinese cookware : WOK
33. Doesn't lose sleep over : SHRUGS OFF
34. New Orleans footballer : SAINT
35. Oscar who quipped, "True friends stab you in the front" : WILDE
37. Lottery winners' cry : "WE'RE RICH!"
38. Bobby of hockey : ORR
39. Naval noncom: Abbr. : CPO. (Chief Petty Officer)
41. Actress Lamarr : HEDY. Official Site
42. As, on the periodic table : ARSENIC
43. Like lava : MOLTEN
44. Colorful little lizards : GECKOs.
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45. "Impressive!" : "OOH!". "Ahh!"
46. Cockpit panic button : EJECT
47. "Little Broken Hearts" singer Jones : NORAH
48. Civil War nurse Barton : CLARA
52. Parisian gal pal : AMIE
53. Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
54. Gossip columnist Barrett : RONA
58. Michelle Obama __ Robinson : NÉE
59. EMTs' destinations : ERs. (emergency room)
Argyle
