Theme: Voyeurism - Cruciverbally watching someone take a shower.
18A. Controversial coal-extraction process : STRIP MINING
27A. Buy lots of presents for : SHOWER WITH GIFTS
47A. Wry wit : DRY SENSE OF HUMOR
59A. Opera house section : DRESS CIRCLE. Diagram
57D. Appropriate room for the sequence comprised of the starts of 18-, 27-, 47- and 59-Across : BATH
Peeping Argyle here. Did you need John's unifier? Two spanners again today and a touch of tomfoolery. Well done.
Across:
1. Stick (out) : JUT
4. Chocolate syrup choice : BOSCO. Perhaps oc4beach said it best. "When I was a kid I believed the Bosco commercials and pestered my mother until she bought a jar for me. After one glass of it I realized it was terrible Brown Sludge. To teach me a lesson, my mother made me drink a glass every day until it was gone. I didn't pester her as much about buying stuff after that."
9. Call to mind : EVOKE
14. Self-image : EGO
15. Chipmunk's morsel : ACORN
16. "America by Heart" author Sarah : PALIN
17. Good name for a tree-lined street : ELM
20. Long gun : RIFLE
22. Really mad : BOILING
23. __-Loompa: fictional chocolate factory worker : OOMPA. No Bosco here.
26. Bagpiper, often : SCOT
33. "2001" computer : HAL
34. Cinematic shootout time : NOON
35. Monica of tennis : SELES
36. Allowed to ripen, as cheddar : AGED
38. Kind of card or drive : FLASH. It seems there is a large online market for flash cards.
41. Senate slot : SEAT
42. Rose (up) on hind legs, to a cowhand : RARED
44. Beat to a froth : WHIP
46. Doctor's org. : AMA
51. "¿Qué __?" : PASA. "What's up?"
52. Jazz singer Krall : DIANA
53. Curse-inflicting stare : EVIL-EYE
56. Some Balkanites : SERBS
62. Kit __: candy bar : KAT
63. Everglades wader : EGRET
64. Pro basketball player, briefly : NBAer. Member of the National Basketball Association
65. H-like letter : ETA
66. "Think again!" : "NOT SO!". "Au contraire, mon frère"
67. Decent chaps : GENTS
68. "Give __ thoughts no tongue": "Hamlet" : THY. Mum's the word.
Down:
1. Bit of heckling : JEER
2. Aptly named fruit : UGLI
3. Horseplay : TOMFOOLERY
4. Infielders : BASEMEN. What about the shortstop?
5. Autumn mo. : OCT.
6. Fraternity counterpart: Abbr. : SOR. (sorority)
7. Nursery bed : CRIB. Time to think about garden nurseries. Just heard my first thunder for the year.
8. Like some military housing : ON POST
9. Literary postscripts : EPILOGS
10. Makeup tables : VANITIES
11. "Chocolat" actress Lena : OLIN
12. Royal flush card : KING
13. Second lang., for some : ENG. (English)
19. Wisc. neighbor : MICH.
21. Stuck-in-the-mud gear : LOW. Just when it was drying up, we get a week of rain. Would like to send it to those of you that need it.
24. University VIP : PROF. (professor)
25. AFB truant : AWOL. (AFB-Air Force Base)
27. Broken pottery piece : SHARD
28. Helga's Viking husband, in comics : HAGAR. Not a shower man.
29. Extremely impressed : IN AWE
30. Bargain hunter's mecca : FLEA MARKET. Look for C.C. there.
31. Spanish "I love you" : "TE AMO"
32. Astronomical red giant : S-STAR
37. More than dislikes : DESPISES. Snarky anons.
39. Not barefoot : SHOD
40. Old audio system : HI-FI
43. Includes in the poker game : DEALS TO
45. Sci-fi weapons : PHASERS
48. Tiny fraction of a min. : NSEC. One billionth (10-9) of a second.
49. Adage : SAYING
50. One in Paris : UNE
53. Therefore : ERGO
54. Opposite of hor. : VERT. Could be a perp in either direction.
55. Kathryn of "Law & Order: C.I." : ERBE
58. Legal suspension : STAY
59. Family room : DEN
60. Soda container : CAN
61. Do-over on the court : LET. Tennis court.
Argyle
