Theme: The TRUTH... shall turn you LOOSE; set you FREE to be LIBERATED and UNBOUND.
20A. Coin-counting machine input : LOOSE CHANGE
33A. Capitalist principle : FREE ENTERPRISE
40A. Feminist : LIBERATED WOMAN
56A. Yet-to-be-covered volume : UNBOUND BOOK
RABBIT, RABBIT. Argyle here with the latest from Gail and Bruce. My alternate title was "Going Commando...".
Across:
1. Scrubbing Bubbles target : SCUM. Commercial.
5. Medical research goal : CURE
9. Faked on the ice : DEKED
14. Walking aid : CANE
15. "Up and __!" : AT 'EM
16. Somber verse : ELEGY. Not the eulogy but may be heard at the same service.
17. "What's going __ there?" : ON IN. Kids are too noisy or too quiet; same question.
18. Knock down, as an old house : RAZE
19. Russian river : VOLGA
23. Chaney of horror : LON
24. "Gracias" response : DE NADA. "It was nothing"
25. Dawdle : DALLY
27. Annoys : IRKS
30. Respond to with loud laughter : ROAR AT
37. Tesla Motors co-founder __ Musk : ELON. Occasional visitor to the Corner.
38. Former California fort : ORD, on Monterey Bay.
39. Sanctuary recess : APSE
45. Mall divisions : STORES
46. Say "Be careful" to : WARN
47. Chocolaty concoction : COCOA
49. Cupcake toppings : ICINGS
54. Spot for a seaweed wrap : SPA. Not a sushi bar?!
59. Stable youngsters : COLTS
61. Floating ice mass : BERG
62. Yours, in France : A TOI
63. Kate's sitcom friend : ALLIE. (1984–1989)
64. Jigsaw puzzler's starting place : EDGE
65. Upward slope : RISE
66. Southwestern plateaus : MESAs
67. Belgian river : YSER
68. Zipped : SPED
Down:
1. Admonish : SCOLD
2. Paddled boat : CANOE
3. Group for ones in labor? : UNION. Cute clue.
4. Brilliant bunch : MENSA
5. Vehicle maintenance : CAR CARE
6. Canyonlands National Park site : UTAH
7. Exiled Shah Mohammed __ Pahlavi : REZA. A rare trip to a Monday.
8. Edit, as text : EMEND
9. Come to light : DEVELOP
10. Jeff Lynne's symphonic rock gp. : ELO. (Electric Light Orchestra)
11. Morning TV host : KELLY RIPA. Looker 1
12. "Leggo my __!" : EGGO
13. Actress Cannon : DYAN. Looker 2
21. Singer Brickell married to Paul Simon : EDIE. Looker 3
22. Teri of "Mr. Mom" : GARR. Looker 4
26. Former California NFLer : LA RAM
28. Secure shoelace feature : KNOT
29. Scatter : STREW
31. Part of LPGA: Abbr. : ASSN. (association)
32. Collarless shirt : TEE
33. Move like a moth : FLIT
34. Autodialed campaign messages : ROBO-CALLS
35. Juan's January : ENERO
36. Old Norse poetic work : EDDA
37. Chicago transit trains : ELs
41. Disqualifies (oneself), judicially : RECUSES
42. "You have __": obstetrician's news : A SON
43. Old laundry-squeezing device : WRINGER
44. How some data is backed up : ON CD. (Compact Disc)
48. Cloister : ABBEY. I just borrowed the first five seasons of "Downton Abbey"; should keep me busy for awhile.
50. Letter-shaped girders : I-BARS. Commonly called an I-beam.
51. Upshot of poor service : NO TIP
52. "Duck, duck" follower : "GOOSE"
53. Maneuvered among moguls : SKIED
54. Bogus offer : SCAM
55. Flag holder : POLE
57. Ref. works that take up a lot of shelf space : OEDs. (Oxford English Dictionary)
58. Try to convince : URGE
60. Familia member : TIA. Your Spanish aunt or Tinbeni's Tia Maria.
Argyle
Notes from C.C.:
1) For those who were not able to make the Indie 500, you can now solve the puzzles at home. Please click here for details. The amazing constructors are: Erik Agard, Evan Birnholz, Peter Broda, Neville Fogarty, Andy Kravis and Finn Vigeland. All are NYT published constructors. Several are our LAT constructors also.
2) The fourth Minnesota Crossword Tournament will be held on June 14th, 2015 Saturday. Please click here for more details. Don G and I teamed up again this year. Hope to see some of you there.
1) For those who were not able to make the Indie 500, you can now solve the puzzles at home. Please click here for details. The amazing constructors are: Erik Agard, Evan Birnholz, Peter Broda, Neville Fogarty, Andy Kravis and Finn Vigeland. All are NYT published constructors. Several are our LAT constructors also.
2) The fourth Minnesota Crossword Tournament will be held on June 14th, 2015 Saturday. Please click here for more details. Don G and I teamed up again this year. Hope to see some of you there.
