Theme: Tales from the Grid - First word of the reveal followed by the first word of the starred clue answers.
17A. *Sentry : GATE KEEPER. Tail Gate
11D. *Wishful thinking : PIPE DREAM. Tail Pipe
41A. Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be : TAIL END
64A. *Crafty press agent : SPIN DOCTOR. Tail Spin
34D. *Music-maker activated by a breeze : WIND CHIME. Tail Wind
Argyle here. We haven't seen a puzzle from Janice in sometime. A pretty pinwheel grid to start our week and end our month.
Across:
1. Tiny insect : MITE
5. Road trip stop : MOTEL. What's your favorite?
10. Zipped : SPED
14. Indigo dye source : ANIL.
15. Solo : ALONE
16. Fillable bread : PITA
19. Apple tablet : iPAD
20. City with Heat and Hurricanes : MIAMI
21. Copter's forerunner : GIRO. Yes, I tried it with a Y first.
22. Strike from the text : DELE
23. Gulf War journalist Peter : ARNETT
25. Invented, as a word : COINED
27. Light on the Vegas strip : NEON
29. Made a boo-boo : ERRED
32. Grocery box amt. : NT.WT. (net weight)
35. Electrician on a film set : GAFFER
39. Academic URL suffix : .EDU
40. Sushi tuna : AHI
42. Wolfed down : ATE
43. Transgress : SIN
44. Staten or Manhattan : ISLAND. Two of the five boroughs of NYC.
45. License-issuing agcys. : DMVs. (Department of Motor Vehicles)
46. Tennis great Agassi : ANDRE. US Open this week.
48. Info : DOPE
50. Show with clowns : CIRCUS
54. Skype need : WEBCAM
58. "Come Fly With Me" lyricist Sammy : CAHN
60. Poker stake : ANTE
62. Spaghetti topper : SAUCE. What's your favorite?
63. Copies are made from one: Abbr. : ORIGnal
66. Street artist in a striped shirt, stereotypically : MIME
67. Mombasa's country : KENYA
68. Penn Sta.-to-Suffolk County train system : LIRR. Get out of NYC on the Long Island Rail Road.
69. Tapped brew : BEER
70. Golf's Slammin' Sammy : SNEAD
71. __, meeny ... : EENY
Down:
1. Molten rock : MAGMA
2. "... bombs bursting __" : IN AIR
3. Business big shot : TITAN
4. Periodic table item : ELEMENT
5. West of "My Little Chickadee" : MAE
6. Couturier Cassini : OLEG
7. Subject matter : TOPIC
8. Warm month in Chile : ENERO. January is mid-summer remember.
9. "Vive __!": "Long live the king!" : LE ROI
10. Kiddie-lit's Charlotte, e.g. : SPIDER
12. And others, in Lat. : ET AL.
13. 20-Across' former county : DADE. Former?
18. Toy on a string : KITE
24. Frat party robes : TOGAs
26. Unhip sort : NERD
28. Finger or toe part : NAIL
30. 1999 Ron Howard satire : "ED TV"
31. Association fees : DUES
32. Astronaut's org. : NASA
33. Like wafers : THIN
36. St. Augustine's state: Abbr. : FLA. (Florida) oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the US.
37. Ward (off) : FEND
38. Provide with funds : ENDOW
41. Tall-cake layer : TIER
45. Complete failure : DEBACLE
47. Pro pretending to be an amateur : RINGER
49. Tijuana money : PESO
51. Winery containers : CASKS
52. Set free, as pigs : UNPEN
53. "Goosebumps" author R.L. : STINE
55. Term of affection : CUTIE
56. Nut under an oak : ACORN
57. "__ Christmas!" : MERRY
58. Hair-parting tool : COMB
59. Singer India.__ : ARIE. (India.Arie for style)
61. Irish folk singer : ENYA
65. Family guy : DAD
Argyle
