Theme: So Bright I have To Wear Shades
20A. Carbonated beverage : SPARKLING WATER
25A. Bright, photogenic grin : DAZZLING SMILE
41A. Excellent year-end review, say : GLOWING REPORT
47A. Epitome : SHINING EXAMPLE
Argyle here. A very pleasant start to the week.
Across:
1. Singapore's continent : ASIA
5. Arches National Park state : UTAH
9. Spread out, as one's fingers : SPLAY
14. Amorphous mass : BLOB
15. By way of, briefly : THRU
16. Leave no doubt about : PROVE
17. Name as a source : CITE
18. Club often used for chipping : IRON
19. Procedures to learn, informally, with "the" : ROPES
23. Track section : RAIL
24. Assent to a captain : AYE
31. Boat not to rock : CANOE
32. Miler Sebastian : COE. It's Lord Coe now, British politician.
33. Grazing area : LEA
34. Charged toward : RAN TO
35. Fairy tale home builder : PIG. One of three.
36. Note equivalent to E : F FLAT
38. Catering dispenser : URN
39. Galoot : APE
40. Online finance company : E-LOAN
45. Tiny farm denizen : ANT
46. Ripped up : TORE
54. Italian violin maker : AMATI. Not just violins.
55. Cross inscription : INRI. Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews)
56. Bar from a dairy case : OLEO
57. Slow-witted one : MORON
58. Walking stick : CANE
59. Actor Penn of "Mystic River" : SEAN. In 2015, Penn starred in The Gunman, a French-American action thriller.
60. Getting on in years : AGING
61. Fleecy farm females : EWEs Now that's some alliteration.
62. Repertoire requirement for a military bugler : TAPS
Down:
1. Preschool lessons : ABC's
2. Lose traction : SLIP
3. Greek "i" : IOTA
4. Deviating from the norm : ABERRANT. 50¢
5. Employ : UTILIZE
6. Roller coaster excitement : THRILL
7. Elvis __ Presley : ARON
8. Suspended on the wall : HUNG
9. Wets with a hose : SPRAYS
10. President __: Senate bigwig : PRO TEM
11. More than trot : LOPE
12. State firmly : AVER
13. "You bet!" : "YES!"
21. Hummed-into instrument : KAZOO
22. "Living" compensation : WAGE
25. "Hawaii Five-O" nickname : DANNO
26. More standoffish : ICIER
27. Spiked yuletide beverage : NOG
28. __ ease: anxious : ILL AT
29. Tilt to one side : LEAN
30. Have a bite : EAT
31. Astronomer Sagan : CARL
34. Persian on the living room floor : RUG
35. NBA scoring stat : PPG. (Points Per Game)
36. Horticulturist's study : FLORA
37. First and __: most important : FOREMOST
39. Objector : ANTI
40. Model kit glues : EPOXIES
42. Serve, as diner patrons : WAIT ON
43. Baseball game ninth : INNING. But it may only be half an inning.
44. Without end, in poetry : ETERNE
47. Skyline haze : SMOG
48. Big name in spydom : HARI. Mata Hari.
49. "__ going!": "Good job!" : NICE
50. Work on a bone : GNAW
51. Intense request : PLEA
52. Jump : LEAP
53. Very long time : EONS
54. Org. with many specialists : AMA. (American Medical Association)
Argyle
