Theme: Tribute - to Woody Allen
1A. With 69-Across, filmmaker born 12/1/1935 who directed and wrote five films in this puzzle : WOODY and so 69-Across. See 1-Across : ALLEN
18A. With 59-Across, 1980 film by 1-/69-Across : STARDUST and so 59-Across. See 18-Across : MEMORIES
27A. 2011 film by 1-/69-Across : MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
33A. 1971 film by 1-/69-Across : BANANAS
36A. 1973 film by 1-/69-Across : SLEEPER
45A. 1995 film by 1-/69-Across : MIGHTY APHRODITE
Rabbit, rabbit! Argyle here with a rare Tuesday appearance by Jeffrey Wechsler. Woody is 80 years old today. I won't even try to list all of his accomplishments.
Across:
6. Apparel : GARB
10. Sacramento's state, briefly : CAL. (California)
13. "Most certainly!" : "INDEED!"
15. Language that gave us "khaki" : URDU. Urdu is historically associated Hindustan.
16. Spanish she-bear : OSA. (el oso(m))
17. Look that way : SEEM TO
20. Suffers from : HAS
21. Sneaky tactic : RUSE
23. Kosher : LEGIT
24. Diagnostic machine : IMAGER. But not the operator?
26. Make __ for: argue in favor of : A CASE
31. Being kept cold : ON ICE
32. Sardinian six : SEI
42. Junio, por ejemplo : MES. Spanish month of June.
44. Low voice : BASSO
52. Like a softly blowing fan : ON LOW
53. Nincompoops : MORONS
54. Windy City airport : O'HARE
55. One of the deadly sins : LUST
56. Camp bed : COT
61. Camden Yards ballplayer : ORIOLE. Baltimore, MD.
64. Spanish gold : ORO
65. Sit for an artist : POSE
66. Have a place to call home : RESIDE. A place to hang your hat.
67. "__ the ramparts ... " : O'ER. "O, Say" yesterday. Any more and we will have to stand up.
68. Figure (out) : SUSS
Down:
1. Genie's offer : WISH. Three wishes is standard.
2. Most fit for service : ONE A
3. Keats works : ODEs
4. __ Bums: Brooklyn Dodgers nickname : DEM. (them)
5. "Despite that ... " : "YET ... ". (and yet...)
6. Tailor's inserts : GUSSETS
7. Major thoroughfares : ARTERIES
8. Nutritional meas. : RDA. (Recommended Dietary Allowance)
9. Sack material : BURLAP
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10. Mountain lion : COUGAR
11. Birthplace of St. Francis : ASSISI. Assisi is a town and comune of Italy in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. Now you know.
12. Coffee drinks with steamed milk : LATTES
14. Hip-hop headgear : DO-RAG
19. Prefix meaning "ten" : DECA
22. "That's awful!" : "UGH!"
24. Ancient Peruvian : INCA
25. Personal bearing : MIEN
27. Unruly group : MOB
28. Words before flash or jiffy : IN A
29. Cacophony : DIN
30. Zip, in soccer scores : NIL
34. Novelist Tan : AMY. Her best-known work is The Joy Luck Club.
35. Smooth, as a transition : SEAMLESS
37. Black, to a bard : EBON
38. "CSI" actor George : EADS
39. Tire pressure meas. : PSI. (pound per square inch)
40. S.C. clock setting : EST. (Eastern Standard Time)
41. Fish eggs : ROE
43. Husbands and wives : SPOUSES
45. Cow sound in "Old MacDonald" : MOO MOO here and a moo moo there.
46. Response from another room : "IN HERE"
47. Supermodel's allure: Var. : GLAMOR
48. Prefix with scope : HORO. (horoscope)
49. Annoying types : TWERPS
50. Info on a store door: Abbr. : HRS. (hours)
51. Helicopter component : ROTOR
56. Slinky shape : COIL. Ah, the things we learn on the blog.
57. Merrie __ England : OLDE
58. High schooler, typically : TEEN
60. Letters that promise payback : IOU
62. Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
63. Alcatraz, e.g: Abbr. : ISL. (island)
Argyle
