Theme: Check your inventory - You can't SELL what you don't HAVE.
17A. *Sing on key : CARRY A TUNE
40A. *Try, with "at" : HAVE A GO
64A. Make available, as merchandise ... and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues : KEEP ON HAND
11D. *Underestimate : SELL SHORT
35D. *Cattle enterprise : STOCK FARM
Argyle tending the store. A somewhat antiquated business model in this age of zero inventory but still viable if you are selling goods to the public. Certainly a doable Monday with a pinwheel grid. Throw in a couple of eight-letter climbers for good measure.
Across:
1. One capsule, say : DOSE
5. Metaphorical sticking points : CRAWS. Hard to swallow.
10. Jacob's twin : ESAU
14. App that connects riders with drivers : UBER. In the news a lot.
15. Hard pattern to break : HABIT
16. Prominent giraffe feature : NECK
19. Skedaddle : FLEE
20. "Please, I've heard enough," in texts : TMI. (too much information)
21. Speaker on a soapbox : ORATOR
22. Cutlass automaker : OLDS. Bygone.
23. Jungle adventure : SAFARI
25. Store with Kenmore appliances : SEARS
27. Sloppy : MESSY
30. Corsage flower : ORCHID
33. Players in a play : CAST
36. Severely injure : MAIM
38. Crystal-bearing rock : GEODE. Looks like an orchid.
39. Illuminated : LIT
42. Civil War soldier : REB
43. Desert building brick : ADOBE
45. Fashion magazine that's also a French pronoun : ELLE
46. In-flight predictions: Abbr. : ETAs. (estimated time of arrival)
47. Trickery : DECEIT
49. Discourage : DETER
51. 24-__ gold : KARAT
53. Draft choices : LAGERS
57. Whitewater ride : RAFT. So close to DRAFT.
59. One with a bleeping job : CENSOR
62. Feel sorry about : RUE
63. Notable periods : ERAs
66. Law business : FIRM
67. Entices : LURES
68. Continent explored by Marco Polo : ASIA
69. "__ old thing" : SAME
70. Lyric poem : EPODE
71. Neighbor of Kent. : TENN. (Kentucky/Tennessee)
Down:
1. Tear conduits : DUCTS
2. Bush successor : OBAMA
3. Sans __: type style : SERIF
4. Make a mistake : ERR
5. Compelling charm : CHARISMA
6. Pro __: in proportion : RATA
7. Share a border with : ABUT
8. Lushes : WINOs
9. Hi-fi system : STEREO
10. Implement, as laws : ENFORCE
12. Breezed through, as a test : ACED
13. Luau instruments : UKEs
18. Days of old : YORE
24. Tsp. or tbsp. : AMT. (amount)
26. Constellation named for a mythological ship : ARGO. Argo Navis was a large constellation in the southern sky that has since been divided into three constellations. ~ Wikipedia
28. Rescue : SAVE
29. On-ramp sign : YIELD
31. Original thought : IDEA
32. Belles at balls : DEBS
33. Not naked : CLAD
34. Teacher's helper : AIDE
37. Bachelor party attendee : MALE
40. Estate beneficiary : HEIR
41. Warm up for the game : GET LOOSE
44. "I'm baffled" : "BEATS ME"
46. Unit of work : ERG
48. Bring down the running back : TACKLE
50. Make, as a living : EARN
52. Prepare to drive, as a golf ball : TEE UP
54. Wipe clean : ERASE
55. Altercation : RUN-IN. I ran into trouble finding the derivation of "run-in". See 44-Down.
56. Family auto : SEDAN
57. Foul callers, at times : REFs
58. Operatic song : ARIA
60. Fictional sleuth Wolfe : NERO
61. Went like the wind : SPED
65. It may be tipped by a gentleman : HAT
Argyle
1) George Barany and Friends just released this tribute puzzle about a true Minnesotan original.
1) Happy Birthday to Kazie (Kay), who has been contributing to our blog a few months after I started. Kay grew up in Australia, met her husband while traveling in Spain. She still travels to Europe frequently. Her son and their beautiful family live in Germany right now.
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| Kay and her husband Barry on Tamborine Mountain, overlooking Brisbane |
