Dear Monday, I want to break up. I'm seeing Tuesday and dreaming about Friday. Sincerely, It's not me, It's you.
17. "Peanuts" outburst : GOOD GRIEF. Good Friday - the Friday before Easter.
26. Distress call at sea : MAN OVERBOARD. Man Friday. From Wikipedia: "Robinson Crusoe names the man, with whom he cannot at first communicate, Friday because they first meet on that day. The character is the source of the expression "Man Friday", used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal."
45. Off-the-cuff comment : CASUAL REMARK. Casual Friday.
67. Pre-weekend shout ... and a hint to the first word of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across : TGIF. Thank God it's Friday.
Melissa here. A Tuesday-level solve, about Fridays. Some fun words - GOOD GRIEF, ME TIME, DUDE, and WHEE - and a few unknowns thrown in for good measure.
Across
1. Big celebration : BASH. Who else tried GALA first?
5. __ guy: dependable sort : GO TO
9. Paper size : LEGAL
14. Village People song with arm motions : YMCA
15. Samoan capital : APIA. Unknown to me.
16. Send packing, as a delinquent tenant : EVICT
19. Towel material : TERRY
20. Arg. neighbor : URU. Plugged in a few possibilities before perps set me straight.
21. Fruity soft drinks : ADES
22. Student's organizer : BINDER
23. Self-indulgent period : ME TIME.
25. Grooves from wagon wheels : RUTS. The most prominent ruts along the Oregon Trail were gouged deep into sandstone and preserved inside Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site near Guernsey, Wyoming.
32. Where many a lanyard is woven : CAMP
35. Two-handed hammer : SLEDGE. Can you believe it's been nearly 30 years since this video? It won nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, the most of any single video.
36. __ Claire, Wisconsin : EAU
37. Spectral array : HUES
38. Zig when you should have zagged, say : ERR
39. Dry as the Mojave : ARID
40. Tax-auditing org. : IRS
41. Maritime measure : LEAGUE. Once a unit of length in Europe and Latin America - the distance a person could walk in an hour - it's no longer an official measure.
44. Zippo : NONE
48. Hunter's target : PREY
49. Discuss again and again : REHASH
53. Regular on the slopes : SKI BUM
56. Slope overlooking a loch : BRAE. One of my unknowns. Brae = A hillside, especially along a river.
58. "Who, me?" : MOI
59. Makes less difficult : EASES
62. Those girls, in Spain : ELLAS
63. Word of honor : OATH. This is one of those words that can have opposing meanings, like cleave, which can mean to split apart, or to adhere firmly. An oath can be a solemn promise, or a profane expression. Gotta love the English language.
64. First chip in a pot : ANTE
65. Rodeo rope : REATA
66. Sledder's cry : WHEE
Down
1. Old-fashioned "How about that!" : BY GUM
2. Love, to Luciano : AMORE
3. Talent finder : SCOUT
4. Consumed : HAD
5. Flower exhibits : GARDENS
6. TV role for Ronny : OPIE. Ron Howard's role in The Andy Griffith Show.
7. Garbage bag closers : TIES
8. Bungler : OAF
9. Beatles title after "Speaking words of wisdom" : LET IT BE
10. Despite that : EVEN SO
11. Encircle with a belt : GIRD
12. Orchard measure : ACRE
13. Space travel dist. : LTYR. Light Year.
18. Explorer Vasco da __ : GAMA
22. Town : BURG
24. Little pranksters : IMPS
25. "The Shining" mantra : REDЯUM. Murder spelled backwards - from Stephen King's novel, The Shining.
27. Chicago Fire Mrs. : O'LEARY. The great great granddaughter of Mrs. O'Leary tells the real story.
28. Brink : VERGE
29. Prefix with space : AERO
30. Picnic spoiler : RAIN. Tried ANTS first.
31. "C'mon, bro!" : DUDE
32. Stylish : CHIC
33. Otherworldly radiance : AURA
34. Sticky situation : MESS
39. Pharaoh's cross : ANKH
41. Hall of Fame manager Tony : LARUSSA
42. Grade sch. level : ELEM
43. Common swimmer's ailment : EARACHE
46. In high spirits : UPBEAT
47. Smell really bad : REEK
50. Mixed in with : AMONG
51. Conductor Sir Georg : SOLTI. British conductor, died in 1997 at 84.
52. Part of HDTV, briefly : HI-DEF
53. Visionary : SEER
54. Curly cabbage : KALE
55. Land surrounded by agua : ISLA
56. Boring : BLAH
57. Hourly charge, e.g. : RATE
60. Present decoration : BOW
61. Thug's gun : GAT. Tried ROD first.
Enjoy your Tuesday.
I don't want to build a life and career, where I spent five days a week waiting for the weekend. No!
I want to enjoy my life, and don't wish any weekday away. I want each day to matter to me, in some way, even if it's a small tiny way.― Akilnathan Logeswaran
