Theme: No Reveal Monday - Homonyms.
20A. Brought in for repair, as a disabled car : TOWED TO THE SHOP
35A. Obeyed strictly : TOED THE LINE
52A. Milne play about an amphibian : "TOAD OF TOAD HALL"
Argyle here. It would appear this is a debut puzzle. Simple and clean. OK.
Across:
1. Monster party : BASH
5. Cooled with cubes, as tea : ICED
9. Hood's bank job : HEIST
14. Author __ Stanley Gardner : ERLE. Perry Mason was created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
15. Dress that reaches the ankles : MAXI
16. According to : AS PER
17. Roman love god : AMOR
18. Bird sacred to Tut : IBIS
19. Animal shelter arrival : STRAY
23. Dublin's land: Abbr. : IRE
24. __ bran : OAT
25. Either "T" in "AT&T," when abbreviated : TEL. (American Telephone & Telegraph, founded in 1885)
26. Jul. and Aug. : MOs. (months)
28. Oppressive ruler : TYRANT
30. Cause of much yawning : BORE
31. Really bug : IRK
32. Playground plank for two : SEESAW
34. __ Spumante : ASTI
38. Coll. staff member : PROFessor
40. "Finally!" : "AT LAST!"
41. Joint that may need replacing : HIP
42. Bugs for payment : DUNs
44. Put a worm on : BAITED
48. Electrical particle : ION
49. & : AND
50. Hindu term of respect : SRI
51. Lead-in with car or tourism : ECO
56. Beat at chess : MATED
57. "If __ $1000000": Barenaked Ladies song : I HAD
58. List-ending abbr. : ETAL
59. Doctor on the starship Enterprise : McCOY. Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy.
60. San __, Italy : REMO
61. Shortest Great Lake name : ERIE
62. Culture: Pref. : ETHNO
63. Golda of Israel : MEIR. Prime Minister of Israel, 1969 to 1974.
64. Title for Byron : LORD
Down:
1. "Scram!" : "BEAT IT!"
2. Weapons facility : ARMORY
3. Adagio, as compared to allegro : SLOWER
4. "You can have it" : "HERE!"
5. Mimicked : IMITATED
6. Explorer Sebastian : CABOT. c. 1474 – c. 1557 Wiki LINK.
7. Interstate highway sign word : [EXIT]
8. One hanging near the kitchen sink : DISH TOWEL
9. Red tape, e.g. : HASSLE
10. O.T. book named for a woman : ESTHer.
11. "Scout's honor!" : "I PROMISE"
12. City on a harbor : SEAPORT. (Sanremo, per esempio)
13. Attempt : TRY
21. Transplant recipient : DONEE
22. "Lo, How a Rose __ Blooming": carol : E'ER
27. Speed down snowy slopes : SKI
29. Starting with : AS OF
30. Thai money : BAHTs
33. Not give an inch : STAND FIRM
34. Pro's opposite : ANTI
35. First-class : TOP NOTCH
36. Dog believed to have originated in Newfoundland : LABRADOR
37. Start of a "Come again?" response : "I SAID ... "
38. __ Beta Kappa : PHI
39. It's "read" during a reprimand : RIOT ACT
42. Beatnik's bro : 'DADDY-O'
43. Game with Draw Two cards : UNO
45. Italian playhouse : TEATRO. Learning moment.
46. Cream-filled pastry : ECLAIR
47. Dressed to kill, with "up" : DOLLED
50. "Ditto" : "SO AM I"
53. Thousands of years : AEON
54. "With this ring, I __ wed" : THEE
55. Cad : HEEL
56. Sra., in France : MME. (madame)
Argyle
