Theme: Colorful Windmill - with the reveal at the hub.
40A. 1950s RCA innovation ... or this puzzle's four longest answers? : COLOR TV
17A. Albert/Gabor sitcom set on a farm : GREEN ACRES. CBS
11D. Sitcom for which Candice Bergen won five Emmys : MURPHY BROWN. CBS
59A. Tom Selleck police series : BLUE BLOODS. CBS
25D. Drama in which Tatiana Maslany plays several clones : ORPHAN BLACK. BBC America
{Rabbit Rabbit} Argyle here. Jason has been HERE before. A neat start to the week and the month. It is a little odd that the color starts the Across themes and ends the Down themes. Is there a purpose?
Across:
1. Veggies in Mendel's experiments : PEAs
5. Wear away : ERODE
10. Key with five sharps: Abbr. : B MAJor
14. Apiece : EACH
15. Name of nearly 20 French kings : LOUIS
16. Deceptive scheme : RUSE
19. Spring flower : IRIS
20. Auction unit : LOT
21. Remain firm : STAND PAT
23. Chided : SCOLDED
27. Slangy affirmative : YEAH
28. Gives a hoot : CARES
29. Fingers in a lineup : IDs
32. Pictograph : GLYPH
35. Award for Tiger Woods or Roger Federer : ESPY. (short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award)
36. Con's early release : PAROLE
38. Spelling contest : BEE
39. High degree : NTH
41. Hwy., e.g. : RTE
42. Stat for Cy Young : ERA. (earned run average) lower is better.
43. Compensated (for) : ATONED
44. Thesaurus entry : WORD
45. Top 40 listings : SONGS
47. Solidify : GEL
48. "Space Oddity" singer David : BOWIE
49. Raised, as horses : BRED
51. Longed (for) : YEARNED
53. Amphitheater : COLISEUM
57. Jan. honoree : MLK. (Martin Luther King Jr.)
58. Garden of Eden exile : ADAM
64. Scalp parasites : LICE
65. Prefix with mural : INTRA
66. "Go back!" computer command : [UNDO]
67. Signs, as a contract : INKS
68. __ Tots : TATER
69. Thomas Hardy heroine : TESS
Down:
1. Pin for hanging : PEG
2. Organ associated with van Gogh : EAR
3. Crack pilot : ACE
4. Frankenstein creator : SHELLEY
5. Make wildly happy : ELATE
6. Legendary big bird : ROC
7. Belonging to us : OURS
8. Slimming-down strategy : DIET
9. Student's composition : ESSAY
10. Type of shower or gown : BRIDAL
12. Most populous continent : ASIA
13. In __: as a prank : JEST
18. Approving bobs : NODS
22. Israeli desert : NEGEV
23. Parts of acts : SCENES
24. Big name in recent Cuban history : CASTRO
26. Back-and-forth talk : DIALOG
30. Unmanned spy plane : DRONE
31. In a bad way : SORELY
33. "The Dick Van Dyke Show" surname : PETRIE. Rob Petrie, his wife Laura, and son Richie.
34. Listened to, as advice : HEEDED
36. Pan partner : POT. Pot and pan just sounds wrong.
37. Old Ford model : LTD. Etymology
40. They're tried in court : CASES
44. Get in one's reps : WORKOUT
46. Tony winner Tammy : GRIMES. Her daughter is Amanda Plummer.
48. Soccer sphere : BALL
50. __ card: payment method : DEBIT
52. Block : EMBAR
53. Colombian metropolis : CALI
54. Chief Norse god : ODIN
55. Bone near the radius : ULNA
56. Mixed-breed dog : MUTT
60. Before, poetically : ERE
61. United : ONE
62. Driller's deg. : DDS. (Doctor of Dental Surgery)
63. Palindromic call for help : S-O-S
Argyle
