Theme: Vowel Progression - The first two consonants stay constant while the vowel progresses from A to U.
17. Missouri's largest metropolis: KANSAS CITY
22. First leg of racing's Triple Crown: KENTUCKY DERBY
34. 1990 comedy about a detective posing as a teacher: "KINDERGARTEN COP"{
46. Oslo attraction honoring Heyerdahl's expedition: KON TIKI MUSEUM
53. "Roots" hero from Gambia: KUNTA KINTE
Argyle here and "Really Rich". No reveal needed. Tricky construction; harder than the solving I'd say. The pool of words that would fit the grid is quite shallow. The fill for the most part is kindly.
Across:
1. Opinion piece: ESSAY
6. Resident's winter expense: HEAT
10. Formal agreement: PACT
14. Apartment agreement: LEASE
15. Waist-measuring unit: INCH
16. River through Spain: EBRO. Northern Spain.
19. Israel's Barak: EHUD. Wiki bio.
20. Costa __: RICA
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| Would you like to stay there? |
21. Cooking-with-garlic enticement: AROMA
26. Prepare for the gala: DRESS UP
28. Signaled on stage: CUED
29. "Sure, sure": "I BET"
30. Sagan of "Cosmos": CARL
31. Place to relax: SPA
39. Suffix with Japan or Brooklyn: ESE
40. Water conduit: MAIN
41. Greek war god: ARES
42. Entertained with a tune: SANG
43. Unfavorable reputation: BAD NAME
50. Run __ of the law: AFOUL. Run afowl of the law is funnier.
51. Old Norse explorer: ERIC
52. Ball of smoke: PUFF
59. Mil. flying branch: USAF. (United States Air Force)
60. "Say that's true ... ": "IF SO..."
61. Water from France: EVIAN
62. Vietnamese holidays: TETs
63. Haunted house sound: MOAN
64. Fix errors in, as software: DEBUG
Down:
1. Antlered grazer: ELK
2. Aegean, for one: SEA
3. __ Bernardino: SAN
4. Braying beast: ASS
5. Longs (for): YEARNS
6. Minor setback: HICCUP
7. Room-size computer introduced in 1946: ENIAC
8. Perform on stage: ACT
9. Biblical "your": THY
10. Looked intently: PEERED
11. Hate: ABHOR
12. Speck of bread: CRUMB
13. Start of the rest of your life, so it's said: TODAY. "Today is the first day of the rest of your life."
18. In __: as found: SITU
21. One-named singer: ADELE
22. New Hampshire city: KEENE
23. Founded: Abbr.: ESTD. (established)
24. 1980s Chrysler line: K CAR. I had one that was a fantastic beater.
25. Mongolian tent: YURT
26. What Brinker's boy plugged with a finger: DIKE
27. Score-producing MLB stats: RBIs. (Run Batted In)
30. Is able to: CAN
31. "Get lost!": "SCRAM!"
32. Words from Wordsworth: POEM. Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. ~ William Wordsworth, 1770 - 1850
33. Church recess: APSE
35. Online message: EMAIL
36. Corporal or colonel: RANK
37. 1958 Chevalier musical: "GIGI". "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" – Sung by Maurice Chevalier
38. Half of Mork's sign-off: NANU
42. Fills with feathers, as a pillow: STUFFs
43. Richard who married Liz Taylor ... twice: BURTON. They sold a lot of tabloids in their day.
44. Cambodia's continent: ASIA
45. Knocked down: DECKED
46. Done for: KAPUT
47. Helpful: OF USE
48. Jack Sprat's diet restriction: NO FAT. His wife could eat no lean.
49. High-IQ group: MENSA
53. Actress Novak: KIM
54. Sci-fi aircraft: UFO. (unidentified flying object)
55. "__ seen worse": I'VE
56. Penpoint: NIB
57. Greek cross: TAU
58. Subj. with writing exercises: ENG. (English)
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
Happy Birthday to Tinbeni, who has been with our blog since 2009. I'll be toasting you with the Golden Milk when sun sets today, Tinbeni!
