Theme: A guy walks into a bar ...
18. How some sloganed T-shirts should be washed : INSIDE OUT. Inside joke.
27. 1998 Bullock/Kidman film involving witchcraft : PRACTICAL MAGIC. Practical joke.
44. Going to the grocery store, the bank, etc. : RUNNING ERRANDS. Running joke.
59. Unsportsmanlike behavior : DIRTY POOL. Dirty joke.
67. Some speeches open with them ... as do this puzzle's four longest entries : JOKES
Melissa here. Got the joke as soon as I had INSIDE OUT and JOKES filled in. A few unknowns but mostly smooth sailing.
Across
Across
1. Oodles and oodles : SCADS. Started off in the red by entering LOADS here.
6. Airport idlers : CABS. Pictured stranded travelers.
10. Poetic foot : IAMB. After years of crosswords, this is finally a gimme for me.
14. Kemper of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" : ELLIE. Who?? Had to look it up to learn about this series, originally on NBC then sold to Netflix.
15. Wintry coating : HOAR. The first time I read this word was my senior year in high school, when I was fascinated by the true story of mystery writer Agatha Christie who disappeared for 11 days in December of 1926. Reports were that she was seen after her car broke down, with her hair covered in hoar frost.
16. Tennis court surface : CLAY
17. Work with a loom : WEAVE
20. Toddler's taboo : NO-NO
21. Ocho minus cinco : TRES. Spanish.
22. More than rotund : OBESE
23. Baltic Sea capital : RIGA
25. RC or Pepsi : COLA. Have to wait for perps to decide - SODA or COLA?
33. Metal-rich deposits : LODES
34. Chicken chow __ : MEIN
35. Catch : NAB
37. Dollar competitor : AVIS. Rental car companies.
38. High in the sky : ALOFT
40. Flag Day month : JUNE
41. Maiden name intro : NEE
42. Clicker's target : ICON. Clicker on a mouse, icon on a computer screen.
43. Not at all excited : BORED
48. Word on a shoppe sign : OLDE
48. Word on a shoppe sign : OLDE
49. Data set average : MEAN
50. "Gone With the Wind" family name : OHARA
53. Uno card : SKIP. Perps to the rescue, haven't played Uno in eons.
55. Knight's weapon : MACE
61. Divided island of Southeast Asia : TIMOR. Needed help with this one, too.
61. Divided island of Southeast Asia : TIMOR. Needed help with this one, too.
62. Twistable cookie : OREO
63. Ritz-Carlton rival : OMNI
64. Scent : AROMA
65. Chestnut horse : ROAN
66. "And away __!" : WE GO
Down
1. Mended using stitches, with "up" : SEWN
2. Elizabeth Taylor role, informally : CLEO
3. Economist Greenspan : ALAN
4. Acts like Elizabeth Taylor? : DIVORCES. Love this clue.
5. "Understand?" : SEE
6. Former French president Jacques : CHIRAC
7. Top-notch : A-ONE
8. Symbol for the lower piano music part : BASS CLEF
9. __ Lanka : SRI
10. Swelling reducer : ICE BAG
11. Medicinal houseplant : ALOE
12. Rodent in a German lab : MAUS. German for mouse. Had no idea.
13. Data unit : BYTE
19. Ken or Daria of financial journalism : DOLAN. Total unknown. Anyone know of this couple?
21. __ Friday's : TGI
24. "__ all good" : IT'S
26. Leave out : OMIT
27. Word after floor or flight : PLAN
28. Mars explorer : ROVER. Cool.
29. "So long!" along the Seine : ADIEU
30. In the middle of : AMONG
31. Preserve, as ashes : INURN
32. Did some wickerwork : CANED. From this website: "Is it Wicker or Cane? Did you know wicker or wicker work is a weaving method not a material? Wicker work can be accomplished with many types of material, some man made and some natural. Chair cane is actually the peeled inner skin of the rattan vine...read more...
36. Hotel count : BEDS. Prison count, too.
38. Corrosive liquid : ACID
39. In need of a friend : LONESOME
40. Surrealist painter from Barcelona : JOAN MIRO. Learning moment. Recognize some of the art, never knew the artist.
42. Subsurface woodwork decoration : INLAY. The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California is known for the hand-inlaid parquet floors.
43. Bikini top : BRA
45. Big name in antivirus software : NORTON
46. Estevez of "The Breakfast Club" : EMILIO. Second from left.
47. Hollywood agent : REP
50. Scent : ODOR
51. "Big Hero 6" hero : HIRO. Disney movie.
52. Neck of the woods : AREA
54. Classic arcade game Donkey __ : KONG
56. Every which way : AMOK
57. Obedience school command : COME. Tried STAY and HEEL first.
58. Historic periods : ERAS
60. Comics punch sound : POW
61. __ Mahal : TAJ
