Theme: ARR! - I'll be hornswoggled; it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2016.
17A. Ship-fouling organisms, on Talk Like a Pirate Day?: BARRNACLES
32A. What kids ask on a long trip, on TLAP Day?: "ARR WE THERE YET?"
38A. Ship's right-front section, on TLAP Day?: STARRBOARD BOW
57A. Cold northern region, on TLAP Day?: THE ARRCTIC
3D. Food storage area, on TLAP Day?: LARRDER
40D. Bill for drinks, on TLAP Day?: BARR TAB
ARRgyle here, matey and we have a new skipper, Cap'n Boroughs. I feels he's done a fine job and if'n ya don't arrgree, you'll hang by your thumbs from the yarrdarm 'tils we get back in port. If you check among the booty, you will find many seafaring entries.
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Across:
1. Dangerous wind for small boats: GALE
5. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" movie: JAWS. Completely off-script ad-lib.
9. Barbecue rod: SPIT
13. Actor Sharif: OMAR
14. Verbal exams: ORALS
16. Actress Lollobrigida: GINA
19. Lights-out tune: TAPS
20. Horse hue: ROAN
21. Spyglass component: LENS
23. With 48-Down, mediocre: NOT 48-Down. See 23-Across: SO HOT
24. "Alas ... ": "SADLY..."
26. Cry of fright: [EEK!]
27. Burning: AFIRE
29. Key lime __: PIE
30. Pigpen: STY
31. Story surprises: TWISTS
36. What George Washington could not tell, according to folklore: A LIE
37. Oregon Trail wagon pullers: OXEN
43. Sends to the Hill: ELECTS
45. Agrees to: OKs
46. Wonderment: AWE
47. Wood-shaping tool: LATHE
48. Urgent distress signal: S-O-S
49. When right turns are sometimes permitted: ON RED
51. Tax agcy.: IRS. (Infernal Revenue Service)
52. Dire fate: DOOM
54. Two of a kind: PAIR
55. The color of tropical seas: TEAL
61. "The Sopranos" actress Falco: EDIE
62. Human trunk: TORSO
63. Ring of light: HALO
64. Flatfish sometimes served stuffed: SOLE
65. Recipe amts.: TSPs. (teaspoon)
66. Online auction site: EBAY
Down:
1. Dollop: GOB
2. Doctors' org.: AMA. (American Medical Association)
4. Swashbuckler Flynn: ERROL
5. __ of 6-Down: French heroine: JOAN
6. 5-Down of __: French heroine: ARC. (Joan of Arc)
7. Minnesota's state fish: WALLEYE
8. Like a smooth-sailing clipper ship: SLEEK
9. Rank above cpl.: SGT. corporal/sergeant
10. One tickling the ivories: PIANIST
11. Sitting at the dock of the bay: IN PORT
12. Tries a bite of: TASTES
15. Taxpayer ID: SSN
18. Dissenting vote: NAY
22. Fictional Tom or real-life Diane: SAWYER
24. Massage facility: SPA
25. Balloon filler: AIR
26. Old anesthetic: ETHER
28. Wicked one: FIEND
30. Mixes: STIRS
31. __ Hold 'em: TEXAS. Poker game.
33. Enjoy, as television: WATCH
34. Overjoyed: ELATED
35. Chess castles: ROOKS
38. Shove off: SET SAIL
39. Post-WWII babies: BOOMERS. CSO.
41. Be indebted to: OWE
42. Married: WED
43. Upper crust groups: ELITEs
44. Rio Grande city: LAREDO
49. Rowboat propeller: OAR
50. Specialized market segment: NICHE
53. Giants slugger Mel: OTT
54. All in favor: PROs
56. Director Ang __: LEE
58. Deadly snake: ASP
59. Dockworkers' org.: ILA. (International Longshoremen's Association)
60. Playfully shy: COY
Argyle
