Tuesday, September 20 2016, Patti Varol

Theme: Watch Your Step!

17. Adjusted sales figure on which some royalties are based : NET RECEIPTS. SAFETY NET.

28. Wood-finishing tool : BELT SANDER. SAFETY BELT.

37. Brass instrument played like a trumpet : VALVE TROMBONE. SAFETY VALVE.

45. Long, narrow mollusks : RAZOR CLAMS. SAFETY RAZOR.

60. Motto for the cautious ... or a hint to the starts of 17-, 28-, 37- and 45-Across : SAFETY FIRST

Melissa here. Straightforward theme, although I needed 60A to get it. Kept wondering what a VALVET was before the rest of 37A filled in. 

Across 

1. Pilothouse wheels : HELMS. Started off with an unknown - the clue meant nothing to me. A d'oh moment later.

 
6. Sphere in a library : GLOBE
 
11. Cheering syllable : RAH 

14. Use a broom : SWEEP
 
15. Lubricate again : RE-OIL
 
16. Touchdown approx. : ETA

19. Bus. get-together : MTG
 
20. Gentle touch : CARESS
 
21. Letter that opens with a click : EMAIL
 
23. Headache treatment : ASPIRIN
 
26. Concerning, on memos : IN RE. In Regard.
 
27. Seasonal bug : FLU

33. Tennessee senator __ Alexander : LAMAR. Unknown.
 
36. Zoo critter with striped legs : OKAPI

42. "Sure, I'll give you a ride" : GET IN
 
43. Sleep audibly : SNORE

 
50. Hotel divs. : RMS. Rooms.
 
51. Poet Khayyám : OMAR
 
52. Place for meditation : YOGA MAT
 
55. Intense personality : TYPE A
 
57. Response to a clever put-down : OH SNAP!
 
59. Actress Hagen : UTA. Learning moment.

65. Washington MLBer : NAT. Washington Nationals.
 
66. Mount in Exodus : SINAI
 
67. Lucky break : FLUKE
 
68. Genetic info letters : DNA
 
69. Seagoing mil. training group : NROTC. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp.
 
70. Spine-tingling : EERIE   

Down

1. QVC rival : HSN. Home Shopping Network.
 
2. Baaing mom : EWE
 
3. Tennis do-over : LET

 4. Gracias, across the Pyrenees : MERCI
 
5. Hurled weapon : SPEAR
 
6. "The Heart of the Matter" novelist Graham : GREENE

7. Hawaiian floral rings : LEIS
 
8. "Uh-oh!" : OOPS
 
9. Stand-up routine : BIT


 
10. Besides : ELSE
 
11. Send back, as to a lower court : REMAND 

12. Clothing : ATTIRE
 
13. "Marvelous" Marvin of boxing : HAGLER
 
18. Bed with high sides : CRIB
 
22. Yellow "Despicable Me" character : MINION
 
23. CIO partner : AFL
 
24. Balkan native : SLAV
 
25. Shoe company with a cat in its logo : PUMA
 
29. Doone of Exmoor : LORNA

 
30. Ref's ruling : TKO. Technical Knock Out.
 
31. Retired newsman Donaldson : SAM
 
32. LAPD alerts : APB'S
 
34. 1990s veep : AL GORE
 
35. Camper driver, for short : RV'ER
 
38. And so on: Abbr. : ETC
 
39. Shop __ you drop : TIL
 
40. Par : NORM
 
41. Clever Bombeck : ERMA 

44. Contractor's fig. : EST
 
45. Portly : ROTUND
 
46. "The Joy Luck Club" novelist : AMY TAN
 
47. Mexican revolutionary played by Brando : ZAPATA

48. Word before "Pizza" or "River," in film : MYSTIC
 
49. PlayStation maker : SONY. This was my one wrong entry - tried SE for SEGA. Nope.
 
53. Social faux pas : GAFFE
 
54. Lots and lots : A PILE
 
56. Part of AAA: Abbr. : ASSN
 
57. Point __ return : OF NO
 
58. Qualifying race : HEAT
 
61. __ conditioner : AIR
 
62. Capek's robot play : RUR. Another learning moment.

63. Slide down the slopes : SKI
 
64. Collarless shirt : TEE