Theme: By The Way - Three letter combos.
16A. Expose wrongdoing: BLOW THE WHISTLE
37A. With the breeze at your back, in sailing: BEFORE THE WIND
60A. Where the driver sits: BEHIND THE WHEEL
69A. Incidentally, in texting ... and a hint to three long puzzle answers: BTW
Argyle here. Jake's given up the easy stuff, four Sunday puzzles, and produced a credible Monday offering.
Across:
1. Hospital IV amts.: CC's. (Cubic Centimetre)
4. Irrational fear sufferer's suffix: PHOBE.. The fear itself would have a phobia suffix.
9. Texas city: WACO
13. Until now: YET
14. Specialized language: ARGOT. There is some interesting word origin if you care to look it up.
15. Dashing style: ELAN
19. Gymnast Korbut: OLGA
20. Choose by majority vote: ELECT
21. Wok cook's flavoring: MSG. (monosodium glutamate)
23. Attacked by surprise: RAIDED
26. Baseball card stat: RBI. (run batted in)
27. Day, in Durango: DÍA
28. MBA hopeful's test: GRE. (Graduate Record Examination)
29. Take a break: REST
32. Lead singer's part: MELODY
34. "No need to explain the joke": "I GET IT"
36. Is obliged to pay: OWES
41. Creative fields: ARTS
42. Feathers: PLUMEs
43. Hot chocolate drinks: COCOAs
46. Actor Morales: ESAI
47. Braz. neighbor: ARGentina. I counted ten neighbors.
50. Astounded state: AWE
51. What it takes to tango: TWO
53. Maple syrup rating: GRADE A
55. Bank acct. earnings: INT. (interest)
56. Peddler's merchandise: WARES
59. Like "Supergirl," ratings-wise: TV PG
64. Decimated Asian sea: ARAL
65. Budget prefix: ECONO
66. Genetics lab subj.: RNA
67. Audacity: GALL
68. __ Island: RHODE
Down:
1. RoboCop is one: CYBORG. RoboCop · RoboCop 2 · RoboCop 3 · RoboCop (2014 film). Can't keep a good cyborg down.
2. Wine storage area: CELLAR
3. Inferior cigar: STOGIE. I smoke old stogies I have found short, but not too big around. Who am I?
4. Compliment "on the back": PAT
5. Princely letters: HRH. (His Royal Highness)
6. S-shaped molding: OGEE
7. Soup serving: BOWL
8. Out-of-use anesthetic: ETHER
9. White terrier, familiarly: WESTIE
10. Ctrl-__-Del: PC reboot combo: ALT
11. "You're getting too excited": "CALM DOWN!"
12. Like a 45-10 football game: ONE-SIDED
17. Roll of bills: WAD
18. Long-range nuke: ICBM. (intercontinental ballistic missile)
22. Many pride parade participants: GAYS
24. Therefore: ERGO
25. Bucks and does: DEER
30. Instructions component: STEP
31. "Superman," e.g.: TITLE
33. Superman lover Lane: LOIS
34. "In that case ... ": "IF SO ... "
35. Consequently: THUS
37. Lunchbox alternative: BROWN BAG
38. And so forth: ET CETERA
39. Cyberzine: E-MAG
40. Small dam: WEIR
41. Berry rich in antioxidants: ACAI
44. Whenever you want to: AT WILL
45. Ugly duckling, as we learn later: SWAN
47. "-ly" word, usually: ADVERB
48. Admonition to a sinner: REPENT
49. Act that suppresses free speech: GAG LAW
52. What an unruly courtroom lacks: ORDER
54. Part of NCAA: Abbr.: ATH. (National Collegiate ATHletic Association)
57. Carve in stone: ETCH
58. Chase off: SHOO
61. Evil film computer: HAL. 2001: A Space Odyssey:
62. Last in a sequence: END
63. "__ is me!": WOE. The end until tomorrow.
Argyle
