Theme: Let's Build Something - You can find the tools we need in the grid.
17. One of a daily three at the table: SQUARE MEAL
41. Ten-spot: SAWBUCK
64. Reality show hosted by rapper M.C.: HAMMERTIME
11. Military marching unit: DRILL TEAM
34. Utmost effort: LEVEL BEST
Argyle the Builder here with Janice the Constructor. Very nice pinwheel project today with the all important SAW in the center. No plumb bob though. (Only seven three-letter words!)
Across:
1. Took a powder: LEFT
5. Wake-up call alternative: ALARM
10. Real estate ad abbr. after 2 or 3, commonly: BDRM. (bedroom)
14. Golfer Aoki: ISAO
15. Blender button: PURÉE
16. "Wonderfilled" cookie: OREO
19. __ colada: cocktail: PINA
20. Heart rate: PULSE
21. Tempo: PACE
22. Tar Heel State university: ELON
23. Hunting dog: SETTER
25. Israeli currency: SHEKEL. 1 Israeli New Sheqel equals 26 US Cents (Note the spelling change. We may see this in the future.)
27. __ out a living: EKEs. Had to wait on final letter, S or D.
29. Fiber-__ cable: OPTIC
32. Temperate: MILD
35. Jinx: HOODOO
39. Tokyo, long ago: EDO
40. Drink cooler: ICE
42. Ga. neighbor: ALA. (Georgia/Alabama)
43. Voting mo.: NOV. (November)
44. Ditching class, say: ABSENT
45. Visa rival, for short: AMEX. (American Express)
46. Mournful toll: KNELL
48. Former OTC market regulator: NASD. The phrase "over-the-counter" can be used to refer to stocks that trade via a dealer network as opposed to on a centralized exchange./ The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) was the self-regulatory organization of the securities industry responsible for the operation and regulation of the NASDAQ stock market and over-the-counter markets.
50. Trendy, with "the": LATEST
54. NFL team that moved from St. Louis in 2016: L.A. RAMS
58. Perfume that sounds forbidden: TABU
60. Foes of us: THEM
62. "The Bourne Identity" star Matt: DAMON
63. Universal donor's blood type, briefly: O NEG
66. "Golly!": "GOSH!"
67. Suggest: IMPLY
68. Salinger title girl: ESME
69. Aardvark fare: ANTS
70. Affectionate nickname: CUTIE
71. __-Pei: wrinkly dog: SHAR
Down:
1. Talks like Sylvester: LISPS
2. Suffix with arab: ESQUE
3. San Andreas __: FAULT
4. Like much breakfast bread: TOASTED or a CSO to Tinman.
5. Jungle chest-beater: APE
6. Sugar cube: LUMP
7. Real estate calculations: AREAS
8. Gunslinger's "Hands up!": "REACH!"
9. Brawl: MELEE. (clever Sunday offering)
10. Girl with a missing flock: BO PEEP
12. Gambling town northeast of Sacramento: RENO
13. Sound of pain: MOAN
18. Smell bad: REEK
24. Halfway house activity: REHAB. (Rehabilitation)
26. Oddball: KOOK
28. Spreads, as seeds: SOWs
30. Sitting around doing nothing: IDLE
31. Win over gently: COAX
32. Luxurious fur: MINK
33. Twitter's bird, e.g.: ICON
36. Brit. honor: OBE, (Officer (of the Order) of the British Empire)
37. Brooks' country music partner: DUNN
38. In base eight: OCTAL
41. Fries sprinkling: SALT
45. Costs for sponsors: AD RATES
47. Guffaws or giggles: LAUGHS
49. Iraq's __ City: SADR
51. Code of conduct: ETHIC
52. SeaWorld orca: SHAMU
53. Entice: TEMPT
55. Horse-and-buggy-driving sect: AMISH
56. Mother's nickname: MOMMA
57. Lip-curling look: SNEER
58. Frat party robe: TOGA
59. Very shortly, to Shakespeare: ANON
61. Mid-21st century date: MMLI. (2051)
65. Cornea's place: EYE
Argyle
