Theme: Down in front - Allow me to ush you to your seat. Let me see your ticket. Right this way.
20. Bygone airplane area: SMOKING SECTION
36. Line up: STAND IN A ROW
43. Position behind the steering wheel: DRIVER'S SEAT
57. "Exactly!" ... and a hint to where 20-, 36- and 43-Across' ending words may be found: "THAT'S THE TICKET!"
Rabbit rabbit! Argyle here. Not an arena ticket either, no aisle or tier. Easy-peasy but not insulting our intelligence puzzle, IMHO. Interesting note: no J,Q,U,X,Y,or Z.
Across:
1. Sacrificial __: LAMB
5. Paintball impact sound: [SPLAT!]
10. "__ of Green Gables": ANNE. "Are we facing Anne overload? With a new series and 3 TV movies, we might find out soon." CBC News
14. Geometry calculation: AREA
15. Largest city in North Africa: CAIRO
16. Yule song: NOEL
17. Some toy dogs, for short: POMs. (Pomeranians)
18. Llama habitat: ANDES. The South American mountain range.
19. Weekend-starting letters: TGIF. (Thank God It's Friday)
23. Subsided: EASED
24. Statutes: LAWs
25. Electric car brand: TESLA !!
29. Apple music players: i-PODS
33. Home for mil. jets: AFB. (Air Force Base)
39. Be concerned: CARE
41. "Cut corners" or "slash prices": IDIOM
42. Landlocked African republic: MALI
46. Part of a relay race: LEG
47. Coffee lightener: CREAM
48. "Rubber Duckie" singer on Sesame Street: ERNIE
50. Mocking remark: GIBE
53. Works with a needle: KNITS
62. Mop, as decks: SWAB
63. "Fingers crossed": "I HOPE"
64. "Drinks are __!": ON ME
65. Unit seized by a narc: KILO. (kilogram, 2 lb 3 oz)
66. Some surrealist paintings: DALIs. (Salvador Dalí)
67. Info: DOPE
68. Composer Stravinsky: IGOR. The story of "The Rite of Spring". (40:56)
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69. Pass, as a law: ENACT
70. Wide-spouted pitcher: EWER
Down:
1. Forgetful moment: LAPSE
2. Cinnamon roll lure: AROMA
3. Notes to staff: MEMOs
4. Slam dunk or lay-up: BASKET ball.
5. Read electronically: SCAN
6. Twinge of hunger: PANG
7. Tupperware covers: LIDs. [Urp!]
8. Staggering: AREEL. I don't want to hear about A-words.
9. Puccini opera: TOSCA. More traditional than "The Rite of Spring".
10. Designed to minimize junk email: ANTI-SPAM
11. Scrubbed, as a NASA mission: NO GO
12. Nuremberg no: NEIN. (negation)
13. North Pole worker: ELF. They're off for the summer.
21. "Beware the __ of March": IDES
22. Bed size: TWIN
26. Mix: STIR
27. Chaps: LADS
28. Licorice-flavored seed: ANISE
30. Spoken: ORAL
31. Big name in pineapples: DOLE
32. Big gulp: SWIG
33. Band with a voltage symbol in its logo: AC/DC
34. Jamie of "M*A*S*H": FARR. Max Klinger.
35. Soft French cheese: BRIE
37. Not just a talker: DOER
38. "__ idiot!": "Doh!": I'M AN
40. "Green Acres" co-star: EVA GABOR
44. Radiate: EMIT
45. Word with bar or torch: TIKI
49. Make cryptic: ENCODE
51. Back of a hit 45 record: B-SIDE. But sometimes a hit, too.
52. Patriot Allen: ETHAN
54. "No need to tell me": "I KNOW". Teenager's answer to everything.
55. Phoenix suburb: TEMPE
56. Take the wheel: STEER. Hands up for those that have switched drivers while moving.
57. Bird's nest component: TWIG. Big twigs in an osprey's nest.
58. Symbol of sanctity: HALO
59. Mexican "Hi!": "¡HOLA!"
60. Grand-scale film: EPIC
61. Experiment: TEST
62. Schuss or slalom: SKI
Argyle
