Theme: No Reveal Monday - B(vowel progression)TT
17A. Cellphone revitalizers: BATTERY CHARGERS
23A. Cake mix giant: BETTY CROCKER
36A. Confection not as sweet as the "milk" variety: BITTER CHOCOLATE
48A. Lowest dresser compartment: BOTTOM DRAWER
57A. Affectionate touches with one's lashes: BUTTERFLY KISSES
Argyle here. While the theme may be simple, the execution is not. Three grid spanning entries and two 12's, all in the language, makes it a worthy Monday puzzle.
Across:
1. Cars for stars: LIMOs
6. Vagabond: TRAMP
11. Clock setting for MI and MO: CST. Four counties of the Upper Peninsula in
Michigan and all of Missouri are in Central Standard Time Zone.
14. Go through entirely: USE UP
15. Riveter painted by Rockwell: ROSIE
16. Grazing area: LEA
20. Looker that's usually blue or brown: EYE
21. "Ring around the collar" detergent: WISK
22. Hard-to-resist impulse: URGE
27. Falls back: RECEDES
30. Driver's protest: HONK
31. Japanese soup noodle: UDON
32. Electrical unit: WATT
33. One dressing to be noticed: FOP
41. Muddy barnyard abode: STY
42. Fashion's Chanel: COCO
43. App symbol: ICON
44. Moccasin or loafer: SHOE
45. Tranquilizes: SEDATES
52. New Balance competitor: AVIA
53. USAF truant: AWOL
54. Alien crew in sci-fi films: ETs
62. Right-angle shape: ELL
63. Writer Zora __ Hurston: NEALE
64. Singing sensation Boyle: SUSAN. Where is she now?
65. Take notice of: SEE
66. Lustful deity: SATYR
67. Perot of politics: H. ROSS
1. Job with an oil change: LUBE
2. Dr. Watson outburst: "I SAY!"
3. Parcel (out): METE
4. So last week: OUT
5. Gushed: SPEWED
6. On-the-sly romantic meetings: TRYSTs. With a SATYR?
7. Like much of Maine's coastline: ROCKY
8. Volcanic debris: ASH
9. Actress Farrow: MIA
10. In accordance with: PER
11. Court assistant: CLERK
12. Twilled fabric: SERGE
13. Law enforcement shocker: TASER
18. Ceremonial act: RITE
19. Oozy stuff: GUCK. I wanted GUNK.
23. Flexed: BENT
24. Bush Labor secretary Elaine: CHAO
25. Campus mil. group: ROTC. (Reserve Officers' Training Corps)
26. Aware of, as a scheme: ON TO
27. Barbecue coatings: RUBS
28. Work on a script: EDIT
29. Cosmetics giant: COTY
32. Reporter's question: WHO
33. Fiction's opposite: FACT
34. Oklahoma tribe: OTOE
35. Will-signing needs: PENS
37. Empty hallway sound: ECHO
38. Floor plan division: ROOM
39. Sent a dupe letter to: CCed
40. "You made that up!": LIAR
44. PDQ, in the ICU: STAT
45. Finn's friend: SAWYER
46. Furry "Star Wars" creature: EWOK
47. "Yum!": "DELISH!". A Rachael Ray comment.
48. Innocent sorts: BABES
49. Seed-to-be: OVULE
50. Book name: TITLE
51. Good news on Wall Street: RALLY
54. Canadian gas sign: ESSO
55. Tetley products: TEAs
56. Bank acct. IDs: SSNs. (Social Security number)
58. Chekov's "Star Trek" rank: Abbr.: ENS. (Ensign)
59. Actor Stephen: REA
60. Budgetary excesses: FAT
61. California's Big __: SUR
Argyle
