Theme: Monday Jumble - The key word letter order is changed and placed in circles.
16A. High-altitude pilot's equipment: OXYGEN MASK
22A. Cellphone setting during flights: AIRPLANE MODE
35A. "Nobody's successful every time": "YOU CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL"
46A. Deli supply: LUNCHEON MEAT
56A. Postnuptial alteration, and a hint to each set of puzzle circles: NAME CHANGE
Argyle here with Bruce on a Monday. I haven't looked but I don't think Bruce does these jumble puzzles much. A nice grid spanner, lower left to upper right slash. Nothing really stood out to me but, all in all, quite pleasant.
Across:
1. "Hogwash!": "PSHAW!"
6. Group selfie: USIE. (us-e)
10. Hanes competitor: BVD. Named after the three founders of the New York City firm Bradley, Voorhees & Day (thus "B.V.D.").
13. Sierra __: Freetown's country: LEONE
14. Lace place: SHOE
15. Take wing: SOAR
18. Injection source, briefly: HYPO. (hypodermic needle)
19. Fundraising school gp.: PTA. (parent-teacher association)
20. Country singer McCoy: NEAL
21. Tub for water: BASIN
25. Like the house in a Hawthorne classic: GABLED. "The House of the Seven Gables", published in April 1851.
28. Elevate a golf ball: TEE UP
29. Eye impertinently: OGLE
30. Beer vessel: STEIN
32. Genre with spoken lyrics: RAP
39. Cake candle count: AGE
40. Hall of Fame pitcher Ryan: NOLAN. The Ryan Express, of the New York Mets (1966, 1968–1971), California Angels (1972–1979), Houston Astros (1980–1988), and Texas Rangers (1989–1993).
41. Facts, for short: INFO
42. Help desk prompt: [ASK ME]
44. "The Wind in the Willows" character with a "Wild Ride" at Disneyland: MR. TOAD
50. Fancy burger beef: ANGUS. The all black bovine.
51. Rowing tools: OARS
52. Baseball topper: CAP. I bet Nolan has a collection.
55. Author Silverstein: SHEL. {insert favorite poem here.}
59. Window ledge: SILL
60. Patron saint of Norway: OLAV
61. Fall zodiac sign: LIBRA
62. Photo __: media events: OPS. (informal term for photo opportunity)
63. Get one's feet wet: WADE
64. Some fitness ctrs.: YMCAs. We're getting some mileage from this old favorite.
Down:
1. Sit (down) unceremoniously: PLOP
2. Send a racy message to: SEXT
3. Georgetown athlete: HOYA
4. "Hulk" director Lee: ANG
5. Dog on a bun: WEENIE. Among other names.
6. Hawaii and Alaska are usually inserts on one: Abbr.: US MAP
7. "__ We Dance?": SHALL
8. iPhone platform: IOS
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| Ios Island, Greece. |
9. "A mouse!": "EEK!"
10. High-voiced choir lad: BOY SOPRANO
11. Dull: VAPID
12. Robotic aerial spy: DRONE
15. SeaWorld orca: SHAMU
17. Square one: NERD
21. Designer Geoffrey: BEENE
22. Knighted actor Guinness: ALEC
23. Enjoyed home cooking: ATE IN
24. Opposite of ja: NEIN. German.
25. "The Naked Maja" artist: GOYA. (Hot stuff for a Monday.)
26. In awe: AGOG
27. Navy/Marines aerobatics squad: BLUE ANGELS
30. Florida univ. named for a canonized pope: ST. LEO. In St. Leo, Florida, 35 miles north of Tampa.
31. Pan Am rival: TWA
33. NATO alphabet word for "A": ALFA
34. Trudge: PLOD
36. Egyptian crosses: ANKHs
37. Alaskan seaport: NOME
38. Catcher's glove: MITT
43. Racing shell: SCULL
44. Cougar automaker, for short: MERC. (Mercury is defunct.)
45. How a poor decision might be made: RASHLY
46. Dogie catcher: LASSO. Dogie definition: a motherless calf on the range.
47. Far from cool: UNHIP
48. Wanderer: NOMAD
49. Novelist Binchy: MAEVE. Maeve Binchy.
52. "Mad Money" network: CNBC
53. Taj Mahal city: AGRA. India.
54. Little veggies in pods: PEAS. Petits pois in French.
56. Right away: NOW
57. In the style of: À LA
58. Objective: AIM. Accomplished.
Argyle
