Theme: No Reveal Monday - Add ten.
17. Evening show with headlines and stories: NEWS AT TEN. 10
29. Like perceptive hindsight: TWENTY-TWENTY. 20
47. Generic pre-sunrise hour: OH DARK THIRTY. 30
64. Farm's remote acreage: BACK FORTY. 40
Argyle here. Not much to say so I won't.
Across:
1. Ophthalmic sore: STYE. ophthalmic : of or relating to the eye.
5. Season-ending college football game: BOWL could end in 25-Acrosses. Periods that may decide 5-Acrosses, briefly: OTs. (overtimes)
9. Stories spanning decades: SAGAs
14. __ hygiene: ORAL
15. Bounce off a wall: ECHO
16. Chopin piece: ETUDE. Chopin - Etude Op. 25 No. 11 "Winter Wind"
19. Flabbergast: AMAZE. We have gone from heat wave to frost warnings.
20. Swiss convention city: GENEVA
21. Fist-pump cry: "YEAH!"
23. Sales force member: REP. (representative)
24. '60s protest org.: SDS. (Students for a Democratic Society)
27. Andean animal: LLAMA
33. Promise before testimony: OATH
36. Take to court: SUE
37. Journalist Couric: KATIE
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| Katie stops for coffee in Fremont. |
38. German coal valley: RUHR
39. Lifts on slopes: T-BARS
42. Gotten a glimpse of: SEEN
43. Uncomfortably pricey: STEEP
45. One collaring a perp: COP
46. Watch displays, briefly: LEDs. (light-emitting diode)
51. Prefix for Rome's country: ITALO
52. Use a shovel: DIG
53. Pound sound: [ARF!]
56. __ Palmas: Canary Islands city: LAS
58. "No damage done": "I'M OK"
60. Five cents: NICKEL
62. Yellowish brown: OCHER
66. French sweetie: CHERI
67. Inland Asian sea: ARAL
68. Eve's opposite: MORN
69. Frankfurt's state: HESSE
70. Lowdown: DOPE
71. Soon, to a bard: ANON
Down:
1. Billy Joel creations: SONGS
2. Trapped on a branch: TREED
3. Signs of boredom: YAWNS
4. "Is there something __?": ELSE but also 29-Down. "... or else!" remark: THREAT
5. Software trial: BETA TEST
6. Halloween mo.: OCT. This month; the stores are ready.
7. Food for Miss Muffet: WHEY
8. Needing company: LONELY. Just a lonely spider.
9. Seattle athlete: SEAHAWK
10. Fast-cash spot, for short: ATM
11. "Money-back" assurance, perhaps: GUARANTEE
12. Carving tool: ADZE
13. Ooze: SEEP
18. Swear to be true: AVOW
22. Bottom-row PC key: ALT
26. Dismiss with disdain: SNUB
28. Insultingly small, as a payment: MEASLY
30. Instruct: TEACH
31. Even on the scoreboard: TIED
32. Strong desires: YENs
33. Not exactly: OR SO
34. Writer: Abbr.: AUTH
35. Things to wash after dinner: THE DISHES
40. __ rage: PED user's aggression: ROID. PED - performance-enhancing drug.
41. Very light rain: SPRINKLE
44. Grassland: PRAIRIE
48. Netherlands airline: KLM
49. "That's a shame": TOOBAD
50. Jubilant end-of-week cry: TGIF
53. Ohio rubber city: AKRON
54. Back in style: RETRO
55. Swashbuckling Errol: FLYNN
56. __ Ness monster: LOCH
57. Steady pain: ACHE
59. Corn syrup brand: KARO
61. Unconscious state: COMA
63. Ambulance destinations: Abbr.: ERs
65. Golfer's hat: CAP
Argyle
