Theme: Watch Your Back! - Target word added behind the second word of the starred entries.
17A. *Palestine, to many: HOLY LAND. Landfall.
28A. *Slam-dance area: MOSH PIT. Pitfall.
51A. *What "blows no good": ILL WIND. Windfall;.
66A. "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have: FALL BACK
11D. *Jam on the brakes: STOP SHORT. Shortfall.
35D. *Regular dinner-and-a-movie evening: DATE NIGHT. Nightfall.
Argyle here. I've got your back. This puzzle has no unique words; that's unique. Diagonal solver's delight.
Across:
1. Press (down), as pipe bowl ash : TAMP
5. Life-saving proc.: CPR. (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
8. Collect $200 in Monopoly: PASS GO
14. Top poker pair: ACEs
15. Feel remorse for: RUE
16. Brewpub fixture: ALE TAP
19. Soccer game shout: ¡OLE! ¡OLE!
20. St. plagued by wildfires in 2017: ORE. (Oregon) Just one of many.
21. Leaves out: OMITS
23. Colorado resort: ASPEN. 73-Across. Enjoys 23-Across: SKIs
24. Other side in a fight: ENEMY
26. Monterey County seat: SALINAS
30. Spontaneous notion: WHIM
33. Classic Ford: MODEL T
36. One of eight Eng. kings: EDW. (Edward)
37. Cola, e.g.: SODA
38. Actress Longoria: EVA
39. Vienna's country: Abbr.: AUS. (Austria)ISO code: AUT
41. Gobble up: EAT
43. Do sales work (for): REP. (representative)
44. Baseball glove: MITT. 46-Across. Baseball throw: PEG,. 40-Down. Former MLB commissioner Bud: SELIG
48. Multi-room accommodations: SUITES
50. Praiseful verses: ODEs
53. More geeky: NERDIER
55. V-shaped carving: NOTCH
59. Happy expression: SMILE
61. "Six __ a-laying ... ": GEESE
63. Yokohama yes: HAI
64. Descartes' "I think": COGITO. "Cogito ergo sum" is Latin for "I think; therefore, I am".
68. From boat to beach: ASHORE. (adverb)
69. Island strings: UKE. (ukulele)
70. Pre-deal wager: ANTE
71. Poker player, e.g.: BETTOR
72. '60s hallucinogen: LSD. (Lysergic acid diethylamide)
Down:
1. Nevada border lake: TAHOE
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Tahoe Keys, who knew?
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2. Bit of a squirrel's stash: ACORN. (@1:25)
3. Messy fight: MELEE
4. Future therapist's maj.: PSY. (Psychology)
5. Study at the last minute: CRAM
6. Say "You're grounded" to, say: PUNISH
7. Administrative complications: RED TAPE
8. Kung __ chicken: PAO
9. Edgar __ Poe: ALLAN
10. Up-and-down playground fixtures: SEESAWs. 22-Down. Playground fixture: SLIDE
12. More than a breeze: GALE
13. Ready for customers: OPEN
18. Common Jesuit school name: LOYOLA
25. Sra., on the Seine: MME. (Señora/Madame)
27. Formal "My bad": "IT WAS I"
29. Dumb: STUPID
31. Camille's concept: IDÉE
32. Route providers: MAPS
33. Note to the staff: MEMO
34. Exiled Roman poet: OVID
42. Way under a river: TUNNEL
45. "Cats" poet: TS ELIOT
47. Full of joy: GLEEFUL
49. About-to-be spouse's words: "I DO"
52. Inflicts, as havoc: WREAKS
54. Nostalgically trendy: RETRO
56. Say "Much obliged" to: THANK
57. Desert plants: CACTI
58. Walks with backpacks: HIKES
59. Picket line violator: SCAB
60. Jazzman Allison: MOSE. Died: November 15, 2016.
62. Word with bob or dog: SLED
65. Poetic "above": O'ER
67. Eng. majors' degrees: BAs. (Bachelor of Arts)
Argyle
