Theme: GRANDPA - Gr and Pa start the starred answers.
17A. *Degree earner's celebration: GRADUATION PARTY
27A. *Math student's pad: GRAPH PAPER
39A. Pop's pop ... or, divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues have in common: GRANDPA. GR and PA
48A. *Lawn repair piece: GRASS PATCH
63A. *More promising job, say: GREENER PASTURES
Argyle here with Brian's much simpler puzzle that his debut. Here.
Grandma already had her puzzle. Here.
Across:
1. Draw forth: EVOKE
6. Vitello __ parmigiana: ristorante offering: ALLA
10. Map out: PLAN
14. Jeans material: DENIM
15. Porky Pig or Elmer Fudd: TOON
16. Hawaiian dance: HULA
20. "Life of Pi" author __ Martel: YANN
21. Cookie containers: TINS
22. Fields of study: AREAS
23. Off base sans permission, in the mil.: AWOL
25. Italian volcano: ETNA
31. Big galoots: OAFS
35. Vermouth bottle name: ROSSI. Martini & Rossi Distilleria.
36. Dazed and confused: IN A WHIRL
38. "Lost" network: ABC
42. Foe of Chiang: MAO
43. '40s coat-and-trousers outfit: ZOOT SUIT
45. Quickly looks over: SCANS
47. Jazz legend James: ETTA
51. Dick Tracy's love __ Trueheart: TESS
53. Thin stream of smoke: WISP
54. Is __: likely will: APT TO
57. Many a freshman: TEEN
59. Triangle ratio: SINE
66. Crowd sound: ROAR
67. Casting-off place: PIER
68. The John B, e.g.: SLOOP
69. Requests: ASKS
70. Tarzan raisers: APES
71. Coin with Lincoln: PENNY. No relation to Shatner.
Down:
1. Like avant-garde art: EDGY
2. Aloe __: VERA
3. __ empty stomach: ON AN
4. Snatches for ransom: KIDNAPS
5. Flightless Aussie bird: EMU
6. Number one Hun: ATTILA
7. Pork cut: LOIN
8. Bit of unfinished business: LOOSE END
9. Cape NNW of Cod: ANN
10. Exodus tyrant: PHARAOH
11. Attract: LURE
12. Opposite of baja: ALTA. In place names, Spanish baja, literally "lower," either in elevation or geography so does ALTA mean higher?
13. Those opposed: NAYS
18. Perched on: ATOP
19. Searing utensil: PAN
24. Taylor and Fillmore, politically: WHIGS. Back in the day.
26. Ensnare: TRAP
27. Enjoy the field, as cattle do: GRAZE, but the bovines are always looking for 63-Across GREENER PASTURES and will break a fence to get to it if they have to.
28. Automaton: ROBOT
29. Neckwear for Fred in "Scooby-Doo": ASCOT
30. Ship of 1492: PINTA
32. Set one's sights on: AIM AT
33. Swiss coin: FRANC
34. Trudge through water: SLOSH
37. Hornets and yellow jackets: WASPS
40. Persians on the floor: RUGS
41. Local landing location: AIRSTRIP
44. Ragged clothes: TATTERS
46. Time-release med: CAPSULE
49. Takes an oath: SWEARS
50. Reasons to repent: SINS
52. Waiting time at the DMV, seemingly: EON
54. Taj Mahal city: AGRA
55. Golf instructors: PROs
56. Shipbuilding wood: TEAK
58. Sport with swords: ÉPÉE
60. Cold War curtain material?: IRON
61. Bright sign: NEON
62. Catch sight of: ESPY
64. UV index monitor: Abbr.: EPA. (Environmental Protection Agency)
65. Sugar amt.: TSP. (teaspoon)
Argyle
